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Ocean circulation implicated in past abrupt climate changes
2016-07-04 23:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Environmental News Network: There was a period during the last ice age when temperatures in the Northern Hemisphere went on a rollercoaster ride, plummeting and then rising again every 1,500 years or so. Those abrupt climate changes wreaked havoc on ecosystems, but their cause has been something of a mystery. New evidence published this week in the leading journal Science shows for the first time that the ocean's overturning circulation slowed during every one of those temperature plunges - at times almost stopping. "People...
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