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Timing is everything during deglaciations

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Links between various climate records for the North Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea have helped to identify a potential mechanism that enhanced sea-level rise during the last interglacial time interval. See Letter p.197

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Figure 1: Glacial-to-interglacial transitions.

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