Sentences with phrase «within ancient ice»
Some, like Vaughn, find compelling climate stories within ancient ice.
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Confirmation of this idea requires a direct record of the ancient atmosphere — and this can be recovered by analysing the air that became trapped in tiny bubbles within ice as the snow it formed from fell to Earth.
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Rapid sea - level changes (10 meters within 1000 years) were found in ancient coral reefs: Thompson and Goldstein (2005); Blanchon et al. (2009) found a «2 — 3 - m jump in sea level» in a century, presumably due to ice sheet instability, during a period warmer than the 20th century.
The 1980s and 1990s brought proof (chiefly from studies of ancient ice) that the global climate could indeed shift, abruptly and catastrophically, within a century — perhaps even within a decade.
As current levels of CO2 show the same CO2 levels at the south pole as for the rest (95 %) of the atmosphere within a year (despite fast changes in level), that gives confidence that ice cores show more or less global CO2 levels of ancient atmospheres...
The 1980s and 1990s brought proof (chiefly from studies of ancient ice) that the global climate could indeed shift, radically and catastrophically, within a century — perhaps even within a decade.