Mid-Pliocene shifts in ocean overturning circulation and the onset of Quaternary-style climates

• Main Authors: Sarnthein, Michael, Bartoli, Greta, Prange, Michael, Schmittner, Andreas, Schneider, Birgit, Weinelt, Mara, Andersen, N., Garbe-Schönberg, D.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; unknown
• Published: European Geophysical Union
• Subjects: Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Bering Strait; Greenland; Pacific; Haug; albedo; East Greenland; east greenland current; Labrador Sea; North Atlantic; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/concern/articles/kw52jf29k

A major tipping point of Earth's history occurred during the mid-Pliocene: the onset of major Northern-Hemisphere Glaciation (NHG) and of pronounced, Quaternary-style cycles of glacial-to-interglacial climates, that contrast with more uniform climates over most of the preceding Cenozoic and con...