A New History of Life

The Cretaceous—A Tropical Planet (1520x31)

Data emisji: Sty 01, 2013

Conditions in the mid- to late-Cretaceous were unusually tropical worldwide, with very high sea levels. As a test case in modeling ancient climates, study factors that may explain this remarkable episode in Earth’s history. Also explore what it meant for life to exist in a global hothouse.