Prof. Xingchen (Tony) Wang uses deep-sea corals to unlock secrets of past rapid carbon dioxide increase

The Southern Ocean played a critical role in the rapid atmospheric carbon dioxide increase during the last deglaciation that took place 20,000 to 10,000 years ago, according to a new report by Boston College geochemist Prof. Xingchen (Tony) Wang and an international team in the online edition of Science Advances. In this new study, Wang and his coauthors analyzed deep-sea coral fossils from 20,000 to 10,000 years ago, when atmospheric carbon dioxide was on the rise. Please see BC NEWS for the full story.