Does the trigger for abrupt climate change reside in the ocean or in the atmosphere?

Science

Volumn 300, Issue 5625, 2003, Pages 1519-1522

  Broecker, W S ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH ATMOSPHERE; WATER;

FRESHWATER INJECTIONS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN SYSTEM; CLIMATE CHANGE; FRESHWATER; GLACIATION; PLEISTOCENE; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATMOSPHERE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DISASTER; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; GLOBAL CHANGE; GLOBAL CLIMATE; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEA; SIMULATION; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; TROPIC CLIMATE;

EID: 0037567267     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1083797     Document Type: Review

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