Closure of the Bering Strait caused Mid-Pleistocene Transition cooling

The causes of Mid-Pleistocene Transition global cooling 1 million years ago are still unknown. Here, the authors find the subarctic North Pacific became stratified during these glaciations due to closure of the Bering Strait, which would have removed CO2 from the atmosphere and caused global cooling...

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Published in:Nature Communications
Main Authors: Sev Kender, Ana Christina Ravelo, Savannah Worne, George E. A. Swann, Melanie J. Leng, Hirofumi Asahi, Julia Becker, Henrieka Detlef, Ivano W. Aiello, Dyke Andreasen, Ian R. Hall
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2018
Subjects:
Science
Q
Bering Strait
Pacific
Subarctic
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-07828-0
https://doaj.org/article/66fa5f167de24bb1b71227a993df911e
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Summary:The causes of Mid-Pleistocene Transition global cooling 1 million years ago are still unknown. Here, the authors find the subarctic North Pacific became stratified during these glaciations due to closure of the Bering Strait, which would have removed CO2 from the atmosphere and caused global cooling.

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