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Gustiness: The driver of glacial dustiness? by McGee, David, Broecker, Wallace S., Winckler, Gisela

“…During glacial periods of the Late Quaternary, mineral dust emissions from Earth’s dominant source areas were a factor of 2–4 higher than interglacial levels…”
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Interhemispheric Atlantic seesaw response during the last deglaciation by Knorr, Gregor, Barker, Stephen, Diz, Paula, Hall, Ian R, Broecker, Wallace S, Vautravers, Maryline J, Pike, Jennifer

“…The asynchronous relationship between millennial-scale temperature changes over Greenland and Antarctica during the last glacial period has led to the notion…”
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Hydrologic impacts of past shifts of Earth's thermal equator offer insight into those to be produced by fossil fuel CO2 by Broecker, Wallace S., Putnam, Aaron E.

“…Major changes in global rainfall patterns accompanied a northward shift of Earth's thermal equator at the onset of an abrupt climate change 14.6 kya. This…”
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Ice Age Terminations by Cheng, Hai, Edwards, R. Lawrence, Broecker, Wallace S, Denton, George H, Kong, Xinggong, Wang, Yongjin, Zhang, Rong, Wang, Xianfeng

“…²³⁰Th-dated oxygen isotope records of stalagmites from Sanbao Cave, China, characterize Asian Monsoon (AM) precipitation through the ends of the third- and…”
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Northward extent of East Asian monsoon covaries with intensity on orbital and millennial timescales by Goldsmith, Yonaton, Broecker, Wallace S., Xu, Hai, Polissar, Pratigya J., deMenocal, Peter B., Porat, Naomi, Lan, Jianghu, Cheng, Peng, Zhou, Weijian, An, Zhisheng

“…The magnitude, rate, and extent of past and future East Asian monsoon (EAM) rainfall fluctuations remain unresolved. Here, late Pleistocene–Holocene EAM…”
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Human-induced changes in the distribution of rainfall by Putnam, Aaron E, Broecker, Wallace S

“…A likely consequence of global warming will be the redistribution of Earth's rain belts, affecting water availability for many of Earth's inhabitants. We…”
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Was the Younger Dryas Triggered by a Flood? by Broecker, Wallace S.

“…Draining of a huge lake into the Northern Atlantic may have triggered a cold period ~12,900 years ago. The route taken by the flood waters remains unknown…”
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Mineral sequestration of carbon dioxide in basalt: A pre-injection overview of the CarbFix project by Gislason, Sigurdur Reynir, Wolff-Boenisch, Domenik, Stefansson, Andri, Oelkers, Eric H., Gunnlaugsson, Einar, Sigurdardottir, Hólmfridur, Sigfusson, Bergur, Broecker, Wallace S., Matter, Juerg M., Stute, Martin, Axelsson, Gudni, Fridriksson, Thrainn

“…In this paper we describe the thermodynamic and kinetic basis for mineral storage of carbon dioxide in basaltic rock, and how this storage can be optimized…”
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Millennial-scale varnish microlamination dating of late Pleistocene geomorphic features in the drylands of western USA by Liu, Tanzhuo, Broecker, Wallace S.

“…Varnish microlamination (VML) dating is a climate-based correlative age determination technique used to correlate and date various geomorphic features in…”
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Climate change CO2 arithmetic by Broecker, Wallace S

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CO₂ Arithmetic by Broecker, Wallace S.

“…Strict emission limits will be necessary if the rise in atmospheric carbon dioxide is to be stemmed…”
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Rock varnish evidence for a Younger Dryas wet period in the Dead Sea basin by Liu, Tanzhuo, Broecker, Wallace S., Stein, Mordechai

“…Rock varnish from 14.6 to 13.2 ka recessional shorelines of late glacial Lake Lisan and fan delta surfaces between 280 and 365 m bmsl (meters below mean sea…”
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The Deglacial Evolution of North Atlantic Deep Convection by Thornalley, David J. R., Barker, Stephen, Broecker, Wallace S., Elderfield, Henry, McCave, I. Nick

“…Deepwater formation in the North Atlantic by open-ocean convection is an essential component of the overturning circulation of the Atlantic Ocean, which helps…”
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Abrupt climate change revisited by Broecker, Wallace S.

“…Taken together, evidence from east Greenland's mountain moraines and results from atmospheric models appear to provide the answer to a question which has long…”
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Two contributors to the glacial CO2 decline by Broecker, Wallace S., Yu, Jimin, Putnam, Aaron E.

“…It is generally accepted that the glacial drawdown of atmospheric CO2 content is the sole result of uptake by the ocean. Here we make a case that the reduction…”
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Rock varnish record of the African Humid Period in the Lake Turkana basin of East Africa by Liu, Tanzhuo, Lepre, Christopher J, Hemming, Sidney R, Broecker, Wallace S

“…Rock varnish is a manganiferous dark coating accreted on subaerially exposed rocks in drylands. It often contains a layered microstratigraphy that records past…”
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Wobbly ocean conveyor circulation during the Holocene? by Denton, George H., Broecker, Wallace S.

“…Compared to the last glacial period, the climate of the Holocene has been quite stable. However, the record does suggest that, at high latitudes in the north,…”
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Lacustrine cave carbonates: Novel archives of paleohydrologic change in the Bonneville Basin (Utah, USA) by McGee, David, Quade, Jay, Edwards, R. Lawrence, Broecker, Wallace S., Cheng, Hai, Reiners, Peter W., Evenson, Nathan

“…Records of past changes in lake levels and lake water isotopic composition in closed basins provide key insights into past variations in the hydrological…”
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REPLY TO LIU ET AL: East Asian summer monsoon rainfall dominates Lake Dali lake area changes by Goldsmith, Yonaton, Broecker, Wallace S., Xu, Hai, Polissar, Pratigya J., deMenocal, Peter, Porat, Naomi, Lan, Jianghu, Cheng, Peng, Zhou, Weijian, An, Zhisheng

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Rapid carbon mineralization for permanent disposal of anthropogenic carbon dioxide emissions by Matter, Juerg M., Stute, Martin, Snæbjörnsdottir, Sandra Ó., Oelkers, Eric H., Gislason, Sigurdur R., Aradottir, Edda S., Sigfusson, Bergur, Gunnarsson, Ingvi, Sigurdardottir, Holmfridur, Gunnlaugsson, Einar, Axelsson, Gudni, Alfredsson, Helgi A., Wolff-Boenisch, Domenik, Mesfin, Kiflom, de la Reguera Taya, Diana Fernandez, Hall, Jennifer, Dideriksen, Knud, Broecker, Wallace S.

“…Carbon capture and storage (CCS) provides a solution toward decarbonization of the global economy. The success of this solution depends on the ability to…”
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