Volcanic eruptions may have thawed ice age

Tuesday, October 6, 2009 - 18:28 in Earth & Climate

As ice sheets thawed toward the end of the last ice age, Earth responded with a fit of volcanic eruptions that spewed CO2 into the air and created the balmy climate we know today, says a new study.

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