Or M. Bialik on Nostr: Back in the day, I was taught that the opening of the Drake Passage in the late ...

Back in the day, I was taught that the opening of the Drake Passage in the late #Eocene led to #Antarctica being isolated which initiated rapid global #cooling. But we are seeing more data coming in, which suggests it was a much more gradual process. The connection had to get deep enough, abstractions needed to get out of the way and only then did the #ocean gyres linked up.
https://jm.copernicus.org/articles/43/497/2024/