UC professor talks about climate change work in Science

University of Cincinnati professor of geology Tom Lowell is featured in the latest issue of Science, discussing his latest research into whether the Younger Dryas impacted climate change around the globe.

The Younger Dryas, which occurred approximately 12,900 years ago and lasted around 1,300 years, was an unexpected rapid cooling of the earth that led to the widespread extinctions of species.

Since its effects south of the equator are particularly unknown, Lowell has done much of his work there, having recently returned from a month-long trip to Peru.

Lowell, an expert in radiocarbon dating techniques, has been trying to reconcile the differences between data obtained from that method of dating and results from surface-exposure dating, and what that says about scientists’ understanding of Younger Dryas and other climate change events.

Read the full article here.