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Fig. 5

From: Arctic closure as a trigger for Atlantic overturning at the Eocene-Oligocene Transition

Fig. 5

Temperature and freshwater flux response to closing the Arctic gateway. a Surface air temperature (SAT) and b precipitation minus evaporation differences showing the Arctic closed—control experiment in each case. There is substantial cooling (>5 °C) of the North Pacific in response to the shutdown of Pacific sinking, and a corresponding warming of the North Atlantic. No major interhemispheric temperature change is found. Precipitation minus evaporation increases in the North Pacific and decreases in the North Atlantic

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