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Southern westerlies and CO2

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The Southern Hemisphere westerly winds affect the exchange of carbon dioxide between the ocean and atmosphere. Climate reconstructions from the southern mid-latitudes may reveal variability in the strength and position of the wind belt since the Last Glacial Maximum.

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Figure 1: The Southern Hemisphere westerly winds.

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  1. Dominic A. Hodgson and Louise C. Sime are in the Chemistry and Past Climate programme at the British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge, CB3 0ET, UK.,

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Hodgson, D., Sime, L. Southern westerlies and CO2. Nature Geosci 3, 666–667 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/ngeo970

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