"Table S1. Mean values for the MH and LH time slices. All measurements are on G. ruber, unless indicated." 3kyr-long time slices Core Latitude Longitude 0-3K_d18Oc_(permil) ±1s N 0-3K SST degreesC) ±1s N 0-3K_d18Osmow(permil) ±1s N 7.5-4.5k d18Oc (permil) ±1s N 7.5-4.5K_SST_(degreesC) ±1s N 7.5-4.5k_d18Osmow_(permil) ±1s N E trop. Pac. TR163-191 2.26 -90.95 -2.17 0.14 2 25.5 0.4 2 -0.03 ±0.22 2 -2.21 0.17 3 26 0.2 3 0.04 ±0.18 3 V21-30(G. sacc.)2 -1.22 -89.68 -1.58 0.08 6 22.3 0.4 6 0 ±0.14 6 -1.3 0.14 9 21.8 0.2 10 0.17 ±0.14 10 V21-30 3 -1.22 -89.68 -1.77 0.11 7 23.4 0.6 7 0.03 ±0.14 7 -1.59 0.13 13 23 0.3 15 0.11 ±0.16 13 TR163-224 0.515 -92.4 -1.47 0.14 5 24.4 0.1 5 0.44 ±0.21 5 -1.59 0.22 8 24.1 0.1 8 0.28 ±0.20 8 W. trop. Pac. MD98-21815 6.3 125.83 -2.78 0.2 96 29 0.6 80 0.04 ±0.20 67 -2.64 0.18 45 29.6 0.4 55 0.37 ±0.17 52 MD98-21765 -5 124 -2.73 0.14 74 28.9 0.6 75 0.08 ±0.2 74 -2.56 0.12 57 29.3 0.5 59 0.37 ±0.13 55 MD98-21705 -11 134 -2.85 0.11 14 29.4 0.2 13 0.17 ±0.06 13 -2.8 0.12 6 29.5 0.4 8 0.11 ±0.12 7 MD98-21626 -4.69 117.9 -3.19 0.17 7 29.1 0.3 7 -0.29 ±0.20 7 -3.23 0.28 7 29.2 0.5 7 -0.32 ±0.32 7 NW Pacific A77 27.82 126.98 -2.31 0.14 21 26.6 0.6 21 0.07 ±0.17 21 -2.02 0.31 21 26.1 0.6 21 0.25 ±0.26 21 "1Lea et al., 2000; Spero and Lea, 2003; 2Koutavas et al., 2002, 3Koutavas, et al. 2006, 4Lea et al., 2006, 5Stott et al., 2004, 6Visser et al, 2003, 7Sun et al., 2005" REFERENCES: "Koutavas, A, P. B. deMenocal, G. C. Olive, and J. Lynch-Stieglitz J. (2006), Mid-Holocene El Ni–oŠSouthern Oscillation (ENSO) attenuation revealed by individual foraminifera in eastern tropical Pacific sediments, Geology, 34, 993Š996." "Koutavas, A., J. Lynch-Stieglitz, T. M. Marchitto, and J. P. Sachs Jr. (2002), El Ni–o-like pattern in ice age tropical Pacific sea surface temperature, Science, 297, 226Š 230." "Lea D. W., D. K. Pak., and H. J. Spero (2000), Climate impact of late Quaternary equatorial Pacific sea surface temperature variations, Science, 289, 1719-1724." "Lea, D. W., D. K. Pak, C. L. Belanger, H. J. Spero, M. A. Hall, and N. J. Shackleton (2006), Paleoclimate history of Gal‡pagos surface waters over the last 135,000 years, Quat. Sci. Rev., 25, 1152Š1167." "Spero, H. J. and D. W. Lea (2003), The cause of carbon isotope minimum events on glacial terminations, Science, 296, 522Š525." "Stott, L., K. Cannariato, R. Thunell, G. Haug, A. Koutavas, and S. Lund (2004), Decline of surface temperature and salinity in the western tropical Pacific Ocean in the Holocene epoch, Nature, 431, 56Š59. " "Sun, Y., D. W. Oppo, R. Xiang, W. Liu, W. and S. Gao (2005), The last deglaciation in the Okinawa Trough: subtropical northwest Pacific link to northern and tropical climate, Paleoceangraphy, 20 PA4005, doi:10.1029/2004PA001061." "Visser, K., R. Thunell, R. and L. Stott (2003), Magnitude and timing of temperature change in the Indo-Pacific warm pool during deglaciation, Nature, 412, 152Š155."