Eemian interglacial reconstructed from a Greenland folded ice core
Efforts to extract a Greenland ice core with a complete record of the Eemian interglacial (130,000 to 115,000 years ago) have until now been unsuccessful. The response of the Greenland ice sheet to the warmer-than-present climate of the Eemian has thus remained unclear. Here we present the new North...
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Efforts to extract a Greenland ice core with a complete record of the Eemian interglacial (130,000 to 115,000 years ago) have until now been unsuccessful. The response of the Greenland ice sheet to the warmer-than-present climate of the Eemian has thus remained unclear. Here we present the new North Greenland Eemian Ice Drilling (‘NEEM’) ice core and show only a modest ice-sheet response to the strong warming in the early Eemian. We reconstructed the Eemian record from folded ice using globally homogeneous parameters known from dated Greenland and Antarctic ice-core records. On the basis of water stable isotopes, NEEM surface temperatures after the onset of the Eemian (126,000 years ago) peaked at 8 ± 4 degrees Celsius above the mean of the past millennium, followed by a gradual cooling that was probably driven by the decreasing summer insolation. Between 128,000 and 122,000 years ago, the thickness of the northwest Greenland ice sheet decreased by 400 ± 250 metres, reaching surface elevations 122,000 years ago of 130 ± 300 metres lower than the present. Extensive surface melt occurred at the NEEM site during the Eemian, a phenomenon witnessed when melt layers formed again at NEEM during the exceptional heat of July 2012. With additional warming, surface melt might become more common in the future. |
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Dahl-Jensen, D. Albert, M.R. Aldahan, A. Azuma, N. Balslev-Clausen, D. Baumgartner, M. Berggren, A.-M. Bigler, M. Binder, T. Blunier, T. Bourgeois, J.C. Brook, E.J. Buchardt, S.L. Buizert, C. Capron, E. Chappellaz, J. Chung, J. Clausen, H.B. Cvijanovic, I. Davies, S. M. Ditlevsen, P. Eicher, O. Fischer, H. Fisher, D.A. Fleet, L.G. Gfeller, G. Gkinis, V. Gogineni, S. Goto-Azuma, K. Grinsted, A. Gudlaugsdottir, H. Guillevic, M. Hansen, S.B. Hansson, M. Hirabayashi, M. Hong, S. Hur, S.D. Huybrechts, P. Hvidberg, C.S. Iizuka, Y. Jenk, T. Johnsen, S.J. Jones, T.R. Jouzel, J. Karlsson, N.B. Kawamura, K. Keegan, K. Kettner, E. Kipfstuhl, S. Kjær, H.A. |
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Dahl-Jensen, D. Albert, M.R. Aldahan, A. Azuma, N. Balslev-Clausen, D. Baumgartner, M. Berggren, A.-M. Bigler, M. Binder, T. Blunier, T. Bourgeois, J.C. Brook, E.J. Buchardt, S.L. Buizert, C. Capron, E. Chappellaz, J. Chung, J. Clausen, H.B. Cvijanovic, I. Davies, S. M. Ditlevsen, P. Eicher, O. Fischer, H. Fisher, D.A. Fleet, L.G. Gfeller, G. Gkinis, V. Gogineni, S. Goto-Azuma, K. Grinsted, A. Gudlaugsdottir, H. Guillevic, M. Hansen, S.B. Hansson, M. Hirabayashi, M. Hong, S. Hur, S.D. Huybrechts, P. Hvidberg, C.S. Iizuka, Y. Jenk, T. Johnsen, S.J. Jones, T.R. Jouzel, J. Karlsson, N.B. Kawamura, K. Keegan, K. Kettner, E. Kipfstuhl, S. Kjær, H.A. |
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Eemian interglacial reconstructed from a Greenland folded ice core |
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Eemian interglacial reconstructed from a Greenland folded ice core |
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Eemian interglacial reconstructed from a Greenland folded ice core |
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ftnerc:oai:nora.nerc.ac.uk:500331 2023-05-15T13:48:07+02:00 Eemian interglacial reconstructed from a Greenland folded ice core Dahl-Jensen, D. Albert, M.R. Aldahan, A. Azuma, N. Balslev-Clausen, D. Baumgartner, M. Berggren, A.