Introduction to ‘Antarctic cryosphere and Southern Ocean climate evolution (Cenozoic–Holocene)’

• Published in: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology
• Main Authors: Florindo, F., Nelson, A. E., Haywood, A. M.
• Other Authors: Florindo, F.; Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione Roma2, Roma, Italia, Nelson, A. E.; British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge, UK, Haywood, A. M.; University of Leeds, UK, Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione Roma2, Roma, Italia, British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge, UK, University of Leeds, UK
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: ELSEVIER 2008
• Subjects: ANTARCTICA; ACE; 03. Hydrosphere::03.01. General::03.01.06. Paleoceanography and paleoclimatology; Antarctic; Southern Ocean; The Antarctic; Ross Sea; Cape Roberts; Barrett; Harwood; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2122/3850; http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/00310182; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2007.12.001

Antarctic region has profoundly affected the global climates of the Cenozoic, influencing sea levels, atmospheric composition and dynamics, and ocean circulation. According to IPCC-2007 (IPCC, 2007) worst-case scenario projections, global annual mean temperatures by 2100 are likely to exceed those t...