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The underlying processes responsible for a rise in atmospheric carbon dioxide levels at the last glacial termination remain uncertain. This paper presents high-resolution carbon dioxide and methane records of the last deglaciation from the West Antarctic Ice Sheet Divide ice core. The authors find that a significant proportion of the direct radiative forcing associated with the rise in atmospheric carbon dioxide during the last glacial-interglacial occurred in three abrupt steps during approximately four centuries. [Source: Nature]
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