Early Last Interglacial ocean warming drove substantial ice mass loss from Antarctica
The future response of the Antarctic ice sheet to rising temperatures remains highly uncertain. A useful period for assessing the sensitivity of Antarctica to warming is the Last Interglacial (LIG) (129 to 116 ky), which experienced warmer polar temperatures and higher global mean sea level (GMSL) (...
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ftnerc:oai:nora.nerc.ac.uk:520577 2023-05-15T13:49:35+02:00 Early Last Interglacial ocean warming drove substantial ice mass loss from Antarctica Turney, Chris S.M. Fogwill, Christopher J. Golledge, Nicholas R. McKay, Nicholas P. van Sebille, Erik Jones, Richard T. Etheridge, David Rubino, Mauro Thornton, David P. Davies, Siwan M. Ramsey, Christopher Bronk Thomas, Zoë A. Bird, Michael I. Munksgaard, Niels C. Kohno, Mika Woodward, John Winter, Kate Weyrich, Laura S. Rootes, Camilla M. Millman, Helen Albert, Paul G. Rivera, Andres van Ommen, Tas Curran, Mark Moy, Andrew Rahmstorf, Stefan Kawamura, Kenji Hillenbrand, Claus-Dieter Weber, Michael E. Manning, Christina J. Young, Jennifer Cooper, Alan 2020-02-25 text http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/520577/ https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/520577/1/1902469117.full.pdf https://www.pnas.org/content/early/2020/02/10/1902469117 en eng National Academy of Sciences https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/520577/1/1902469117.full.pdf Turney, Chris S.M.; Fogwill, Christopher J.; Golledge, Nicholas R.; McKay, Nicholas P.; van Sebille, Erik; Jones, Richard T.; Etheridge, David; Rubino, Mauro; Thornton, David P.; Davies, Siwan M.; Ramsey, Christopher Bronk; Thomas, Zoë A.; Bird, Michael I.; Munksgaard, Niels C.; Kohno, Mika; Woodward, John; Winter, Kate; Weyrich, Laura S.; Rootes, Camilla M.; Millman, Helen; Albert, Paul G.; Rivera, Andres; van Ommen, Tas; Curran, Mark; Moy, Andrew; Rahmstorf, Stefan; Kawamura, Kenji; Hillenbrand, Claus-Dieter orcid:0000-0003-0240-7317 Weber, Michael E.; Manning, Christina J.; Young, Jennifer; Cooper, Alan. 2020 Early Last Interglacial ocean warming drove substantial ice mass loss from Antarctica. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 117 (8). 3996-4006. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1902469117 <https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1902469117> cc_by_4 CC-BY Publication - Article PeerReviewed 2020 ftnerc https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1902469117 2023-02-04T19:46:51Z The future response of the Antarctic ice sheet to rising temperatures remains highly uncertain. A useful period for assessing the sensitivity of Antarctica to warming is the Last Interglacial (LIG) (129 to 116 ky), which experienced warmer polar temperatures and higher global mean sea level (GMSL) (+6 to 9 m) relative to present day. LIG sea level cannot be fully explained by Greenland Ice Sheet melt (∼2 m), ocean thermal expansion, and melting mountain glaciers (∼1 m), suggesting substantial Antarctic mass loss was initiated by warming of Southern Ocean waters, resulting from a weakening Atlantic meridional overturning circulation in response to North Atlantic surface freshening. Here, we report a blue-ice record of ice sheet and environmental change from the Weddell Sea Embayment at the periphery of the marine-based West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS), which is underlain by major methane hydrate reserves. Constrained by a widespread volcanic horizon and supported by ancient microbial DNA analyses, we provide evidence for substantial mass loss across the Weddell Sea Embayment during the LIG, most likely driven by ocean warming and associated with destabilization of subglacial hydrates. Ice sheet modeling supports this interpretation and suggests that millennial-scale warming of the Southern Ocean could have triggered a multimeter rise in global sea levels. Our data indicate that Antarctica is highly vulnerable to projected increases in ocean temperatures and may drive ice–climate feedbacks that further amplify warming. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Antarctica Greenland Ice Sheet Methane hydrate North Atlantic Southern Ocean Weddell Sea Natural Environment Research Council: NERC Open Research Archive Antarctic Southern Ocean The Antarctic Weddell Sea West Antarctic Ice Sheet Greenland Weddell Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 117 8 3996 4006 |
