Tag Archives: Greenland

The quest for a million-year ice record

Posted on 30 December 2008 by Peter Boyer

The world’s ice sheets are our best record of what the climate was like thousands of years ago. Now an international team has begun the search for a million-year ice core from the continent’s deepest ice. Continue reading →

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Garnaut: Politics wins over reality

Posted on 7 October 2008 by Peter Boyer

The Garnaut climate action plan is well-researched and solidly-based, but is far too influenced by “political reality”. Its implications for our future are sobering. Continue reading →

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