Shell study showed how the ocean reacted to global warming

Date: 10/07/2017

Estudo de conchas mostrou como o oceano reagiu ao aquecimento do planeta

In the current context of global Climate Change, the study of the past has acquired extraordinary relevance for the design of future scenarios. Research on the transformations that took place during the last deglaciation, for example, between 19 and 12 thousand years ago, when the average temperature of the planet rose by approximately 3.5ºC, are essential to assess the accuracy of numerical models that seek to project what will happen on the planet in the coming decades.

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