Study shows massive CO2 burps from ocean to atmosphere at end of last ice age

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Researchers using sophisticated research vessels extract deep-sea sediment cores from oceans around the world to chart past climate change. Credit: Thomas Marchitto University of Colorado
Researchers using sophisticated research vessels extract deep-sea sediment cores from oceans around the world to chart past climate change. Credit: Thomas Marchitto, University of Colorado

A University of Colorado at Boulder-led research team tracing the origin of a large carbon dioxide increase in Earth's atmosphere at the end of the last ice age has detected two ancient "burps" that originated from the deepest parts of the oceans.


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