Antarctic Lake Sediments: Unraveling Earth’s Climate History
Published: Apr 28, 2019
Photo courtesy: MADICE
The lake sediments in ice free areas (oases) of Antarctica hold a record of paleoclimate history of the earth. A view of drilling operations to retrieve sediment cores in one of the lakes.
Abstract: The sea-level change reconstructed for the last three million years shows that the sea-level has been higher by 5 m than the present when global temperatures were warmer by 2oC than that which existed during the pre-industrial level.
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