What caused the great ice ages? Accurate dating of the end of one of these ice ages makes us reconsider which part of the climate system drives severe glaciation.
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Schrag, D. Of ice and elephants. Nature 404, 23–24 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1038/35003667
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