ESS101C
Prof. Jin-Yi Yu
Deglacial and Millennial Scales
qClimate changes of these scales in the past several tens of thousands of years occurred within the time span of recorded human civilization.
qThese change can be resolved by 14C-dated records.
qHow did the climate change during and since the last glaciation?
qWhy were there millennial-scale climate variations during the glaciations but not (weak) during the deglaciations?
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(from Earth’s Climate: Past and Future)