Some tropical land may heat up nearly twice as much as oceans under climate change, sediment record suggests

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Feb 2, 2026, 3:00 pm120 ptsTrending
Some tropical land regions may warm more dramatically than previously predicted, as climate change progresses, according to a new CU Boulder study that looks millions of years into Earth's past. Using lake sediments from the Colombian Andes, researchers reveal that when the planet warmed millions of years ago…

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