The Northern Hemisphere briefly emerged from the last ice age some 14,700 years ago with a 22-degree-Fahrenheit spike in just 50 years, then plunged back into icy conditions before abruptly warming again about 11,700 years ago.
Massive “reorganizations” of atmospheric circulation coincided with each temperature spurt, with each reorganization taking just one or two years, according to a new study.
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