Episodic release of CO2 from the high-latitude North Atlantic Ocean during the last 135 kyr

Glacial-interglacial variations in atmospheric pCO2 remain unexplained. Here, the authors show that the Norwegian Sea, an modern area of intense CO2 uptake, acted as a CO2 source during the terminations of Heinrich stadials 1, 4 and 11, sometimes characterized by rapid increases in atmospheric pCO2.

Bibliographic Details
Published in:Nature Communications
Main Authors: Mohamed M. Ezat, Tine L. Rasmussen, Bärbel Hönisch, Jeroen Groeneveld, Peter deMenocal
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2017
Subjects:
Science
Q
Norwegian Sea
North Atlantic
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms14498
https://doaj.org/article/69d80a91cd8743aeb2f953dfcde65140
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Summary:Glacial-interglacial variations in atmospheric pCO2 remain unexplained. Here, the authors show that the Norwegian Sea, an modern area of intense CO2 uptake, acted as a CO2 source during the terminations of Heinrich stadials 1, 4 and 11, sometimes characterized by rapid increases in atmospheric pCO2.

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