Nature Communications (Dec 2020)

Glacial heterogeneity in Southern Ocean carbon storage abated by fast South Indian deglacial carbon release

  • Julia Gottschalk,
  • Elisabeth Michel,
  • Lena M. Thöle,
  • Anja S. Studer,
  • Adam P. Hasenfratz,
  • Nicole Schmid,
  • Martin Butzin,
  • Alain Mazaud,
  • Alfredo Martínez-García,
  • Sönke Szidat,
  • Samuel L. Jaccard

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-20034-1
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 14

Abstract

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A Southern Ocean influences on the carbon cycle is considered a key component of deglacial changes. Here, the authors show spatial differences in glacial Southern Ocean carbon storage that dissipated rapidly 14.6 kyr ago, revealing a South Indian Ocean contribution to rapid deglacial atmospheric CO2 increases.