Comparing the effects of human activities with historic periods of climate change
Friday, February 21, 2014 - 08:00
in Earth & Climate
Researchers supported in part by the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) have compared the effects of human activities with historic periods of climate change using data collected from wetlands along the lower Hudson River in New York State. What did they find? Over the past millennium, humankind has had the greatest impact on ecosystem change at the study sites.