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Article: EARTH WARMED QUICKLY, ENDING THE LAST ICE AGE, SCIENTISTS FIND.(News)
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- Seattle Post-Intelligencer
- Article date:
- October 2, 1998
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Earth's climate abruptly warmed by 20 degrees or more to end an ice age 12,500 years ago, according to researchers whose findings may force a re-evaluation of the history of dramatic swings in the planet's climate.
James White, a climatologist at the University of Colorado, Boulder, said that an analysis of new ice cores from the Antarctica show that the south polar area went through a rapid temperature increase at the same time that the north polar region was also warming.
White, co-author of a study to be published today in the journal Science, said that the Antarctica ice cores show a temperature increase of about 20 degrees F within a very short ...