Arctic Lake Sediments Show Warming, Unique Ecological Changes In...

Courtesy ScienceDaily  Tue, 10/27/2009 - 14:15

An analysis of sediment cores indicates that biological and chemical changes occurring at a remote Arctic lake are unprecedented over the past 200,000 years and likely are the result of human-caused climate change, according to a new study.


 

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