Research findings could affect oil and gas exploration
Shown, from left, are Carl Richter, a geologist in the School of Geosciences at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, and Chuang Xuan, a paleomagnetist, Oregon State University, on the roof of the bridge deck of research vessel JOIDES Resolution during departure from Ponta Delgada. PHOTO BY GARY ACTION AND IODP
Samples of earth extracted from deep beneath the sea, off the coast of Spain and Portugal, show climate shifts as early as 6 million years ago.
