On the causes of Arctic sea ice in the warm Early Pliocene

• Published in: Scientific Reports
• Main Authors: Clotten, Caroline, Stein, Ruediger, Fahl, Kirsten, Schreck, Michael, Risebrobakken, Bjørg, De Schepper, Stijn
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Nature Publishing Group UK 2019
• Subjects: Article; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Greenland; Yermak Plateau; East Greenland; east greenland current; Ice Sheet; Iceland; North Atlantic; Sea ice; Yermak plateau
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6353896/; https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-37047-y

Scattered and indirect evidence suggests that sea ice occurred as far south as the Iceland Sea during the Early Pliocene, when the global climate was warmer than present. However, conclusive evidence as well as potential mechanisms governing sea ice occurrence outside the Arctic Ocean during a time...