1,000 Years of Glacial Ice Reveal ‘Prosperity and Peril’ in Europe

A new study analyzed pollen, spores, charcoal and other pollutants frozen in the Colle Gnifetti glacier on the Swiss and Italian border. The research found changes in the composition of these microfossils corresponded closely with known major events in climate, such as the Little Ice Age and well-established volcanic eruptions.

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November 4, 2021 at 04:58AM

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