Word: godwin
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...JAMES J. GODWIN Winchester, Mass...
Died. Earl Godwin, 75, longtime (since 1908) Washington newsman and folksy NBC radio commentator (since 1935); in Rehoboth Beach...
...thousand years ago, says Dr. Godwin, the last remnants of the Pleistocene glacier held out in the higher mountains of northern Britain. Plant remains of this date show that the country was open, arctic tundra with scattered patches of silver birch. Sea level was much lower. Peat dredged from the bottom of the North Sea shows that the southern two-thirds of its basin was filled by a chilly swamp connecting Britain with the continent, from Denmark to France...
...climate grew steadily warmer, melting the remnants of ice. Warmth-demanding plants (e.g., oak, elm and alder) invaded the Britannic Peninsula. New animals and new tribes of men trooped across the marshes. The climate was probably almost as warm as today. "A bit chillier," hazards Dr. Godwin...
...climate grew still warmer, it melted much bigger masses of ice in Siberia and North America. The water released raised the sea level, and the Atlantic Ocean ate its way southward over the "Doggerland" in the basin of the North Sea. By examining peat from the sea bottom, Dr. Godwin can tell the date when the salt water flowed over each...