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Researchers Link Ice Age Climate-change Records To Ocean Salinity

10-07-2006 · ScienceDaily

Sudden decreases in temperature over Greenland and tropical rainfall patterns during the last Ice Age have been linked for the first time to rapid changes in the salinity of the north Atlantic Ocean, according to research published Oct. 5, 2006, in the journal Nature.

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