Figuring out what the climate was like, and how it changed, throughout Earth’s history is like trying to complete a 1000 piece puzzle. Except that scientists usually don’t have all the nuggets and building a comprehensive picture relies on a multidisciplinary approach in order to fill in the blanks. This is particularly true during the Holocene, which spans the last 11,700 years of the Earth’ ...[Read More]
Geosciences Column: Pollen tells a 7300 year old story of Malta’s climate and vegetation
Birch pollen
by Per Harald of NTNU, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Technology. Distributed via Flickr .