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

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  • Ning Tan

    (Université Paris-Saclay
    Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Jean-Baptiste Ladant

    (Université Paris-Saclay
    École Normale Supérieure
    Ecole Polytechnique)

  • Gilles Ramstein

    (Université Paris-Saclay)

  • Christophe Dumas

    (Université Paris-Saclay)

  • Paul Bachem

    (Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research)

  • Eystein Jansen

    (Bjerknes Center for Climate Research)

Abstract

It is generally considered that the perennial glaciation of Greenland lasting several orbital cycles began around 2.7 Ma along with the intensification of Northern Hemisphere glaciation (NHG). Both data and model studies have demonstrated that a decline in atmospheric pCO2 was instrumental in establishing a perennial Greenland ice sheet (GrIS), yet models have generally used simplistic pCO2 constraints rather than data-inferred pCO2 evolution. Here, using a method designed for the long-term coupling of climate and cryosphere models and pCO2 scenarios from different studies, we highlight the pivotal role of pCO2 on the GrIS expansion across the Plio-Pleistocene Transition (PPT, 3.0–2.5 Ma), in particular in the range between 280 and 320 ppm. Good qualitative agreement is obtained between various IRD reconstructions and some of the possible evolutions of the GrIS simulated by our model. Our results underline the dynamism of the GrIS waxing and waning under pCO2 levels similar to or lower than today, which supports recent evidence of a dynamic GrIS during the Plio-Pleistocene.

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  • Ning Tan & Jean-Baptiste Ladant & Gilles Ramstein & Christophe Dumas & Paul Bachem & Eystein Jansen, 2018. "Dynamic Greenland ice sheet driven by pCO2 variations across the Pliocene Pleistocene transition," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 9(1), pages 1-9, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:9:y:2018:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-018-07206-w
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-07206-w
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    1. Joshua D. Bridges & John A. Tarduno & Rory D. Cottrell & Timothy D. Herbert, 2023. "Rapid strengthening of westerlies accompanied intensification of Northern Hemisphere glaciation," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 14(1), pages 1-11, December.
    2. Yi Zhong & Ning Tan & Jordan T. Abell & Chijun Sun & Stefanie Kaboth-Bahr & Heather L. Ford & Timothy D. Herbert & Alex Pullen & Keiji Horikawa & Jimin Yu & Torben Struve & Michael E. Weber & Peter D., 2024. "Role of land-ocean interactions in stepwise Northern Hemisphere Glaciation," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 15(1), pages 1-10, December.

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