Pollen Weighs in on a Climate Conundrum

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Shakum, J. D., 2018. Pollen weighs in on a climate conundrum

Science News and Views, Paleoclimate, January 31, 2018

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-00943-4

 

"Simulations by climate models show that Earth warmed during

 the Holocene epoch, whereas ocean sedimentary cores suggest

that global cooling occurred. An analysis of fossil pollen samples

now sides with the models."

 

Jeremiah Marsicek, Bryan N. Shuman, Patrick J. Bartlein, Sarah L.

Shafer & Simon Brewer, 2018, Reconciling divergent trends and

millennial variations in Holocene temperatures. Nature. 554, pages 92–96

doi:10.1038/nature25464

https://www.nature.com/articles/nature25464

 

Yours,

 

Paul H.