Ocean features and changes in the past are explored to anticipate future climate
The climate represents the set of atmospheric conditions that characterize a region. Yet these conditions are the result of global interaction between dry land, vegetation, ice, atmosphere, and ocean. "Bearing in mind that the oceans cover 75% of the Earth's surface, the influence they exert on the climate is very strong, and conversely, the oceans are strongly influenced by climate changes. In our group we are involved in the study of palaeoceanography in which we seek and analyze evidence on how the ocean has changed during various climatic periods or intervals. Our study focuses on the Bay of Biscay, a part of the ocean we have off our coasts," said Julio Rodríguez-Lázaro, professor of the Department of Stratigraphy and Paleontology at the UPV/EHU's Faculty of Science and Technology and one of the authors of the study.