From Greenhouse To Ice House: Important Role Of The Indonesian Gateway Suggested

Monday, May 18, 2009 - 21:35 in Earth & Climate

One of the mysteries of the Earth's history is the fundamental climate change in the Mid Pliocene, about 3.5-2.5 million years ago. By that time warm climate conditions ended and the ice caps in the northern hemisphere developed. Investigations by marines scientists suggest that changes in the Indonesian throughflow might have been the determining process for this fundamental climate change.

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