Tropical-Polar Heat Transport (IMAGE)

Dartmouth College

Tropical-Polar Heat Transport

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A strong temperature gradient (above) delivered warm air from the tropics to the poles during the last ice age. When warming in the poles created a weaker temperature gradient (below), less warm air was transported from the tropics, causing accelerated warming in the region.

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Illustration by Margaret Jackson

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