Regional seesaw between the North Atlantic and Nordic Seas during the last glacial abrupt climate events
Dansgaard–Oeschger oscillations constitute one of the most enigmatic features of the last glacial cycle. Their cold atmospheric phases have been commonly associated with cold sea-surface temperatures and expansion of sea ice in the North Atlantic and adjacent seas. Here, based on dinocyst analys...
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| author | M. Wary F. Eynaud D. Swingedouw V. Masson-Delmotte J. Matthiessen C. Kissel J. Zumaque J. Zumaque L. Rossignol J. Jouzel |
| author_facet | M. Wary F. Eynaud D. Swingedouw V. Masson-Delmotte J. Matthiessen C. Kissel J. Zumaque J. Zumaque L. Rossignol J. Jouzel |
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| description | Dansgaard–Oeschger oscillations constitute one of the
most enigmatic features of the last glacial cycle. Their cold atmospheric
phases have been commonly associated with cold sea-surface temperatures and
expansion of sea ice in the North Atlantic and adjacent seas. Here, based on
dinocyst analyses from the 48–30 ka interval of four sediment cores from
the northern Northeast Atlantic and southern Norwegian Sea, we provide
direct and quantitative evidence of a regional paradoxical seesaw pattern:
cold Greenland and North Atlantic phases coincide with warmer sea-surface
conditions and shorter seasonal sea-ice cover durations in the Norwegian Sea
as compared to warm phases. Combined with additional palaeorecords and
multi-model hosing simulations, our results suggest that during cold
Greenland phases, reduced Atlantic meridional overturning circulation and
cold North Atlantic sea-surface conditions were accompanied by the
subsurface propagation of warm Atlantic waters that re-emerged in the Nordic
Seas and provided moisture towards Greenland summit. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e889c6c719e744f791a8a3eb928952d12022-12-21T21:47:24ZengCopernicus PublicationsClimate of the Past1814-93241814-93322017-06-011372973910.5194/cp-13-729-2017Regional seesaw between the North Atlantic and Nordic Seas during the last glacial abrupt climate eventsM. Wary0F. Eynaud1D. Swingedouw2V. Masson-Delmotte3J. Matthiessen4C. Kissel5J. Zumaque6J. Zumaque7L. Rossignol8J. Jouzel9UMR 5805, EPOC (Environnements et Paléoenvironnements Océaniques et Continentaux), CNRS-EPHE-Université de Bordeaux, 33615 Pessac, FranceUMR 5805, EPOC (Environnements et Paléoenvironnements Océaniques et Continentaux), CNRS-EPHE-Université de Bordeaux, 33615 Pessac, FranceUMR 5805, EPOC (Environnements et Paléoenvironnements Océaniques et Continentaux), CNRS-EPHE-Université de Bordeaux, 33615 Pessac, FranceUMR8212, LSCE (Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement)/IPSL (Institut Pierre Simon Laplace), CEA/CNRS-INSU/UVSQ, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette CEDEX, FranceAWI (Alfred Wegener Institute), Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, 27568 Bremerhaven, GermanyUMR8212, LSCE (Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement)/IPSL (Institut Pierre Simon Laplace), CEA/CNRS-INSU/UVSQ, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette CEDEX, FranceUMR 5805, EPOC (Environnements et Paléoenvironnements Océaniques et Continentaux), CNRS-EPHE-Université de Bordeaux, 33615 Pessac, Francenow at: GEOTOP, UQAM, Montréal, Québec H3C 3P8, CanadaUMR 5805, EPOC (Environnements et Paléoenvironnements Océaniques et Continentaux), CNRS-EPHE-Université de Bordeaux, 33615 Pessac, FranceUMR8212, LSCE (Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement)/IPSL (Institut Pierre Simon Laplace), CEA/CNRS-INSU/UVSQ, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette CEDEX, FranceDansgaard–Oeschger oscillations constitute one of the most enigmatic features of the last glacial cycle. Their cold atmospheric phases have been commonly associated with cold sea-surface temperatures and expansion of sea ice in the North Atlantic and adjacent seas. Here, based on dinocyst analyses from the 48–30 ka interval of four sediment cores from the northern Northeast Atlantic and southern Norwegian Sea, we provide direct and quantitative evidence of a regional paradoxical seesaw pattern: cold Greenland and North Atlantic phases coincide with warmer sea-surface conditions and shorter seasonal sea-ice cover durations in the Norwegian Sea as compared to warm phases. Combined with additional palaeorecords and multi-model hosing simulations, our results suggest that during cold Greenland phases, reduced Atlantic meridional overturning circulation and cold North Atlantic sea-surface conditions were accompanied by the subsurface propagation of warm Atlantic waters that re-emerged in the Nordic Seas and provided moisture towards Greenland summit.https://www.clim-past.net/13/729/2017/cp-13-729-2017.pdf |
| spellingShingle | M. Wary F. Eynaud D. Swingedouw V. Masson-Delmotte J. Matthiessen C. Kissel J. Zumaque J. Zumaque L. Rossignol J. Jouzel Regional seesaw between the North Atlantic and Nordic Seas during the last glacial abrupt climate events Climate of the Past |
| title | Regional seesaw between the North Atlantic and Nordic Seas during the last glacial abrupt climate events |
| title_full | Regional seesaw between the North Atlantic and Nordic Seas during the last glacial abrupt climate events |
| title_fullStr | Regional seesaw between the North Atlantic and Nordic Seas during the last glacial abrupt climate events |
| title_full_unstemmed | Regional seesaw between the North Atlantic and Nordic Seas during the last glacial abrupt climate events |
| title_short | Regional seesaw between the North Atlantic and Nordic Seas during the last glacial abrupt climate events |
| title_sort | regional seesaw between the north atlantic and nordic seas during the last glacial abrupt climate events |
| url | https://www.clim-past.net/13/729/2017/cp-13-729-2017.pdf |
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