Mediterranean heat injection to the North Atlantic delayed the intensification of Northern Hemisphere glaciations

Subsurface heat transfer from the subtropical Atlantic Ocean to high latitudes during the mid-to-late Pliocene may have been responsible for a delay in the intensification of Northern Hemisphere glaciations, according to sedimentary proxy records and numerical modelling.

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Main Authors: Stefanie Kaboth-Bahr, André Bahr, Christian Stepanek, Maria Carolina Amorim Catunda, Cyrus Karas, Martin Ziegler, Ángela García-Gallardo, Patrick Grunert
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Nature Portfolio 2021
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/7b458b7957074886b94fedd1a273b006
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