CO 2 over the past 5 million years:Continuous simulation and new δ 11 B-based proxy data
During the past five million yrs, benthic δ 18 O records indicate a large range of climates, from warmer than today during the Pliocene Warm Period to considerably colder during glacials. Antarctic ice cores have revealed Pleistocene glacial-interglacial CO 2 variability of 60-100 ppm, while sea lev...
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ftvuamstcris:oai:research.vu.nl:publications/33f0db0c-3f1d-4b02-bde6-6b7cd8de93c4 2024-09-30T14:26:23+00:00 CO 2 over the past 5 million years:Continuous simulation and new δ 11 B-based proxy data Stap, Lennert B. de Boer, Bas Ziegler, Martin Bintanja, Richard Lourens, Lucas J. van de Wal, Roderik S.W. 2016-04-01 https://research.vu.nl/en/publications/33f0db0c-3f1d-4b02-bde6-6b7cd8de93c4 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2016.01.022 https://hdl.handle.net/1871.1/33f0db0c-3f1d-4b02-bde6-6b7cd8de93c4 http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84961332596&partnerID=8YFLogxK http://www.scopus.com/inward/citedby.url?scp=84961332596&partnerID=8YFLogxK eng eng https://research.vu.nl/en/publications/33f0db0c-3f1d-4b02-bde6-6b7cd8de93c4 info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess Stap , L B , de Boer , B , Ziegler , M , Bintanja , R , Lourens , L J & van de Wal , R S W 2016 , ' CO 2 over the past 5 million years : Continuous simulation and new δ 11 B-based proxy data ' , Earth and Planetary Science Letters , vol. 439 , pp. 1-10 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2016.01.022 Carbon dioxide Global climate Global ice volume Plio-Pleistocene Proxy data Sea level /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/climate_action name=SDG 13 - Climate Action /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/life_below_water name=SDG 14 - Life Below Water article 2016 ftvuamstcris https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2016.01.022 2024-09-12T00:17:36Z During the past five million yrs, benthic δ 18 O records indicate a large range of climates, from warmer than today during the Pliocene Warm Period to considerably colder during glacials. Antarctic ice cores have revealed Pleistocene glacial-interglacial CO 2 variability of 60-100 ppm, while sea level fluctuations of typically 125 m are documented by proxy data. However, in the pre-ice core period, CO 2 and sea level proxy data are scarce and there is disagreement between different proxies and different records of the same proxy. This hampers comprehensive understanding of the long-term relations between CO 2 , sea level and climate. Here, we drive a coupled climate-ice sheet model over the past five million years, inversely forced by a stacked benthic δ 18 O record. We obtain continuous simulations of benthic δ 18 O, sea level and CO 2 that are mutually consistent. Our model shows CO 2 concentrations of 300 to 470 ppm during the Early Pliocene. Furthermore, we simulate strong CO 2 variability during the Pliocene and Early Pleistocene. These features are broadly supported by existing and new δ 11 B-based proxy CO 2 data, but less by alkenone-based records. The simulated concentrations and variations therein are larger than expected from global mean temperature changes. Our findings thus suggest a smaller Earth System Sensitivity than previously thought. This is explained by a more restricted role of land ice variability in the Pliocene. The largest uncertainty in our simulation arises from the mass balance formulation of East Antarctica, which governs the variability in sea level, but only modestly affects the modeled CO 2 concentrations. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Antarctica East Antarctica ice core Ice Sheet Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU): Research Portal Antarctic East Antarctica Earth and Planetary Science Letters 439 1 10 |
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During the past five million yrs, benthic δ 18 O records indicate a large range of climates, from warmer than today during the Pliocene Warm Period to considerably colder during glacials. Antarctic ice cores have revealed Pleistocene glacial-interglacial CO 2 variability of 60-100 ppm, while sea level fluctuations of typically 125 m are documented by proxy data. However, in the pre-ice core period, CO 2 and sea level proxy data are scarce and there is disagreement between different proxies and different records of the same proxy. This hampers comprehensive understanding of the long-term relations between CO 2 , sea level and climate. Here, we drive a coupled climate-ice sheet model over the past five million years, inversely forced by a stacked benthic δ 18 O record. We obtain continuous simulations of benthic δ 18 O, sea level and CO 2 that are mutually consistent. Our model shows CO 2 concentrations of 300 to 470 ppm during the Early Pliocene. Furthermore, we simulate strong CO 2 variability during the Pliocene and Early Pleistocene. These features are broadly supported by existing and new δ 11 B-based proxy CO 2 data, but less by alkenone-based records. The simulated concentrations and variations therein are larger than expected from global mean temperature changes. Our findings thus suggest a smaller Earth System Sensitivity than previously thought. This is explained by a more restricted role of land ice variability in the Pliocene. The largest uncertainty in our simulation arises from the mass balance formulation of East Antarctica, which governs the variability in sea level, but only modestly affects the modeled CO 2 concentrations. |
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CO 2 over the past 5 million years:Continuous simulation and new δ 11 B-based proxy data |
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CO 2 over the past 5 million years:Continuous simulation and new δ 11 B-based proxy data |
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CO 2 over the past 5 million years:Continuous simulation and new δ 11 B-based proxy data |
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CO 2 over the past 5 million years:Continuous simulation and new δ 11 B-based proxy data |
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CO 2 over the past 5 million years:Continuous simulation and new δ 11 B-based proxy data |
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co 2 over the past 5 million years:continuous simulation and new δ 11 b-based proxy data |
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