October 9, 1998
Evidence of Rapid Global Warming Over 12,000 Years Ago Seen in Antarctic Ice
An unusual warming of the earth's climate 12,500 years ago, first detected in ice cores from Greenland, has now been seen in ice cores from Antarctica.
The discovery, which is detailed in the October 2 issue of Science, indicates that the abrupt increase in temperatures from the end of the Younger Dryas Period to the beginning of the Holocene 12,500 years ago was global, rather than confined to the Northern
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