Data from the EPICA Dome C ice core EDC ...

The Antarctic Vostok ice core provided compelling evidence of the nature of climate, and of climate feedbacks, over the past 420,000 years. Marine records suggest that the amplitude of climate variability was smaller before that time, but such records are often poorly resolved. Moreover, it is not p...

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Main Authors: Augustin, Laurent, Barbante, Carlo, Barnes, Piers R F, Barnola, Jean-Marc, Bigler, Matthias, Castellano, Emiliano, Cattani, Olivier, Chappellaz, Jérôme A, Dahl-Jensen, Dorthe, Delmonte, Barbara, Dreyfus, Gabrielle, Durand, Gael, Falourd, Sonia, Fischer, Hubertus, Flückiger, Jacqueline, Hansson, Margareta E, Huybrechts, Philippe, Jugie, Gérard, Johnsen, Sigfús Jóhann, Jouzel, Jean, Kaufmann, Patrik R, Kipfstuhl, Sepp, Lambert, Fabrice, Lipenkov, Vladimir Ya, Littot, Geneviève C, Longinelli, Antonio, Lorrain, Reginald D, Maggi, Valter, Masson-Delmotte, Valerie, Miller, Heinz, Mulvaney, Robert, Oerlemans, Johannes, Oerter, Hans, Orombelli, Giuseppe, Parrenin, Frédéric, Peel, David A, Petit, Jean Robert, Raynaud, Dominique, Ritz, Catherine, Ruth, Urs, Schwander, Jakob, Siegenthaler, Urs, Souchez, Roland A, Stauffer, Bernhard, Steffensen, Jørgen Peder, Stenni, Barbara, Stocker, Thomas F, Tabacco, Ignazio, Udisti, Roberto, van de Wal, Roderik S W
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: PANGAEA 2004
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Online Access:https://dx.doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.728149
https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.728149
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Summary:The Antarctic Vostok ice core provided compelling evidence of the nature of climate, and of climate feedbacks, over the past 420,000 years. Marine records suggest that the amplitude of climate variability was smaller before that time, but such records are often poorly resolved. Moreover, it is not possible to infer the abundance of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere from marine records. Here we report the recovery of a deep ice core from Dome C, Antarctica, that provides a climate record for the past 740,000 years. For the four most recent glacial cycles, the data agree well with the record from Vostok. The earlier period, between 740,000 and 430,000 years ago, was characterized by less pronounced warmth in interglacial periods in Antarctica, but a higher proportion of each cycle was spent in the warm mode. The transition from glacial to interglacial conditions about 430,000 years ago (Termination V) resembles the transition into the present interglacial period in terms of the magnitude of change in ... : Supplement to: Augustin, Laurent; Barbante, Carlo; Barnes, Piers R F; Barnola, Jean-Marc; Bigler, Matthias; Castellano, Emiliano; Cattani, Olivier; Chappellaz, Jérôme A; Dahl-Jensen, Dorthe; Delmonte, Barbara; Dreyfus, Gabrielle; Durand, Gael; Falourd, Sonia; Fischer, Hubertus; Flückiger, Jacqueline; Hansson, Margareta E; Huybrechts, Philippe; Jugie, Gérard; Johnsen, Sigfús Jóhann; Jouzel, Jean; Kaufmann, Patrik R; Kipfstuhl, Sepp; Lambert, Fabrice; Lipenkov, Vladimir Ya; Littot, Geneviève C; Longinelli, Antonio; Lorrain, Reginald D; Maggi, Valter; Masson-Delmotte, Valerie; Miller, Heinz; Mulvaney, Robert; Oerlemans, Johannes; Oerter, Hans; Orombelli, Giuseppe; Parrenin, Frédéric; Peel, David A; Petit, Jean Robert; Raynaud, Dominique; Ritz, Catherine; Ruth, Urs; Schwander, Jakob; Siegenthaler, Urs; Souchez, Roland A; Stauffer, Bernhard; Steffensen, Jørgen Peder; Stenni, Barbara; Stocker, Thomas F; Tabacco, Ignazio; Udisti, Roberto; van de Wal, Roderik S W; van den Broeke, Michiel R; Wilhelms, Frank; Winther, ...