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Excavating a climate report from the past: NAU geology team joins multidisciplinary study to investigate ancient warming event

Posted by Heather Tate on April 16, 2019

Michael Smith working in his labAs the climate changes, extreme weather and flooding are intensifying and occurring more frequently worldwide. Scientists believe that by studying warming events in Earth’s past, they can better understand how the current warming trend is triggering other changes to the environment.

As part of a large, multidisciplinary study involving eight institutions and a multimillion-dollar National Science Foundation… Read more

Filed Under: School of Earth & Sustainability Tagged With: atmosphere, climate change, early eocene climatic optimum (EECO), flooding, geology, global warming, green river, Michael Smith, National Science Foundation, rock, sedimentary research group, tectonic, terrestrial stratigraphy, weather, wyoming

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