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A stunning map of the Atlantic Ocean seafloor — and one woman’s pioneering quest to publish it
Tharp was a pioneering cartographer and geologist whose meticulous maps of the Atlantic Ocean floor revealed the unseen and ...
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Abrupt Climate Change During the Last Ice Age
Some theories suggest that changes in ocean circulation due to ... latitude on the western side of the Atlantic (e.g., Newfoundland). During the last ice age, massive continental ice sheets ...
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From dire wolves to giant bears: Meet the North American animals of the ice age
The great auk (Pinguinus impennis) was a bird that dominated the North Atlantic during the ice age and into modern times. Great auks stood over 80 centimetres tall and lived on the open ocean ...