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Science 11 February 2000:
Vol. 287. no. 5455, pp. 987 - 988
DOI: 10.1126/science.287.5455.987
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Perspectives

PALEOCLIMATE:
The Last Interglacial

George J. Kukla

Climate during the last 10,000 years, the Holocene, has been relatively mild and stable. In contrast, the climate during the last interglacial is often portrayed as more variable. But, as Kukla discusses in this Perspective, evidence for a more stable last interglacial is emerging. Furthermore, the transition to the next glacial proceeded in stages and was not uniform across Europe.

The author is at the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University, Palisades, NY 10964, USA. E-mail: kukla{at}ldeo.columbia.edu

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