Rapid Variations in Atmospheric Methane Concentration During the Past 110,000 Years
A methane record from the GISP2 ice core reveals that millennial-scale variations in atmospheric methane concentration characterized much of the past 110,000 years. As previously observed in a shorter record from central Greenland, abrupt concentration shifts of about 50 to 300 parts per billion by...
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craaas:10.1126/science.273.5278.1087 2024-10-06T13:48:09+00:00 Rapid Variations in Atmospheric Methane Concentration During the Past 110,000 Years Brook, Edward J. Sowers, Todd Orchardo, Joe 1996 http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.273.5278.1087 https://www.science.org/doi/pdf/10.1126/science.273.5278.1087 en eng American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Science volume 273, issue 5278, page 1087-1091 ISSN 0036-8075 1095-9203 journal-article 1996 craaas https://doi.org/10.1126/science.273.5278.1087 2024-09-12T04:01:19Z A methane record from the GISP2 ice core reveals that millennial-scale variations in atmospheric methane concentration characterized much of the past 110,000 years. As previously observed in a shorter record from central Greenland, abrupt concentration shifts of about 50 to 300 parts per billion by volume were coeval with most of the interstadial warming events (better known as Dansgaard-Oeschger events) recorded in the GISP2 ice core throughout the last glacial period. The magnitude of the rapid concentration shifts varied on a longer time scale in a manner consistent with variations in Northern Hemisphere summer insolation, which suggests that insolation may have modulated the effects of interstadial climate change on the terrestrial biosphere. Article in Journal/Newspaper Dansgaard-Oeschger events Greenland ice core AAAS Resource Center (American Association for the Advancement of Science) Greenland Science 273 5278 1087 1091 |
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A methane record from the GISP2 ice core reveals that millennial-scale variations in atmospheric methane concentration characterized much of the past 110,000 years. As previously observed in a shorter record from central Greenland, abrupt concentration shifts of about 50 to 300 parts per billion by volume were coeval with most of the interstadial warming events (better known as Dansgaard-Oeschger events) recorded in the GISP2 ice core throughout the last glacial period. The magnitude of the rapid concentration shifts varied on a longer time scale in a manner consistent with variations in Northern Hemisphere summer insolation, which suggests that insolation may have modulated the effects of interstadial climate change on the terrestrial biosphere. |
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Rapid Variations in Atmospheric Methane Concentration During the Past 110,000 Years |
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Rapid Variations in Atmospheric Methane Concentration During the Past 110,000 Years |
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Rapid Variations in Atmospheric Methane Concentration During the Past 110,000 Years |
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