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Modelled ocean changes at the Plio-Pleistocene transition driven by Antarctic ice advance

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  • Daniel J. Hill

    (School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK)

  • Kevin P. Bolton

    (Environment and Sustainability Institute, College of Engineering, Mathematics and Physical Sciences, University of Exeter, Penryn Campus)

  • Alan M. Haywood

    (School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK)

Abstract

The Earth underwent a major transition from the warm climates of the Pliocene to the Pleistocene ice ages between 3.2 and 2.6 million years ago. The intensification of Northern Hemisphere Glaciation is the most obvious result of the Plio-Pleistocene transition. However, recent data show that the ocean also underwent a significant change, with the convergence of deep water mass properties in the North Pacific and North Atlantic Ocean. Here we show that the lack of coastal ice in the Pacific sector of Antarctica leads to major reductions in Pacific Ocean overturning and the loss of the modern North Pacific Deep Water (NPDW) mass in climate models of the warmest periods of the Pliocene. These results potentially explain the convergence of global deep water mass properties at the Plio-Pleistocene transition, as Circumpolar Deep Water (CDW) became the common source.

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  • Daniel J. Hill & Kevin P. Bolton & Alan M. Haywood, 2017. "Modelled ocean changes at the Plio-Pleistocene transition driven by Antarctic ice advance," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 8(1), pages 1-8, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:8:y:2017:i:1:d:10.1038_ncomms14376
    DOI: 10.1038/ncomms14376
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    1. Anna Ruth W. Halberstadt & Edward Gasson & David Pollard & James Marschalek & Robert M. DeConto, 2024. "Geologically constrained 2-million-year-long simulations of Antarctic Ice Sheet retreat and expansion through the Pliocene," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 15(1), pages 1-16, December.
    2. Tobias Andermann & Caroline A. E. Strömberg & Alexandre Antonelli & Daniele Silvestro, 2022. "The origin and evolution of open habitats in North America inferred by Bayesian deep learning models," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 13(1), pages 1-13, December.

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