{"id":79140,"date":"2023-12-08T07:37:41","date_gmt":"2023-12-08T07:37:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.tees.ac.uk\/environment\/?p=79140"},"modified":"2024-12-05T11:55:19","modified_gmt":"2024-12-05T11:55:19","slug":"reviewing-the-triggers-of-an-abrupt-climate-change-event-with-durham-universitys-professor-james-baldini","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.tees.ac.uk\/environment\/2023\/12\/08\/reviewing-the-triggers-of-an-abrupt-climate-change-event-with-durham-universitys-professor-james-baldini\/","title":{"rendered":"Reviewing the triggers of an abrupt climate change event with Durham University\u2019s Professor James Baldini"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On 8 December 2023, our <strong><em>Earth &amp; Environment Research Group<\/em><\/strong> joined up with Teesside University\u2019s student-led <strong><em>Environmental Research Society<\/em><\/strong>, to host a virtual talk by Durham University\u2019s Professor James Baldini. Professor Baldini\u2019s talk entitled \u2018<strong>Meltwater, meteors, and volcanoes: the elusive cause of the Younger Dryas Event<\/strong>\u2019 tackled the still hotly debated cause of the Younger Dryas Event (YDE).<\/p>\n<p>Following the Last Glacial Maximum, the Northern Hemisphere was steadily warming until an abrupt return to near glacial conditions around 12,870 years ago. This abrupt cold event is a subject of intense debate with three hotly contested theories: <strong><em>glacial meltwater flooding <\/em><\/strong>into the North Atlantic, a <strong><em>meteor impact<\/em><\/strong>, and a <strong><em>high-magnitude volcanic eruption<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>During the talk, Professor Baldini skilfully navigated through the pros and cons of each potential trigger, providing a balanced perspective, and debunking some common misconceptions about the Younger Dryas Event. Whether you\u2019re a seasoned enthusiast in Earth and environmental sciences or simply curious about our planet\u2019s intriguing history, this talk offers a captivating exploration into not only this, but the many similar events that occurred over the past 80,000 years of Earth\u2019s climate.<\/p>\n<p>The recording of Professor Baldini\u2019s talk is available on our research group Teams site but anyone can catch a similar talk by Professor Baldini on the Northeast Geological Society\u2019s YouTube Channel here <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/Gqj0M8DpfoE?si=0IwZKqq7ZJlsdxZA\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/Gqj0M8DpfoE?si=0IwZKqq7ZJlsdxZA<\/a>. Don\u2019t miss the chance to unravel the mysteries of the past and gain a deeper understanding of the forces that have shaped our planet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On 8 December 2023, our Earth &amp; Environment Research Group joined up with Teesside University\u2019s student-led Environmental Research Society, to host a virtual talk by Durham University\u2019s Professor James Baldini. Professor Baldini\u2019s talk entitled \u2018Meltwater,&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.tees.ac.uk\/environment\/2023\/12\/08\/reviewing-the-triggers-of-an-abrupt-climate-change-event-with-durham-universitys-professor-james-baldini\/\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23320,"featured_media":79141,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"footnotes":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false},"categories":[51,1],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/blogs.tees.ac.uk\/environment\/files\/2024\/02\/baldini.png","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.tees.ac.uk\/environment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79140"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.tees.ac.uk\/environment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.tees.ac.uk\/environment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.tees.ac.uk\/environment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23320"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.tees.ac.uk\/environment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=79140"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.tees.ac.uk\/environment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79140\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":79142,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.tees.ac.uk\/environment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79140\/revisions\/79142"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.tees.ac.uk\/environment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/79141"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.tees.ac.uk\/environment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=79140"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.tees.ac.uk\/environment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=79140"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.tees.ac.uk\/environment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=79140"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}