[Special Issue News] Oceans and Climate: Ghosts of oceans past

Andrea Dutton's hunt for ancient coral reefs has taken her from white sand beaches along the Indian Ocean to wave-beaten cliffs beside the Caribbean. Last year, Dutton made the trek from her lab at the University of Florida in Gainesville to a Mexican amusement park carved from the seaside jungle of the Yucatán Peninsula to sample the rocks that the park's builders had cut and exposed: the remains of coral reefs more than 100,000 years old. Dutton seeks out ancient reefs to understand what's in store for Earth's coastlines. She's one of a small cadre of scientists scouring the planet for evidence of how high the oceans rose when polar ice melted during previous global warming spells.
Author: Warren Cornwall

Source: Science: This Week - November 12, 2015 Category: Science Authors: Warren Cornwall Tags: Oceans and Climate Source Type: research