Sunday, February 11, 2007
Climate Change - From the Horse's Mouth
Climate Change - From the Horse's Mouth
Now this is getting it as it is, straight from the horse's mouth.
Scientists have estimated that the earth's average temperature dropped by about 8 degress C in the last 4,00,000 years. And how did they estimate this? Using horses' mouths, no I'm not kidding!
As reported in a recent edition of the scientific journal Nature, scientists used the clues present in the equine teeth, which, owing to the evolution of these animals, gave hints to the scientists about how long, how cold and how big the chill was hundreds of thousands of years ago.
Now this is getting it as it is, straight from the horse's mouth.
Scientists have estimated that the earth's average temperature dropped by about 8 degress C in the last 4,00,000 years. And how did they estimate this? Using horses' mouths, no I'm not kidding!
As reported in a recent edition of the scientific journal Nature, scientists used the clues present in the equine teeth, which, owing to the evolution of these animals, gave hints to the scientists about how long, how cold and how big the chill was hundreds of thousands of years ago.
Labels: climate-change, horses
