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Southern Ocean intermediate waters may hold key to Earth's carbon dioxide history

  • May 18, 2026 at 8:00 PM
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Southern Ocean intermediate waters may hold key to Earth's carbon dioxide history
Researchers at National Taiwan University and partner institutions have uncovered new evidence that Antarctic Intermediate Water (AAIW)—a distinct layer sitting 500–1,500 meters below the ocean surface—played a pivotal role in a major atmospheric carbon dioxide transition that occurred roughly 450,000 years ago.

Originally published at Phys.org

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