Scientists have found that the ocean temperature at Earth's polar extremes has a significant impact thousands of miles away at the equator.
Newcastle University's Dr. Erin McClymont is part of an international team of researchers who have published research in Science June 18, 2010 demonstrating a close link between the changes in the subpolar climate and the development of the modern tropical Pacific climate around two million years ago.
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