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News Release 10-103
Carbon Dioxide Has Played Leading Role in Dictating Global Climate Patterns
CO2 levels explain why temperatures in tropical and arctic waters have risen and fallen together for the past 2.7 million years
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An underwater view of a tropical ocean.
Credit: © 2010 Jupiter Images Corporation
Interview with Dr. Timothy Herbert about his research on the synchrony of Ice Ages and changes in tropical temperatures over the last 2.5 million years.
Credit: Brown University/National Science Foundation
The findings of Timothy Herbert and colleagues are published in the June 18, 2010 issue of Science.
Credit: Copyright AAAS 2010
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