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Independent coverage reports reduced tropical Atlantic nitrogen fixation during the warm late Pliocene and recovery in the cooler Pleistocene. DIRECT_TEXT

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Source: Fossil plankton shells reveal reduced nitrogen fixation in warmer oceans 3 million years ago · locator {} · excerpt hash sha256:168b40d671014c558e40e568bafb823b1ca197f5fa6a290ce5a9081c3f68f3f4

An international research group ... demonstrated, using drill cores of ocean sediment, that natural nitrogen fixation in the tropical Atlantic was significantly reduced during the warm late Pliocene and then increased into the cooler Pleistocene.