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Indonesian Corals Shed Light on Climate System

Indonesian Corals Shed Light on Climate System

February 9, 2017
corals   Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory   paleoclimate  

A new Indonesian coral-based record of surface ocean salinity shows that the location of the most significant hydroclimatic feature in the Southern Hemisphere influences a major current in the far western Pacific Ocean.

Green Sahara’s Ancient Rainfall Regime Revealed

Green Sahara’s Ancient Rainfall Regime Revealed

January 18, 2017
climate change   climate science   paleoclimate  

What is now the Sahara Desert was the home to hunter-gathers who made their living off the animals and plants that lived in the region’s savannahs and wooded grasslands 5,000 to 11,000 years ago.

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