Southern Hemisphere westerlies as a driver of the early deglacial atmospheric CO2 rise

Despite decades of research, the sequence of events leading to the deglacial atmospheric CO2 rise remains unclear. Menviel et al. show that Southern Ocean convection driven by intensified Southern Hemisphere westerlies during Heinrich stadial 1 can explain the abrupt pCO2 rise and changes in atmosph...

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Published in:Nature Communications
Main Authors: L. Menviel, P. Spence, J. Yu, M. A. Chamberlain, R. J. Matear, K. J. Meissner, M. H. England
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2018
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Science
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Southern Ocean
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-04876-4
https://doaj.org/article/de78e1757b07408d9929bf37771b518f
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Summary:Despite decades of research, the sequence of events leading to the deglacial atmospheric CO2 rise remains unclear. Menviel et al. show that Southern Ocean convection driven by intensified Southern Hemisphere westerlies during Heinrich stadial 1 can explain the abrupt pCO2 rise and changes in atmosphere and ocean carbon isotopes.

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