Tag Archives: Radiocarbon dating

University of Southampton Research Shows Southern Westerly Winds Drove Massive Peat Growth and Altered Global Carbon Cycling 15,000 Years Ago

(IN BRIEF) A global team led by the University of Southampton has discovered that ancient peat bogs across the Southern Hemisphere expanded rapidly around 15,000 years ago due to abrupt shifts in the Southern Westerly Winds, a finding published in … Read the full press release

Newcastle University archaeologists, volunteers start Maryport Roman Temples excavation

17-6-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — A team of archaeologists and volunteers led by Newcastle University’s Professor Ian Haynes with site director Tony Wilmott, has started work in Maryport until 22 July. This is the third year they have excavated at this important Roman … Read the full press release