Nature Communications (Mar 2019)

Deep-water circulation changes lead North Atlantic climate during deglaciation

  • Francesco Muschitiello,
  • William J. D’Andrea,
  • Andreas Schmittner,
  • Timothy J. Heaton,
  • Nicholas L. Balascio,
  • Nicole deRoberts,
  • Marc W. Caffee,
  • Thomas E. Woodruff,
  • Kees C. Welten,
  • Luke C. Skinner,
  • Margit H. Simon,
  • Trond M. Dokken

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-09237-3
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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The response time of North Atlantic climate to changes in high-latitude deep-water formation during the last deglaciation is still unclear. Here the authors show that gradual changes in Nordic Seas deep-water circulation systematically lead ahead of abrupt regional climate shifts by ~400 years.