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Snow maker for the ice ages

机译:冰河时代的造雪机

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In the Northern Hemisphere, large-scale glaciation was initiated comparatively recently. Paradoxically, it seems that the trigger was a seasonal warming of the sea surface in an upwind oceanic region. Over the past 50 million years, the Earth's climate has been cooling (Fig. 1), Although Antarctica has been glaciated for at least the past 35 million years, large ice sheets did not appear in the Northern Hemisphere until about 2.7 million years ago. Earth scientists largely agree that overall climatecooling is associated with decreasing levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, and that ice sheets can only grow if sufficient moisture is available and winter snow survives the summer heat. But what triggered the onset of the ice ages 2,7 million years ago? Explanations have focused on continental temperatures, with identification of potential moisture sources from the Atlantic, but there remain many open questions.
机译:在北半球,最近开始了大规模的冰川活动。矛盾的是,触发因素似乎是逆风大洋区域海面的季节性变暖。在过去的五千万年中,地球的气候一直在变凉(图1)。尽管南极洲至少在过去的三千五百万年就已经形成了冰川,但直到约270万年前,北半球才出现大冰盖。地球科学家在很大程度上同意,整体的气候降温与大气中二氧化碳水平的降低有关,并且只有在有足够的水分并且冬天的雪能在夏天的高温下生存的情况下,冰盖才能生长。但是,是什么导致了270万年前的冰河时代的来临呢?解释着重于大陆温度,并确定了来自大西洋的潜在水分源,但仍然存在许多未解决的问题。

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    《Nature》 |2005年第7028期|p.809-810|共2页
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    Katharina Billups;

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  • 收录信息 美国《科学引文索引》(SCI);美国《工程索引》(EI);美国《生物学医学文摘》(MEDLINE);美国《化学文摘》(CA);
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  • 中图分类 自然科学总论;
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