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A Goldner1, N Herold2, M Huber3

  • 11] Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, USA [2] American Geophysical Union, Washington DC 20009, USA.

Nature
|August 1, 2014
PubMed
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Global cooling and Antarctic ice sheet growth were driven by declining atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2), not ocean gateway opening. Ice sheet expansion then significantly altered ocean circulation patterns.

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