CU Study of Ice Age Sediment Cores Hint Climate Change on Earth Could Be Extreme
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This press release summarizes the results of research on sediment cores taken from the subtropical Atlantic Ocean. Analyses of organic molecules from planktonic algae in the sediments indicates that large and abrupt temperature changes in warm areas of the ocean occurred at the end of the last glacial period.
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Grade: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to Graduate
Topics: Science, Physics, Earth's Resources, Chemistry, States of Matter (solids, liquids, gases), Ecology & Ecosystems, Earth & Space Science
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