Evidence of Rapid Changes 13000 years ago

Evidence of a fast cooling of Earth's climate almost 13 thousand years

ago has added more evidence to the scientific viewpoint that the

planet is likely to have a swift and severe climate change if the

composition of the atmosphere is rapidly altered.

Climate scientists have discovered that the last ice age occurred

exactly 12,679 years, apparently due to a shift to icy winds over the

Atlantic.

A study of built-up layers at the bottom of Lake Meerfelder Maar in

Germany indicates a sudden chill on the planet occurred over just one

year.

And an abrupt increase in storms during the autumn to spring seasons

coincided with drastic climate changes throughout Europe, a report on

the research stated.

Scientists have long known about the sharp chill towards the end of

the last Ice Age but the latest study strongly suggests that a shift

in wind strength represented an abrupt change in the North Atlantic

westerly winds.

The wind shift might seems to have been triggered by factors such as a

slight southwards shift of sea ice in the North Atlantic caused by

some other natural factors, researches stated.

The latest research adds more credibility to contemporary climate

science, which blames short-term human made greenhouse gasses for

global warming and an unprecedened melting of both polar ice caps that

have already brought more extreme floods and droughts.

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