The rise in atmospheric carbon dioxide levels at the end of the last glacial period has been attributed to a release of carbon from the abyssal ocean. Radiocarbon analyses from the Chilean margin have failed to find evidence that supports this hypothesis.
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Stott, L. No signs of Southern Ocean CO2. Nature Geosci 3, 153–154 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/ngeo815
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