Dynamic Greenland ice sheet driven by pCO2 variations across the Pliocene Pleistocene transition

Ning Tan; Jean-Baptiste Ladant; Gilles Ramstein; Christophe Dumas; Paul Bachem; Eystein Jansen

doi:10.1038/s41467-018-07206-w

Nature Communications (Nov 2018)

Dynamic Greenland ice sheet driven by pCO2 variations across the Pliocene Pleistocene transition

Ning Tan,
Jean-Baptiste Ladant,
Gilles Ramstein,
Christophe Dumas,
Paul Bachem,
Eystein Jansen

Affiliations

Ning Tan: Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l’Environnement, LSCE/IPSL, CEA-CNRS-UVSQ, Université Paris-Saclay
Jean-Baptiste Ladant: Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l’Environnement, LSCE/IPSL, CEA-CNRS-UVSQ, Université Paris-Saclay
Gilles Ramstein: Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l’Environnement, LSCE/IPSL, CEA-CNRS-UVSQ, Université Paris-Saclay
Christophe Dumas: Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l’Environnement, LSCE/IPSL, CEA-CNRS-UVSQ, Université Paris-Saclay
Paul Bachem: Uni Research Climate, Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research
Eystein Jansen: Dep. of Earth Science, University of Bergen, Bjerknes Center for Climate Research

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-07206-w
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

Read online

Previous work has argued for a CO2 control on the development of the Plio-Pleistocene Transition (PPT, 3.0–2.5 Ma) Greenland Ice Sheet (GrIS). Here based on transient ice sheet experiments, the authors demonstrate the pivotal role of modern-like CO2 on the onset and dynamism of the PPT GrIS.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

About the journal