COSEE Ocean Systems: News
From Greenhouse To Ice House: Important Role Of The Indonesian Gateway Suggested
Description: It was not known what caused fundamental climate change in the Mid Pliocene, about 3.5-2.5 million years ago. By that time warm climate conditions ended and the ice caps in the northern hemisphere developed. Researchers now suggest that changes in the Indonesian throughflow may have been the determining process for this fundamental climate change. [Source: ScienceDaily]
URL: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090518102954.htm
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Source: ScienceDaily
Publish Date: 5/19/2009
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