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Southern Ocean Research Provides New Insight Into Ice Age Climates

2014-06-03 13:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

RedOrbit: A team of MIT scientists has turned to the Southern Ocean in search of an explanation for the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM), a period in the Earth`s climate history during which the northern continents were covered by ice sheets, according to new research appearing in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Plankton fossils contained in deep-sea sediments contain chemical traces that reveal rearranged ocean water masses, as well as extended sea ice coverage off Antarctica, during the...

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