Arctic Ocean sea ice cover during the penultimate glacial and the last interglacial

Coinciding with global warming, Arctic sea ice has rapidly decreased during the last four decades. Here, using biomarker records, the authors show that permanent sea ice was still present in the central Arctic Ocean during the last interglacial, when high latitudes were warmer than present.

Bibliographic Details
Published in:Nature Communications
Main Authors: Ruediger Stein, Kirsten Fahl, Paul Gierz, Frank Niessen, Gerrit Lohmann
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2017
Subjects:
Science
Q
Arctic
Arctic Ocean
Global warming
Sea ice
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-00552-1
https://doaj.org/article/0cd9b23901c94fbab0d77eb2bb88215c
Description
Summary:Coinciding with global warming, Arctic sea ice has rapidly decreased during the last four decades. Here, using biomarker records, the authors show that permanent sea ice was still present in the central Arctic Ocean during the last interglacial, when high latitudes were warmer than present.

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