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Thermal coupling of the Indo-Pacific warm pool and Southern Ocean over the past 30,000 years

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  • Shuai Zhang

    (Hohai University
    Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Zhoufei Yu

    (Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Yue Wang

    (Tongji University)

  • Xun Gong

    (China University of Geosciences
    China University of Geosciences
    Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences))

  • Ann Holbourn

    (Christian-Albrechts-University)

  • Fengming Chang

    (Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Heng Liu

    (Hohai University)

  • Xuhua Cheng

    (Hohai University)

  • Tiegang Li

    (Ministry of Natural Resources
    Pilot National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology (Qingdao))

Abstract

The role of the tropical Pacific Ocean and its linkages to the southern hemisphere during the last deglacial warming remain highly controversial. Here we explore the evolution of Pacific horizontal and vertical thermal gradients over the past 30 kyr by compiling 340 sea surface and 7 subsurface temperature records, as well as one new ocean heat content record. Our records reveal that La Niña-like conditions dominated during the deglaciation as a result of the more intense warming in the western Pacific warm pool. Both the subsurface temperature and ocean heat content in the warm pool rose earlier than the sea surface temperature, and in phase with South Pacific subsurface temperature and orbital precession, implying that heat exchange between the tropical upper water column and the extratropical Southern Ocean facilitated faster warming in the western Pacific. Our study underscores the key role of the thermal coupling between the warm pool and the Southern Ocean and its relevance for future global warming.

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  • Shuai Zhang & Zhoufei Yu & Yue Wang & Xun Gong & Ann Holbourn & Fengming Chang & Heng Liu & Xuhua Cheng & Tiegang Li, 2022. "Thermal coupling of the Indo-Pacific warm pool and Southern Ocean over the past 30,000 years," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 13(1), pages 1-9, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:13:y:2022:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-022-33206-y
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-33206-y
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