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The dynamics of cold events

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The last glacial period and deglaciation were marked by abrupt, millennial-scale climate changes. Changes in the North Atlantic meridional overturning circulation were important contributors to rapid climate variability, but did not act alone.

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Figure 1: Glacial and deglacial circulation.

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  1. Katrin J. Meissner is at the Climate Change Research Centre and ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate System Science, Level 4 Mathews Building, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales 2052, Australia,

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