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The CO2 record was extended to 800,000 ybp in 2008, with the publication in Nature of “High-resolution carbon dioxide concentration record 650,000-800,000 years before present.”
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Because being well informed about current issues in science and technology is ybp, too.
Archive 2007-09-01 The Urban Scientist 2007
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My point was that the date of 3,000 ybp tells us that the ice shelf formed at the most 3,000 years ago.
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Because being well informed about current issues in science and technology is ybp, too.
Science, Education & Society: African-American attitudes toward the environment The Urban Scientist 2007
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During the last interglacial 125000 ybp, sea levels at their peak reached to between 2-8 meters higher than now, more likely toward the upper end of that range.
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All of this implies that a moderate warming, 0.5-1C above integrated 20th century temps, will be sufficient to raise sea levels to those of the 125000 ybp highstand.
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But current sea level is also not wildly different – a few percent of the sea level excursion through glacial interglacial cycles – than 125000 ybp.
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Humans appear to have brought B. anthracis to this area from Asia and then moved it further south as an ice-free corridor opened in central Canada ~13,000 ybp.
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The dive after 230.000 ybp peak shows, that cooling CAN be rapid, and the overall picture is that the cooling rates are governed by the accumulated heat in oceans and more.
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YBP Library Services 'headquarters are in Contoocook, N.H. For more on the company, go to www. ybp.com.
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