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New study shows freshwater input route from melting ice led to rapid cooling

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Phys.org

Publication Date
2018-01-25

Scientists have long known that a reduction in Atlantic Ocean currents bringing warm water to the Northern Hemisphere from the tropics created abrupt cooling known as the Younger Dryas cold period nearly 13,000 years ago, but the cause of this phenomenon has not been proved.

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https://phys.org/news/2018-01-freshwater-route-ice-rapid-cooling.html