# Ice-age abrupt climate shifts were not as fast as thought, new study finds

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- Published: 2026-11-05T19:00:34+00:00
- Category: Science
- Original: https://phys.org/news/2026-11-ice-age-abrupt-climate-shifts.html
- Canonical: https://groundlevelnews.com/story/ice-age-abrupt-climate-shifts-were-not-as-fast-as-thought-new-study-fi-4a435f/

New high-resolution speleothem records from China and India, together with isotope-enabled climate models, show that abrupt glacial ocean circulation recoveries took centuries, not decades—a finding with important implications for how we assess future Atlantic circulation change. The work is published in the journal Science.

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