Mid-Pliocene shifts in ocean overturning circulation and the onset of Quaternary-style climates

• Main Authors: M. Sarnthein, G. Bartoli, M. Prange, A. Schmittner, B. Schneider, M. Weinelt, N. Andersen, D. Garbe-Schönberg
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2009
• Subjects: Environmental pollution; TD172-193.5; Environmental protection; TD169-171.8; Environmental sciences; GE1-350; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Bering Strait; Greenland; Pacific; Haug; albedo; East Greenland; east greenland current; Labrador Sea; North Atlantic; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://doaj.org/article/2437882897484155899267ee2589ae4b

A major tipping point of Earth's history occurred during the mid-Pliocene: the onset of major Northern-Hemisphere Glaciation (NHG) and of pronounced, Quaternary-style cycles of glacial-to-interglacial climates, that contrast with more uniform climates over most of the preceding Cenozoic and con...