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Polar Stratospheric Clouds, also called mother of pearl clouds

Why do climate models underestimate polar warming? ‘Invisible clouds’ could be the answer

08 Nov 2023
Stratospheric clouds over the Arctic may explain the differences seen between the polar warming calculated by climate models and actual recordings...
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Devínska Kobyla Forest steppe in Slovakia

Drought encouraged Attila’s Huns to attack the Roman empire, tree rings suggest

15 Dec 2022
Hunnic peoples migrated westward across Eurasia, switched between farming and herding, and became violent raiders in response to severe drought in the...
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L-R: Knysna Turaco, Great Blue Turaco, Knysna Turaco

Past climate change pushed birds from the northern hemisphere to the tropics

10 Jun 2019
Researchers have shown how millions of years of climate change affected the range and habitat of modern birds, suggesting that many groups of tropical...
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A simplified diagram of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation

Changes in ocean 'conveyor belt' predicted abrupt climate changes

20 Mar 2019
A new study is the first to measure the time lags between changing ocean currents and major climate shifts.
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Icebergs in Ilulissat Icefjord, Greenland

Sea ice acts as ‘pacemaker’ for abrupt climate change

06 Mar 2019
Substantial variations in past sea ice cover in the Norwegian Sea were instrumental for several abrupt climate changes in large parts of the world...
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Antarctic Ice Sheet study reveals 8,000-year record of climate change

12 Dec 2016
An international team of researchers has found that the Antarctic Ice Sheet plays a major role in regional and global climate variability – a...
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Melting is your destiny

Taking the long view on climate change

01 Sep 2007
Cambridge Earth Scientists are contributing to our understanding of the climate system by studying the history of climate change recorded in sediments...
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