A peat bog in Romania provides a new insight into our knowledge of when the Sahara began to transform from grassland into the desert we know today, and the impact this had on dust deposition within Eastern Europe. Using carbon dating and chemical analysis, researchers from Northumbria University, Newcastle have shown that significant changes in …
Planet Earth is warmer than it has been for at least 2,000 years, according to a study that took its temperature from 692 different “natural thermometers†on every continent and ocean on the planet. In the most comprehensive assessment of how the climate has changed over the period to date, researchers looked at a host …
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