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Researchers Pinpoint Abrupt Onset of Modern Day Indian Ocean Monsoon System
Description: A new study by an international team of scientists reveals the exact timing of the onset of the modern monsoon pattern in the Maldives 12.9 million years ago, and its connection to past climate changes and coral reefs in the region. The analysis of sediment cores provides direct physical evidence of the environmental conditions that sparked the monsoon conditions that exist today around the low-lying island nation and the Indian subcontinent. [Source: University of Miami]
URL: http://www.rsmas.miami.edu/news-events/press-releases/2016/researchers-pinpoint-abrupt-onset-of-modern-day-indian-ocean-monsoon-system/
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Source: University of Miami
Publish Date: 7/28/2016
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