{
  "id": 16905962,
  "title": "Earth's ice ages may have been driven by a hidden ocean chain reaction",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/28/earths-ice-ages-may-have-been-driven-by-a-hidden-ocean-chain-reaction",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-28T11:08:25.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "ScienceDaily",
    "slug": "sciencedaily",
    "url": "https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/10/261026225610.htm"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Scientists have uncovered a surprising connection between Earth's opposite poles that may help explain how the planet plunged into past ice ages. New research suggests that as massive ice sheets expanded across the Northern Hemisphere, they cooled Atlantic Ocean waters that eventually traveled south toward Antarctica. This cooling may have disrupted Southern Ocean circulation, allowing the ocean…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}