-M. Bigler, M. Binder, T. Blunier, T. Bourgeois, J.C. Brook, E.J. Buchardt, S.L. Buizert, C. Capron, E. Chappellaz, J. Chung, J. Clausen, H.B. Cvijanovic, I. Davies, S. M. Ditlevsen, P. Eicher, O. Fischer, H. Fisher, D.A. Fleet, L.G. Gfeller, G. Gkinis, V. Gogineni, S. Goto-Azuma, K. Grinsted, A. Gudlaugsdottir, H. Guillevic, M. Hansen, S.B. Hansson, M. Hirabayashi, M. Hong, S. Hur, S.D. Huybrechts, P. Hvidberg, C.S. Iizuka, Y. Jenk, T. Johnsen, S.J. Jones, T.R. Jouzel, J. Karlsson, N.B. Kawamura, K. Keegan, K. Kettner, E. Kipfstuhl, S. Kjær, H.A. 2013-01-24 text http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/500331/ https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/500331/1/2012-07-09846-NEEM_revised.pdf https://doi.org/10.1038/nature11789 en eng Macmillan Publishers Limited https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/500331/1/2012-07-09846-NEEM_revised.pdf Dahl-Jensen, D.; Albert, M.R.; Aldahan, A.; Azuma, N.; Balslev-Clausen, D.; Baumgartner, M.; Berggren, A.-M.; Bigler, M.; Binder, T.; Blunier, T.; Bourgeois, J.C.; Brook, E.J.; Buchardt, S.L.; Buizert, C.; Capron, E. orcid:0000-0003-0784-1884 Chappellaz, J.; Chung, J.; Clausen, H.B.; Cvijanovic, I.; Davies, S. M.; Ditlevsen, P.; Eicher, O.; Fischer, H.; Fisher, D.A.; Fleet, L.G.; Gfeller, G.; Gkinis, V.; Gogineni, S.; Goto-Azuma, K.; Grinsted, A.; Gudlaugsdottir, H.; Guillevic, M.; Hansen, S.B.; Hansson, M.; Hirabayashi, M.; Hong, S.; Hur, S.D.; Huybrechts, P.; Hvidberg, C.S.; Iizuka, Y.; Jenk, T.; Johnsen, S.J.; Jones, T.R.; Jouzel, J.; Karlsson, N.B.; Kawamura, K.; Keegan, K.; Kettner, E.; Kipfstuhl, S.; Kjær, H.A.; Koutnik, M.; Kuramoto, T.; Köhler, P.; Laepple, T.; Landais, A.; Langen, P.L.; Larsen, L.B.; Leuenberger, D.; Leuenberger, M.; Leuschen, C.; Li, J.; Lipenkov, V.; Martinerie, P.; Maselli, O.J.; Masson-Delmotte, V.; McConnell, J.R.; Miller, H.; Mini, O.; Miyamoto, A.; Montagnat-Rentier, M.; Mulvaney, R. orcid:0000-0002-5372-8148 Muscheler, R.; Orsi, A.J.; Paden, J.; Panton, C.; Pattyn, F.; Petit, J.-R.; Pol, K.; Popp, T.; Possnert, G.; Prié, F.; Prokopiou, M.; Quiquet, A.; Rasmussen, S.O.; Raynaud, D.; Ren, J.; Reutenauer, C.; Ritz, C.; Röckmann, T.; Rosen, J.L.; Rubino, M.; Rybak, O.; Samyn, D.; Sapart, C.J.; Schilt, A.; Schmidt, A.M.Z.; Schwander, J.; Schüpbach, S.; Seierstad, I.; Severinghaus, J.P.; Sheldon, S.; Simonsen, S.B.; Sjolte, J.; Solgaard, A.M.; Sowers, T.; Sperlich, P.; Steen-Larsen, H.C.; Steffen, K.; Steffensen, J.P.; Steinhage, D.; Stocker, T.F.; Stowasser, C.; Sturevik, A.S.; Sturges, W.T.; Sveinbjörnsdottir, A.; Svensson, A.; Tison, J.-L.; Uetake, J.; Vallelonga, P.; van de Wal, R.S.W.; van der Wel, G.; Vaughn, B.H.; Vinther, B.; Waddington, E.; Wegner, A.; Weikusat, I.; White, J.W.C.; Wilhelms, F.; Winstrup, M.; Witrant, E.; Wolff, E.W.; Xiao, C.; Zheng, J. 2013 Eemian interglacial reconstructed from a Greenland folded ice core. Nature, 493 (7433). 489-494. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature11789 <https://doi.org/10.1038/nature11789> Publication - Article PeerReviewed 2013 ftnerc https://doi.org/10.1038/nature11789 2023-02-04T19:36:17Z Efforts to extract a Greenland ice core with a complete record of the Eemian interglacial (130,000 to 115,000 years ago) have until now been unsuccessful. The response of the Greenland ice sheet to the warmer-than-present climate of the Eemian has thus remained unclear. Here we present the new North Greenland Eemian Ice Drilling (‘NEEM’) ice core and show only a modest ice-sheet response to the strong warming in the early Eemian. We reconstructed the Eemian record from folded ice using globally homogeneous parameters known from dated Greenland and Antarctic ice-core records. On the basis of water stable isotopes, NEEM surface temperatures after the onset of the Eemian (126,000 years ago) peaked at 8 ± 4 degrees Celsius above the mean of the past millennium, followed by a gradual cooling that was probably driven by the decreasing summer insolation. Between 128,000 and 122,000 years ago, the thickness of the northwest Greenland ice sheet decreased by 400 ± 250 metres, reaching surface elevations 122,000 years ago of 130 ± 300 metres lower than the present. Extensive surface melt occurred at the NEEM site during the Eemian, a phenomenon witnessed when melt layers formed again at NEEM during the exceptional heat of July 2012. With additional warming, surface melt might become more common in the future. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Greenland Greenland ice core ice core Ice Sheet North Greenland Natural Environment Research Council: NERC Open Research Archive Antarctic Greenland Nature 493 7433 489 494 |