Lush forests and crisp mountain air have drawn people to New York’s Adirondack Mountains for centuries. In the late 1800s, these forests were a haven for tuberculosis patients seeking the cool, fresh ...

Dr. Trisha Spanbauer is an assistant professor in the Department of Environmental Sciences. She analyzed sediment cores taken from lakes across North America in a research article she co-authored in ...

The climate warmed up almost as quickly 56 million years ago as it is doing now. When a huge amount of CO2 entered the ...

Blue holes, the name for collapsed limestone caves filled with sea water, also serve as important repositories for storm data due to sediments captured with in their low-oxygen bottom layers. A new ...

Lacustrine turbidites offer a reliable record of seismic activity. A typical sedimentary sequence is produced when a turbidity current moves downslope. If the current generates enough energy, this ...

How is it possible to know about climates of the past? One way is through ice core samples. Long-standing glaciers in Greenland and Antarctica have been collecting ice in a seasonal pattern, and a ...

Sediment core analysis supports new epoch characterized by human impact on planet Date: October 25, 2023 Source: University of Toledo Summary: Scientists analyzed open-source data to track vegetation ...