445671 event 1441731844 1492118302 <![CDATA[Frontiers in Science: Corals as Expert Witnesses to Climate Change]]> The public's hunger for information about climate change has never been greater, yet the politicization of climate change has made it difficult to separate truth from fiction. 2015 is poised to become the warmest year on record, but it is important to remember that the instrumental record of climate is relatively short, spanning only a few decades in many regions.

Over repeated visits to remote coral atolls in the tropical Pacific, Kim Cobb has assembled a record of climate from corals that spans many millennia. The results help to place current climate change trends in context.

]]> School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences Professor Kim Cobb on the results of her fieldwork

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