Uncorking the Southern Ocean's Vintage CO 2

New radiocarbon evidence suggests that the Southern Ocean released CO 2 into the atmosphere at the end of the last ice age. Two scenarios could explain how and why.

Bibliographic Details
Published in:Science
Main Authors: Anderson, Robert F., Carr, Mary-Elena
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) 2010
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1190765
https://www.science.org/doi/pdf/10.1126/science.1190765
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Summary:New radiocarbon evidence suggests that the Southern Ocean released CO 2 into the atmosphere at the end of the last ice age. Two scenarios could explain how and why.