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Ice age rhythms [1]

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What caused the series of more than 20 ice ages that have come and gone during the past 2 million years of Earth history? On page 860 of this issue, Dorale et al. (1) reveal a new twist in the most recent ice age cycle and demonstrate once again the rapidity with which large ice sheets can come and go.

Publication Date: 
11/02/2010
R. Lawrence Edwards [2]
Science [3]
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