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The future response of the Antarctic ice sheet to rising temperatures remains highly uncertain. A useful period for assessing the sensitivity of Antarctica to warming is the Last Interglacial (LIG) (129 to 116 ky), which experienced warmer polar temperatures and higher global mean sea level (GMSL) (+6 to 9 m) relative to present day. LIG sea level cannot be fully explained by Greenland Ice Sheet melt (∼2 m), ocean thermal expansion, and melting mountain glaciers (∼1 m), suggesting substantial Antarctic mass loss was initiated by warming of Southern Ocean waters, resulting from a weakening Atlantic meridional overturning circulation in response to North Atlantic surface freshening. Here, we report a blue-ice record of ice sheet and environmental change from the Weddell Sea Embayment at the periphery of the marine-based West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS), which is underlain by major methane hydrate reserves. Constrained by a widespread volcanic horizon and supported by ancient microbial DNA analyses, we provide evidence for substantial mass loss across the Weddell Sea Embayment during the LIG, most likely driven by ocean warming and associated with destabilization of subglacial hydrates. Ice sheet modeling supports this interpretation and suggests that millennial-scale warming of the Southern Ocean could have triggered a multimeter rise in global sea levels. Our data indicate that Antarctica is highly vulnerable to projected increases in ocean temperatures and may drive ice–climate feedbacks that further amplify warming. |
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Turney, Chris S.M. Fogwill, Christopher J. Golledge, Nicholas R. McKay, Nicholas P. van Sebille, Erik Jones, Richard T. Etheridge, David Rubino, Mauro Thornton, David P. Davies, Siwan M. Ramsey, Christopher Bronk Thomas, Zoë A. Bird, Michael I. Munksgaard, Niels C. Kohno, Mika Woodward, John Winter, Kate Weyrich, Laura S. Rootes, Camilla M. Millman, Helen Albert, Paul G. Rivera, Andres van Ommen, Tas Curran, Mark Moy, Andrew Rahmstorf, Stefan Kawamura, Kenji Hillenbrand, Claus-Dieter Weber, Michael E. Manning, Christina J. Young, Jennifer Cooper, Alan |
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Turney, Chris S.M. Fogwill, Christopher J. Golledge, Nicholas R. McKay, Nicholas P. van Sebille, Erik Jones, Richard T. Etheridge, David Rubino, Mauro Thornton, David P. Davies, Siwan M. Ramsey, Christopher Bronk Thomas, Zoë A. Bird, Michael I. Munksgaard, Niels C. Kohno, Mika Woodward, John Winter, Kate Weyrich, Laura S. Rootes, Camilla M. Millman, Helen Albert, Paul G. Rivera, Andres van Ommen, Tas Curran, Mark Moy, Andrew Rahmstorf, Stefan Kawamura, Kenji Hillenbrand, Claus-Dieter Weber, Michael E. Manning, Christina J. Young, Jennifer Cooper, Alan Early Last Interglacial ocean warming drove substantial ice mass loss from Antarctica |
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Turney, Chris S.M. Fogwill, Christopher J. Golledge, Nicholas R. McKay, Nicholas P. van Sebille, Erik Jones, Richard T. Etheridge, David Rubino, Mauro Thornton, David P. Davies, Siwan M. Ramsey, Christopher Bronk Thomas, Zoë A. Bird, Michael I. Munksgaard, Niels C. Kohno, Mika Woodward, John Winter, Kate Weyrich, Laura S. Rootes, Camilla M. Millman, Helen Albert, Paul G. Rivera, Andres van Ommen, Tas Curran, Mark Moy, Andrew Rahmstorf, Stefan Kawamura, Kenji Hillenbrand, Claus-Dieter Weber, Michael E. Manning, Christina J. Young, Jennifer Cooper, Alan |
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Early Last Interglacial ocean warming drove substantial ice mass loss from Antarctica |
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Early Last Interglacial ocean warming drove substantial ice mass loss from Antarctica |
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Early Last Interglacial ocean warming drove substantial ice mass loss from Antarctica |
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Early Last Interglacial ocean warming drove substantial ice mass loss from Antarctica |
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Early Last Interglacial ocean warming drove substantial ice mass loss from Antarctica |
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early last interglacial ocean warming drove substantial ice mass loss from antarctica |
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National Academy of Sciences |
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http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/520577/ https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/520577/1/1902469117.full.pdf https://www.pnas.org/content/early/2020/02/10/1902469117 |
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Antarc* Antarctic Antarctica Greenland Ice Sheet Methane hydrate North Atlantic Southern Ocean Weddell Sea |
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https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/520577/1/1902469117.full.pdf Turney, Chris S.M.; Fogwill, Christopher J.; Golledge, Nicholas R.; McKay, Nicholas P.; van Sebille, Erik; Jones, Richard T.; Etheridge, David; Rubino, Mauro; Thornton, David P.; Davies, Siwan M.; Ramsey, Christopher Bronk; Thomas, Zoë A.; Bird, Michael I.; Munksgaard, Niels C.; Kohno, Mika; Woodward, John; Winter, Kate; Weyrich, Laura S.; Rootes, Camilla M.; Millman, Helen; Albert, Paul G.; Rivera, Andres; van Ommen, Tas; Curran, Mark; Moy, Andrew; Rahmstorf, Stefan; Kawamura, Kenji; Hillenbrand, Claus-Dieter orcid:0000-0003-0240-7317 Weber, Michael E.; Manning, Christina J.; Young, Jennifer; Cooper, Alan. 2020 Early Last Interglacial ocean warming drove substantial ice mass loss from Antarctica. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 117 (8). 3996-4006. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1902469117 <https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1902469117> |
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