The Bipolar Seesaw concept describes the antiphasing of Greenland and Antarctic temperature changes along with Dansgaard Oeschger climatic oscillations and Heinrich Events during the last glacial period. Sudden changes in the Thermohaline Circulation affect the polar climate in both hemispheres through changes in the south - northward heat transport. Once freshwater influx in the North Atlantic turns down the Thermohaline Circulation, the northern hemisphere cools down while the southern hemisphere and tropics heat up. Once the deep-water formation turns on again, the meridional heat transfer resumes, and the northern hemisphere warms while the southern hemisphere looses heat.
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