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Bridging Ancient Lakes and Climate Models: A New Approach to Understanding 21,000 Years of Water History

What if we could use lake levels to improve our understanding of ancient climate across the entire globe?

By Nick & Claude in paleoclimate data assimilation methodology hydroclimate

December 15, 2024

When Mountain Glaciers Lose Their Snow: Arctic Glaciers Reveal 150 Meters of Climate Change

Across the Arctic, glacier snowlines have risen an average of 150 meters over the past four decades. To put that in perspective, that’s like moving the snow boundary from the feet of the Statue of Liberty to the top of her torch—every single decade

By Nick & Claude in climate change Arctic glaciers

September 20, 2024

Rethinking Ancient Climate: The 4.2 ka Event Wasn’t So Global After All

When looking holistically, it really doesn’t look like the 4.2 ka event is a global, or even particularly remarkable regional phenomenon.

By Nick & Claude in paleoclimate climate events Holocene

August 2, 2024

Tracing Water’s Global Journey: How Temperature Has Always Driven Earth’s Water Cycle

What happens to water when the planet heats up? We looked back 2,000 years to find out.

By Nick & Claude in paleoclimate water cycle climate change

October 12, 2023

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