North Atlantic signalled Ice Age thaw 1,000 years before it happened

North Atlantic signalled Ice Age thaw 1,000 years before it happened
London, UK (SPX) Dec 19, 2014 - The Atlantic Ocean at mid-depths may have given out early warning signals - 1,000 years in advance - that the last Ice Age was going to end, scientists report in the journal Paleoceanography. Scientists had previously known that at the end of the last Ice Age, around 14,700 years ago, major changes occurred to the Atlantic Ocean in a period known as the Bolling-Allerod interval. During thi ... more

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