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Rapid global ocean-atmosphere response to Southern Ocean freshening during the last glacial

Authors :
Chris S. M. Turney
Richard T. Jones
Steven J. Phipps
Zoë Thomas
Alan Hogg
A. Peter Kershaw
Christopher J. Fogwill
Jonathan Palmer
Christopher Bronk Ramsey
Florian Adolphi
Raimund Muscheler
Konrad A. Hughen
Richard A. Staff
Mark Grosvenor
Nicholas R. Golledge
Sune Olander Rasmussen
David K. Hutchinson
Simon Haberle
Andrew Lorrey
Gretel Boswijk
Alan Cooper
Source :
Nature Communications, Vol 8, Iss 1, Pp 1-9 (2017)
Publication Year :
2017
Publisher :
Nature Portfolio, 2017.

Abstract

A challenge for testing mechanisms of past climate change is the precise correlation of palaeoclimate records. Here, through climate modelling and the alignment of terrestrial, ice and marine 14C and 10Be records, the authors show that Southern Ocean freshwater hosing can trigger global change.

Subjects

Subjects :
Science

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
20411723
Volume :
8
Issue :
1
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Nature Communications
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.16d4c84f532a420b8a55472a85423ac4
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-00577-6