A new ice-core record from Antarctica provides the best evidence yet of a link between climate in the northern and southern polar regions that operates through changes in ocean circulation.
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Steig, E. The south–north connection. Nature 444, 152–153 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1038/444152a
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