What an Indian monsoon 130,000 years ago tells us about climate change today

Mar 26, 2019

A man looks at the rough sea as rainy clouds gather above during the monsoon period in Colombo, Sri Lanka May 21, 2018. REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RC1636094500

Monsoon clouds gathering in Sri Lanka. Image: REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte

Pallavi Anand

Lecturer in Ocean Biogeochemistry, , The Open University

Katrina Nilsson-Kerr

PhD Researcher in Climatology, , The Open University

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Maharashtra, India on May 28 2010, during the dry season. Image: Arne Hückelheim/Wikipedia, CC BY

The same view in Maharashtra, India on August 28 2010, during the monsoon season. Image: Arne Hückelheim/Wikipedia, CC BY

Globigerinoides ruber– a species of microscopic foraminifera from the Indian Ocean. Image: Pallavi Anand,Author provided

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