31 Luglio 2023

Paolo Montagna del CNR-ISP racconta, insieme ai colleghi australiani Julie Trotter e Malcolm McCulloch, come i segnali geochimici dei coralli vengono tradotti in informazioni ambientali per la ricostruzione del clima del passato. E' un piccolo viaggio rivolto soprattutto agli studenti per capire l'importanza dell'Oceano Meridionale nel modificare il clima globale e per scoprire i segreti dei proxy geochimici.

How does a marine geochemist work? Paolo Montagna of the CNR-ISP and Julie Trotter and Malcolm McCulloch from the University of Western Australia tell how the geochemical signals of the corals are converted into environmental information for past climate reconstructions. It is a small trip especially for students to understand the importance of the Southern Ocean in modulating the global climate and to discover the secrets of geochemical proxies.

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