glacial period
Uneven Ocean Warming as the Planet Shed its Ice
Our oceans underwent major changes when the planet transitioned from the Last Glacial Maximum to our current interglacial (or “between glaciations”) period. So what was going on in the ocean during this transformation? Julia DohnerJulia is a PhD student at Scripps Institution of Oceanography in La Jolla, California. Her focus is on biogeochemistry, which, as […]
Can bumps in the seafloor explain glacial-interglacial cycles?
The best scientific theories bring lots of things together in unexpected ways. This one has ice ages, seafloor volcanoes, sea level changes, wobbles in the earth’s rotation, and much more! caelCael was once told by a professor that applied mathematicians are ‘intellectual dilettantes,’ which has been a proud self-identification for Cael since that moment. Cael […]
The Not So Stable Holocene
Here at Oceanbites, we hope you have been enjoying your stay in the Holocene Epoch, a span of time ranging from present day to 11.7 thousand years ago. The Holocene has been praised for its warm and stable climate compared to the past glacial period. But more and more evidence suggests that the early Holocene […]
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