Climate change - Snow maker for the ice ages

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作者
Billups, K [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Delaware, Coll Marine Studies, Lewes, DE 19958 USA
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10.1038/433809a
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O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
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07 [理学]; 0710 [生物学]; 09 [农学];
摘要
In the Northern Hemisphere, large-scale glaciation was initiated comparatively recently. Paradoxically, it seems that the trigger was a seasonal warming of the sea surface in an upwind oceanic region.
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