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News Release 10-003
Global Ice Age Climate Patterns Influenced by Bering Strait
Small geographic feature has large impacts on climate
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Ice is shown choking the Bering Strait in recent times; the ice moves from the strait south to the Bering Sea.
Credit: NASA
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The Bering Strait separates the U.S. and Russia by only 90 kilometers.
Credit: NASA
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Altered currents once produced ocean warming (right, dark red) that melted ice sheets.
Credit: UCAR
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