Tibet sediments reveal climate patterns from late Miocene, 6 million years ago

Researchers surveyed sediment samples from the northern Tibetan Plateau’s Qaidam Basin and constructed paleoclimate cycle records from the late Miocene epoch of Earth’s history, which lasted from approximately 11 to 5.3 million years ago. Reconstructing past climate records can help scientists determine both natural patterns and the ways in which future glacial events and greenhouse gas emissions may affect global systems.
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