Last deglacial abrupt climate changes caused by meltwater pulses in the Labrador Sea

Defang You; Ruediger Stein; Kirsten Fahl; Maricel C. Williams; Daniela N. Schmidt; Ian Nicholas McCave; Stephen Barker; Enno Schefuß; Lu Niu; Gerhard Kuhn; Frank Niessen

doi:10.1038/s43247-023-00743-3

Communications Earth & Environment (Mar 2023)

Last deglacial abrupt climate changes caused by meltwater pulses in the Labrador Sea

Defang You,
Ruediger Stein,
Kirsten Fahl,
Maricel C. Williams,
Daniela N. Schmidt,
Ian Nicholas McCave,
Stephen Barker,
Enno Schefuß,
Lu Niu,
Gerhard Kuhn,
Frank Niessen

Affiliations

Defang You: Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research
Ruediger Stein: Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research
Kirsten Fahl: Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research
Maricel C. Williams: School of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol
Daniela N. Schmidt: School of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol
Ian Nicholas McCave: Godwin Laboratory for Palaeoclimate Research, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge
Stephen Barker: School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Cardiff University
Enno Schefuß: MARUM-Center for Marine Environmental Sciences and Faculty of Geosciences, University of Bremen
Lu Niu: Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research
Gerhard Kuhn: Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research
Frank Niessen: Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-023-00743-3
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 4, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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Periodic meltwater pulses from the Laurentide-Greenland Ice Sheets during the last deglaciation drove abrupt changes in sea surface temperature and sea ice extent, according to sediment core biomarker proxy records from the Eirik Drift, eastern Labrador Sea

Published in Communications Earth & Environment

ISSN: 2662-4435 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science: Geology; Geography. Anthropology. Recreation: Environmental sciences
Website: https://www.nature.com/commsenv/

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