Mediterranean heat injection to the North Atlantic delayed the intensification of Northern Hemisphere glaciations
<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>The intensification of Northern Hemisphere glaciations at the end of the Pliocene epoch marks one of the most substantial climatic shifts of the Cenozoic. Despite global cooling, sea surface temperatures in the high latitude North Atlantic O...
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ftzbmed:oai:frl.publisso.de:frl:6442428 2023-11-12T04:18:47+01:00 Mediterranean heat injection to the North Atlantic delayed the intensification of Northern Hemisphere glaciations Kaboth-Bahr, Stefanie Bahr, Andre Stepanek, Christian Catunda, Maria Carolina Amorim Karas, Cyrus Ziegler, Martin García-Gallardo, Ángela Grunert, Patrick 2021 https://repository.publisso.de/resource/frl:6442428 https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-021-00232-5 eng eng https://repository.publisso.de/resource/frl:6442428 https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-021-00232-5 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ http://lobid.org/resources/99370686607206441#!, 2(1):158 Article Palaeoceanography Palaeoclimate Zeitschriftenartikel 2021 ftzbmed https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-021-00232-5 2023-10-22T22:06:50Z <jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>The intensification of Northern Hemisphere glaciations at the end of the Pliocene epoch marks one of the most substantial climatic shifts of the Cenozoic. Despite global cooling, sea surface temperatures in the high latitude North Atlantic Ocean rose between 2.9–2.7 million years ago. Here we present sedimentary geochemical proxy data from the Gulf of Cadiz to reconstruct the variability of Mediterranean Outflow Water, an important heat source to the North Atlantic. We find evidence for enhanced production of Mediterranean Outflow from the mid-Pliocene to the late Pliocene which we infer could have driven a sub-surface heat channel into the high-latitude North Atlantic. We then use Earth System Models to constrain the impact of enhanced Mediterranean Outflow production on the northward heat transport in the North Atlantic. In accord with the proxy data, the numerical model results support the formation of a sub-surface channel that pumped heat from the subtropics into the high latitude North Atlantic. We further suggest that this mechanism could have delayed ice sheet growth at the end of the Pliocene.</jats:p> Article in Journal/Newspaper Ice Sheet North Atlantic PUBLISSO Fachrepositorium Lebenswissenschaften (ZB MED) Communications Earth & Environment 2 1 |
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Article Palaeoceanography Palaeoclimate Kaboth-Bahr, Stefanie Bahr, Andre Stepanek, Christian Catunda, Maria Carolina Amorim Karas, Cyrus Ziegler, Martin García-Gallardo, Ángela Grunert, Patrick Mediterranean heat injection to the North Atlantic delayed the intensification of Northern Hemisphere glaciations |
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<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>The intensification of Northern Hemisphere glaciations at the end of the Pliocene epoch marks one of the most substantial climatic shifts of the Cenozoic. Despite global cooling, sea surface temperatures in the high latitude North Atlantic Ocean rose between 2.9–2.7 million years ago. Here we present sedimentary geochemical proxy data from the Gulf of Cadiz to reconstruct the variability of Mediterranean Outflow Water, an important heat source to the North Atlantic. We find evidence for enhanced production of Mediterranean Outflow from the mid-Pliocene to the late Pliocene which we infer could have driven a sub-surface heat channel into the high-latitude North Atlantic. We then use Earth System Models to constrain the impact of enhanced Mediterranean Outflow production on the northward heat transport in the North Atlantic. In accord with the proxy data, the numerical model results support the formation of a sub-surface channel that pumped heat from the subtropics into the high latitude North Atlantic. We further suggest that this mechanism could have delayed ice sheet growth at the end of the Pliocene.</jats:p> |
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Kaboth-Bahr, Stefanie Bahr, Andre Stepanek, Christian Catunda, Maria Carolina Amorim Karas, Cyrus Ziegler, Martin García-Gallardo, Ángela Grunert, Patrick |
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Mediterranean heat injection to the North Atlantic delayed the intensification of Northern Hemisphere glaciations |
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Mediterranean heat injection to the North Atlantic delayed the intensification of Northern Hemisphere glaciations |
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mediterranean heat injection to the north atlantic delayed the intensification of northern hemisphere glaciations |
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