摘要
With the support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China,Prof.An Zhisheng and his colleagues at the State Key Laboratory of Loess and Quaternary Geology,Institute of Earth Environment in Xi'an,China have analyzed ancient sediments from a lakebed in southwestern China in order to build a 2.6 million year-long record of ISM variability.An article in August 5,2011 issue of Science reported their research findings. According to the report,the Indian Summer Monsoon,or ISM,is an annual climate cycle that influences the seasonal rainfall in South Asia and has major implications for human well-being.Though
With the support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China, Prof. An Zhisheng and his colleagues at the State Key Laboratory of Loess and Quaternary Geology, Institute of Earth Environment in Xi＇an, China have analyzed ancient sediments from a lakebed in southwestern China in order to build a 2.6 million year-long record of ISM variability. An article in August 5, 2011 issue of Science reported their research findings.
