Large volcanic eruption in Scotland may have contributed to prehistoric global warming
Thursday, January 24, 2019 - 08:20
in Earth & Climate
Around 56 million years ago, global temperatures spiked. Researchers at Uppsala University and in the U.K. now show that a major explosive eruption from the Red Hills on the Isle of Skye may have been a contributing factor to the massive climate disturbance. Their findings have been published in the journal Scientific Reports.