Paleoclimatology

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What ancient pollen tells us about future climate change

Pollen preserved in rocks for more than 56 million years reconstruct Earth’s major climatic transition that caused mass plant migration

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Under the Microscope

A sustainable future for women in science

After a career break, Dr Anne-Marie Tosolini is now researching forests that grew in Antarctica around 56 million years ago, providing important data for Earth’s future climate

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Fossil forests under Antarctic ice

Recently described fossils are the most diverse yet of forests that grew in Antarctica around 56 million years ago, providing valuable information about Earth’s past and future climate

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When the Earth’s magnetic field flipped

Research finds the first Australian-based record of a major global event where the Earth’s magnetic field ‘switched’ – and north became south

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A new thermometer for studying our past climate

Researchers have a new tool to understand our climate history, and how different regions may have responded to past global climate change

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The rapid climate changes of the last glacial period

Using climate records of the last glacial period from stalagmites, new research confirms that climate changes happened at the same time across the Northern Hemisphere and into the southern tropics

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What causes an ice age to end?

In order to know why an ice age ends, we need to know when it ended. Now, new research is working to solve one of the enigmas in palaeoclimatology

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Climate is warming faster now than last 2000 years

The speed of global warming has never been as fast as it is today, and is affecting the whole planet at the same time, for the first time in at least two millennia

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