Arctic and Southern Ocean sea ice variations during the last nine interglacials and their comparison with the future ...

<!--!introduction!--> Understanding the sea ice variability and the mechanisms involved during warm periods of the Earth is essential for a better understanding of the sea ice changes at the present and in the future. Based on simulations with the model LOVECLIM, this study investigates the se...

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Main Authors: Wu, Zhipeng, Yin, Qiuzhen, Guo, Zhengtang, Berger, André
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:unknown
Published: GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences 2023
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Online Access:https://dx.doi.org/10.57757/iugg23-0966
https://gfzpublic.gfz-potsdam.de/pubman/item/item_5016506
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Summary:<!--!introduction!--> Understanding the sea ice variability and the mechanisms involved during warm periods of the Earth is essential for a better understanding of the sea ice changes at the present and in the future. Based on simulations with the model LOVECLIM, this study investigates the sea ice variations during the last nine interglacials and focuses on the inter-comparison between interglacials as well as their differences from the present and future. The results show that the annual mean Arctic sea ice variation is primarily controlled by local summer insolation, while the annual mean Southern Ocean sea ice variation is more influenced by the CO 2 concentration but the effect of local summer insolation can’t be ignored. As compared to the present, the last nine interglacials all have much less sea ice in the Arctic annually and seasonally due to high summer insolation. They also have much less Arctic sea ice in summer than the double CO 2 experiment, which makes to some degree the interglacials ... : The 28th IUGG General Assembly (IUGG2023) (Berlin 2023) ...