Closure of the Bering Strait caused Mid-Pleistocene Transition cooling

Closure of the Bering Strait caused Mid-Pleistocene Transition cooling

Closure of the Bering Strait caused Mid-Pleistocene Transition cooling, Published online: 19 December 2018; doi:10.1038/s41467-018-07828-0

The causes of Mid-Pleistocene Transition global cooling 1 million years ago are still unknown. Here, the authors find the subarctic North Pacific became stratified during these glaciations due to closure of the Bering Strait, which would have removed CO2 from the atmosphere and caused global cooling.

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