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Nature 451, 284-285 (17 January 2008) | doi:10.1038/nature06589; Published online 16 January 2008
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Research Scientist – Ecology of Phytoplankton and Primary Producers (Experimental Lakes Area)
- Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO)
- Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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- Rice University
- Houston, Texas, USA
Unlocking the mysteries of the ice ages
Maureen E. Raymo1 & Peter Huybers2
Abstract
Much progress has been made towards understanding what caused the waxing and the waning of the great ice sheets, but a complete theory of the ice ages is still elusive.
Perhaps the longest-standing puzzle in the Earth sciences is what caused the Northern Hemisphere ice sheets to come and go. Earth scientists have been trying to solve this puzzle since 1840, when Louis Agassiz proposed that the geological deposits in Europe and North America were the remnants of vast ice sheets that spilled from the mountains.
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