Dinosaurs' Climate Shifted, Too, Drilling Samples Show
Ancient rocks from the bottom of the Pacific Ocean suggest dramatic climate changes during the dinosaur-dominated Mesozoic Era, a time once thought to have been monotonously hot and humid. Findings of a changeable climate during this time could influence the current climate change debate.
Ancient rocks from the bottom of the Pacific Ocean suggest dramatic climate changes during the dinosaur-dominated Mesozoic Era, a time once thought to have been monotonously hot and humid.
In a recent issue of Geology, scientists from Indiana University Bloomington (IUB) and the Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research present new evidence that ocean surface temperatures varied as much as about 11 degrees Fahrenheit during the Aptian Epoch of the Cretaceous Period, 120 million years ago.