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abrupt climate changes  

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  • THROUGHOUT RECORDED HISTORY, and in studies of geological and other records from much earlier periods of the Earth's history, there have been a number of abrupt climate changes. These significant and widespread shifts in climate heavily impacted many parts of the world. [Source: Encyclopedia of Global Warming and Climate Change; Abrupt Climate Changes]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-X6RGS8KF-J

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