The Brain Scoop: What Fossils Reveal About Today's Climate Change

A large ship is in the water piping fossil fuels. An expanded view from the ship depicts a man researching in a lab setup. Caption: What happens over the last 70 million years.

Dr. Scott Wing spent a decade combing the hills in the Bighorn Basin of Wyoming to find fossil evidence of an extinction event that occurred in the Southern Ocean of Antarctica around 56 million years ago. In this episode, host Emily Graslie talks with him and Dr. Kirk Johnson about how studying the fossil record helps scientists better understand climate change. Part of "The Brain Scoop" series.

(Source: DCMP)

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climate change, geology

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  • The Brain Scoop: What Fossils Reveal About Today's Climate Change

    Type:
    Video
    Format:
    Streaming
    Accommodations:
    English Audio Descriptions - Visual, English Captions - Auditory
    Languages:
    English
    License:
    DCMP Membership
    Author:
    The Field Museum
    Length:
    12 minutes