Environmental Variability and Climate Change
Environmental Variability and Climate Change
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An iceberg originating from northwestern Greenl<strong>and</strong> fl oating in the northern North Atlantic. As such icebergs drift into warmer<br />
water <strong>and</strong> melt, debris particles rain down onto the sea fl oor leaving a record of the equatorward extent of iceberg drift.<br />
During the last glacial period ice-rafted debris in the North Atlantic was delivered as far south as the Portuguese margin.<br />
photo: Anne Jennings<br />
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