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Sunlight Has More Powerful Influence On Ocean Circulation And Climate Than North American Ice Sheets
Description: Researchers studied 24 separate locations in the Atlantic by analyzing information from ocean sediment cores. By observing the properties of the shells of tiny marine organisms, called foraminifera, found in these cores. Their research indicated distribution of sunlight, rather than the size of North American ice sheets, is the key variable in changes in the North Atlantic deep-water formation during the last four glacial cycles. [Source: ScienceDaily]
URL: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081106153633.htm
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Source: ScienceDaily
Publish Date: 11/7/2008
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