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Rapid northern hemisphere ice sheet melting during the penultimate deglaciation

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  • Heather M. Stoll

    (ETH Zürich)

  • Isabel Cacho

    (Universitat de Barcelona)

  • Edward Gasson

    (University of Bristol
    University of Exeter)

  • Jakub Sliwinski

    (ETH Zürich
    University of St. Andrews)

  • Oliver Kost

    (ETH Zürich)

  • Ana Moreno

    (Pyrenean Institute of Ecology-CSIC)

  • Miguel Iglesias

    (University of Oviedo)

  • Judit Torner

    (Universitat de Barcelona)

  • Carlos Perez-Mejias

    (Xi’an Jiaotong University)

  • Negar Haghipour

    (ETH Zürich
    Laboratory for Ion Beam Physics, Department of Physics)

  • Hai Cheng

    (Xi’an Jiaotong University
    University of Minnesota)

  • R. Lawrence Edwards

    (University of Minnesota
    Nanjing Normal University)

Abstract

The rate and consequences of future high latitude ice sheet retreat remain a major concern given ongoing anthropogenic warming. Here, new precisely dated stalagmite data from NW Iberia provide the first direct, high-resolution records of periods of rapid melting of Northern Hemisphere ice sheets during the penultimate deglaciation. These records reveal the penultimate deglaciation initiated with rapid century-scale meltwater pulses which subsequently trigger abrupt coolings of air temperature in NW Iberia consistent with freshwater-induced AMOC slowdowns. The first of these AMOC slowdowns, 600-year duration, was shorter than Heinrich 1 of the last deglaciation. Although similar insolation forcing initiated the last two deglaciations, the more rapid and sustained rate of freshening in the eastern North Atlantic penultimate deglaciation likely reflects a larger volume of ice stored in the marine-based Eurasian Ice sheet during the penultimate glacial in contrast to the land-based ice sheet on North America as during the last glacial.

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  • Heather M. Stoll & Isabel Cacho & Edward Gasson & Jakub Sliwinski & Oliver Kost & Ana Moreno & Miguel Iglesias & Judit Torner & Carlos Perez-Mejias & Negar Haghipour & Hai Cheng & R. Lawrence Edwards, 2022. "Rapid northern hemisphere ice sheet melting during the penultimate deglaciation," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 13(1), pages 1-16, December.
  • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:13:y:2022:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-022-31619-3
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-31619-3
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