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A team of researchers manages to explain why the last glaciation occurred 100,000 years ago and how it could spread so quickly even to temperate regions
A new study led by researchers at the University of Arizona has managed to solve two mysteries that have long baffled experts studying Earth’s past climate: Where did all the ice come from, about 100 years ago?
000 years ago, almost completely covered the northern hemisphere during the last ice age ? And how could those icy layers form and grow so fast?
Understanding what drives Earth’s glacial and interglacial cycles—the periodic advance and retreat of ice sheets in the Northern Hemisphere—is no easy task, and researchers have devoted considerable effort to understanding the…
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