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February 23, 2016

Ice age blob of warm ocean water discovered south of Greenland
Oslo, Norway (SPX) Feb 23, 2016
New research published in Scientific Reports in February indicates that a warm ocean surface water prevailed during the last ice age, sandwiched between two major ice sheets just south of Greenland. Extreme climate changes in the past Ice core records show that Greenland went through 25 extreme and abrupt climate changes during the last ice age some 20.000 to 70.000 years ago. In less than 50 years the air temperatures over Greenland could increase by 10 to 15 C. However the warm periods were shor ... read more

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