JOURNAL ARTICLE

Last interglacial period experienced highly variable climate

JoAnna Wendel

Year: 2014 Journal:   Eos Vol: 95 (41)Pages: 376-376   Publisher: Wiley

Abstract

The climate of our planet is naturally variable and experiences cycles spanning decadal to multi‐millennial timescales. Understanding these natural variations is key for assessing how humans affect natural climate variability and how climate might change in the coming centuries.

Keywords:
Interglacial Climate change Climatology Natural (archaeology) Climate state Period (music) Variable (mathematics) Climate pattern Environmental science Geography Physical geography Quaternary Geology Global warming Oceanography Effects of global warming Paleontology Archaeology Mathematics

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Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
Physical Sciences →  Earth and Planetary Sciences →  Atmospheric Science
Marine and environmental studies
Physical Sciences →  Earth and Planetary Sciences →  Oceanography
Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
Social Sciences →  Social Sciences →  Anthropology
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