Guest guest Posted August 31, 2006 Report Share Posted August 31, 2006 Scientists Pinpoint Polar Cataclysm Date By WILLIAM KATES The Associated Press http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/29/AR2006082901018.html Tuesday, August 29, 2006; 5:45 PM SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- A 30-mile maze canyons in Antarctica was carved out of bedrock by the catastrophic draining of subglacial lakes during global warming between 12 million and 14 million years ago, according to university researchers who warn a similar event today could have serious environmental consequences. Although scientists have previously theorized that the Labyrinth region in southern Victoria Land was created by water released from lakes that had formed under glaciers, researchers at Syracuse University and Boston University say they found geological evidence to bracket the timing of the last major flooding and link it to a global warming trend at the time. "Our ideal is not the spirituality that withdraws from life but the conquest of life by the power of the spirit." - Aurobindo. Get your email and more, right on the new .com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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