THE LONG-TERM ICE CORE RECORD OF CO2 AND OTHER GREENHOUSE GASES
International audience Nature has been continuously sampling the atmosphere at the surface of Antarctica throughout the ages. Atmospheric gases trapped in Antarctic ice provide the most direct record of past changes in greenhouse gas levels during the past 800,000 years. The best-documented and reli...
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ftccsdartic:oai:HAL:hal-03082021v1 2023-05-15T13:50:14+02:00 THE LONG-TERM ICE CORE RECORD OF CO2 AND OTHER GREENHOUSE GASES Raynaud, Dominique Beeman, Jai Chowdhry Chappellaz, Jérome Parrenin, F. Shin, Jinhwa Institut des Géosciences de l’Environnement (IGE) Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA)-Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP ) Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA) 2020-06-04 https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-03082021 https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-03082021/document https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-03082021/file/CH0002_Raynaud_v2-WithFigures.pdf en eng HAL CCSD hal-03082021 https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-03082021 https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-03082021/document https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-03082021/file/CH0002_Raynaud_v2-WithFigures.pdf info:eu-repo/semantics/OpenAccess Past Antarctica: Paleoclimatology and Climate Change https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-03082021 Past Antarctica: Paleoclimatology and Climate Change, 2020 Antarctica air bubbles in ice Arrhenius prediction ice core record of greenhouse gases carbon dioxide record glacial-interglacial cycles ice age interglacial periods paleo-climate forcing the last deglaciation [SDU.STU.GL]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Glaciology [SDU.STU.CL]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Climatology info:eu-repo/semantics/bookPart Book sections 2020 ftccsdartic 2021-11-13T23:55:39Z International audience Nature has been continuously sampling the atmosphere at the surface of Antarctica throughout the ages. Atmospheric gases trapped in Antarctic ice provide the most direct record of past changes in greenhouse gas levels during the past 800,000 years. The best-documented and reliable trace-gas records are for CO 2 and CH 4, and Antarctic ice is the key player in recording past atmospheric CO 2 . They are archives of the past and a window to present and future of the interplay between greenhouse gases and climate. We discuss the pioneering work of glaciologists measuring CO 2 in the air extracted from Antarctic ice, which confirmed Arrhenius’ prediction about the role of atmospheric carbon dioxide in ice age climate. We detail here how the ice core record has been progressively extended to 4 and then to 8 glacial-interglacial cycles, i.e. over the last 800,000 years. The Antarctic ice record highlights the tight coupling between atmospheric CO 2 and Antarctic climate on the timescales of glacial-interglacial cycles for the entire 800,000 year interval. This close linkage suggests that glacial-interglacial variations of CO 2 explain a large fraction of glacial-interglacial climate changes observed in the Antarctic ice record, which is consistent with modelling results. We present more recent works showing a near synchronous phasing between Antarctic temperature and CO 2 during the last deglaciation and pinpointing the important role of oceanic circulation in both heat transport and CO 2 outgassing. We also explore shortly the prospect for investigating Antarctic ice older than one million years to document what isoften called the enigma of the Mid-Pleistocene transition around one million years ago. Book Part Antarc* Antarctic Antarctica ice core Archive ouverte HAL (Hyper Article en Ligne, CCSD - Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe) Antarctic The Antarctic |
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International audience Nature has been continuously sampling the atmosphere at the surface of Antarctica throughout the ages. Atmospheric gases trapped in Antarctic ice provide the most direct record of past changes in greenhouse gas levels during the past 800,000 years. The best-documented and reliable trace-gas records are for CO 2 and CH 4, and Antarctic ice is the key player in recording past atmospheric CO 2 . They are archives of the past and a window to present and future of the interplay between greenhouse gases and climate. We discuss the pioneering work of glaciologists measuring CO 2 in the air extracted from Antarctic ice, which confirmed Arrhenius’ prediction about the role of atmospheric carbon dioxide in ice age climate. We detail here how the ice core record has been progressively extended to 4 and then to 8 glacial-interglacial cycles, i.e. over the last 800,000 years. The Antarctic ice record highlights the tight coupling between atmospheric CO 2 and Antarctic climate on the timescales of glacial-interglacial cycles for the entire 800,000 year interval. This close linkage suggests that glacial-interglacial variations of CO 2 explain a large fraction of glacial-interglacial climate changes observed in the Antarctic ice record, which is consistent with modelling results. We present more recent works showing a near synchronous phasing between Antarctic temperature and CO 2 during the last deglaciation and pinpointing the important role of oceanic circulation in both heat transport and CO 2 outgassing. We also explore shortly the prospect for investigating Antarctic ice older than one million years to document what isoften called the enigma of the Mid-Pleistocene transition around one million years ago. |
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Institut des Géosciences de l’Environnement (IGE) Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA)-Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP ) Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA) |
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THE LONG-TERM ICE CORE RECORD OF CO2 AND OTHER GREENHOUSE GASES |
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THE LONG-TERM ICE CORE RECORD OF CO2 AND OTHER GREENHOUSE GASES |
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THE LONG-TERM ICE CORE RECORD OF CO2 AND OTHER GREENHOUSE GASES |
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THE LONG-TERM ICE CORE RECORD OF CO2 AND OTHER GREENHOUSE GASES |
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THE LONG-TERM ICE CORE RECORD OF CO2 AND OTHER GREENHOUSE GASES |
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long-term ice core record of co2 and other greenhouse gases |
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Past Antarctica: Paleoclimatology and Climate Change https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-03082021 Past Antarctica: Paleoclimatology and Climate Change, 2020 |
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