Britain's ice age glaciers lasted until the 18th century: Ice masses existed 11 THOUSAND years later than first thought Study recreated weather in the Cairngorms with a climate computer model They found winter weather was cooler and snowier than previously thought This would have led to small glaciers in the steep-sided mountain hollows A separate study used cosmogenic dating to show that a small glacier in a Cairngorm corrie piled up to form ridges within the last few centuries By Ellie Zolfagharifard Published: 14:22 BST, 21 January 2014 | Updated: 17:15 BST, 21 January 2014 117 View A glacier could still be found in the UK until 300 years ago - 11,000 years later than previously thought, according to new research. Scientists from Exeter University have found that small glaciers almost certainly existed in the Cairngorms in Scotland as recently as the 18th century. Their findings contradict the long-held belief …
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Was Stone Age culture driven by CLIMATE CHANGE? Advances in language coincided with a rise in rainfall
Was Stone Age culture driven by CLIMATE CHANGE? Advances in language coincided with a rise in rainfall Research led by Cardiff University found that increased use of Stone Age symbols and seashell decorations coincided with increased rainfall Innovation by Stone Age men in what is now South Africa decreased in dry periods with little rainfall Scientists reconstructed climate variability over the last 100,000 years By Sarah Griffiths Published: 10:34 BST, 21 January 2014 | Updated: 16:05 BST, 21 January 2014 130 View Advances in Stone Age man’s language and culture, might have been driven by climate change, scientists claim. Scientists believe surges in innovation in early modern human populations coincided with periods of heavy rainfall. People living in the Middle Stone Age, between 80,000 and 40,000 years ago, in an area that is now South Africa, used symbols to communicate, which have been linked to the …