Ikaite crystals found in Greenland and Antarctica could provide information about climate trends of the past, according to a Syracuse University Study.
These crystals trap information about temperatures at the time of formation, essentially making climate fossils.
This arctic limestone is another important indicator of climate history, allowing scientists to confirm climate trends of the past.
“We are extremely happy to figure out how to get a climate signal out of this peculiar mineral. A new proxy is always welcome when studying past climate changes,” said study leader Professor Zunli Lu.
Fred Pribac
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Thank you for the link - however - the problem for people like me working to stay abreast of the findings in order to give good advice to our employers (such as local government, whose core business is not science or greenhouse studies) is that these articles published by Elsevier cost too much.
Almost $40 for a few pages in PDF format - you've got to be joking!
Byron Smith
PhD candidate in Christian Ethics at University of Edinburgh
The conclusion begins this: "We report the first comprehensive geochemical study on an ikaite-containing core to demonstrate the potential of using hydration water δ18Ohydra as a paleoenvironmental proxy."
This paper may contribute another piece of the paleoclimate puzzle, but it is not "the" key to climate change, as claimed in the rather misleading headline.