Climate change: Circulation of Atlantic Ocean was faster during last Ice Age than today
Monday, October 15, 2012 - 12:31
in Earth & Climate
Heat transport in the Atlantic Ocean during the last Ice Age was not weaker, as long assumed, but in fact stronger than it is today. Scientists used ultra-precise measurements of natural radionuclides in ocean sediments to study the ocean's strength of circulation and uncovered new information about the past of the "Atlantic heat pump."