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Oceanic action at a distance

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Glacial intervals are characterized by low levels of atmospheric CO2. A new explanation for that connection invokes nutrient export from the Southern Ocean to warmer waters at such times.

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Figure 1: Variation of nitrogen and silicon isotopes from Antarctic sediments over the past 350,000 years.

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