Royer: New Study Improves Ancient Climate Record

David PesciJanuary 8, 20101min
Dana Royer discusses a new study that examines carbon dioxide levels from millions of years ago

In a news piece in Nature, Dana Royer, assistant professor of earth and environmental sciences, comments on a new soil study that improves the data on carbon dioxide levels present millions of years ago. Accurately putting this data in perspective helps sciences place current carbon dioxide and climate levels in context to past conditions where carbon dioxide levels were elevated.