Zealandia Switch may be the missing link in understanding ice age climates

The origins of ice age climate changes may lie in the Southern Hemisphere, where interactions among the westerly wind system, the Southern Ocean and the tropical Pacific can trigger rapid, global changes in atmospheric temperature, according to an international research team led by the University of...

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Main Author: Nagle, Margaret
Format: Text
Language:unknown
Published: DigitalCommons@UMaine 2021
Subjects:
Press release
Climate Change Institute
CCI
Climate
Higher Education
History
Southern Ocean
Pacific
Online Access:https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/univ_publications/1068
https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2070&context=univ_publications
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Summary:The origins of ice age climate changes may lie in the Southern Hemisphere, where interactions among the westerly wind system, the Southern Ocean and the tropical Pacific can trigger rapid, global changes in atmospheric temperature, according to an international research team led by the University of Maine.

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