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News Release 09-166
The Arctic Offers More Evidence of Human Influences on Climate Change
Recent, sudden and dramatic Arctic warming was preceded by almost 2,000 years of natural cooling
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Researchers (R.S. Anderson, A. Werner and T. Diagle) take a sediment core from the bottom of Goat Lake in south-central Alaska, which is 50 meters below the surface.
Credit: Darrell Kaufman, Northern Arizona University
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Darrell Kaufman summarizes study results.
Credit: National Science Foundation, Northern Arizona University
Darrell Kaufman explains Arctic sensitivity to climate change.
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Darrell Kaufman explains importance of lake evidence.
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Darrell Kaufman explains complexities of study.
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Darrell Kaufman discusses future studies.
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How a wobble in the Earth's axis of rotation caused a cooling trend that lasted at least 1,900 years.
Credit: Zina Deretsky, NSF
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Coring tree: A hemlock tree is bored by a researcher (T. Daigle) in south-central Alaska. The width of the annual rings of trees can be used to infer past changes in growing season temperatures.
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A new sediment core from Cub Lake in south-central Alaska shows multiple layers of volcanic ash. Sediment cores from lakes in volcanically active regions reveal information about past climate change as well as the eruptive histories of volcanoes.
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The previous extent of a glacier that feeds Upper Greyling Lake in south-central Alaska is marked by the sharp-crested ridges of debris (lateral moraines) that descend into the lake. Glacial history is combined with other evidence, such as lake-core evidence, to reconstruct climate history.
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The researchers' findings appear in the Sept. 4, 2009, issue of Science magazine.
Credit: Copyright 2009 AAAS
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