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Holocene thinning of the Greenland ice sheet

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  • B. M. Vinther

    (Centre for Ice and Climate, Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Juliane Maries Vej 30, DK-2100 Copenhagen Oe, Denmark)

  • S. L. Buchardt

    (Centre for Ice and Climate, Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Juliane Maries Vej 30, DK-2100 Copenhagen Oe, Denmark)

  • H. B. Clausen

    (Centre for Ice and Climate, Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Juliane Maries Vej 30, DK-2100 Copenhagen Oe, Denmark)

  • D. Dahl-Jensen

    (Centre for Ice and Climate, Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Juliane Maries Vej 30, DK-2100 Copenhagen Oe, Denmark)

  • S. J. Johnsen

    (Centre for Ice and Climate, Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Juliane Maries Vej 30, DK-2100 Copenhagen Oe, Denmark)

  • D. A. Fisher

    (Glaciology Section, Geological Survey of Canada, 601 Booth Street, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1A 0E8)

  • R. M. Koerner

    (Glaciology Section, Geological Survey of Canada, 601 Booth Street, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1A 0E8)

  • D. Raynaud

    (Laboratoire de Glaciologie et Géophysique de l’Environnement, CNRS/UJF, BP 96, 38402 Saint-Martin-d’Hères, France)

  • V. Lipenkov

    (Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute, 38 Bering Street, St Petersburg 199397, Russia)

  • K. K. Andersen

    (Centre for Ice and Climate, Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Juliane Maries Vej 30, DK-2100 Copenhagen Oe, Denmark)

  • T. Blunier

    (Centre for Ice and Climate, Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Juliane Maries Vej 30, DK-2100 Copenhagen Oe, Denmark)

  • S. O. Rasmussen

    (Centre for Ice and Climate, Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Juliane Maries Vej 30, DK-2100 Copenhagen Oe, Denmark)

  • J. P. Steffensen

    (Centre for Ice and Climate, Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Juliane Maries Vej 30, DK-2100 Copenhagen Oe, Denmark)

  • A. M. Svensson

    (Centre for Ice and Climate, Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Juliane Maries Vej 30, DK-2100 Copenhagen Oe, Denmark)

Abstract

Greenland in the Holocene The nature of the response of the Greenland ice sheet (GIS) to climate change is a fundamental question in climate science, but the details remain unclear. During the Holocene climate optimum 6,000 to 9,000 years ago, for example, many locations in the Northern Hemisphere showed unusual warmth yet changes in Greenland appeared inconsistent. Vinther et al. now standardize the previously disparate-seeming ice core records of climate history on the GIS during the Holocene and find consistent evidence for a stronger climate optimum than was previously recognized, together with elevation reduction and marginal ice sheet thinning.

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  • B. M. Vinther & S. L. Buchardt & H. B. Clausen & D. Dahl-Jensen & S. J. Johnsen & D. A. Fisher & R. M. Koerner & D. Raynaud & V. Lipenkov & K. K. Andersen & T. Blunier & S. O. Rasmussen & J. P. Steffe, 2009. "Holocene thinning of the Greenland ice sheet," Nature, Nature, vol. 461(7262), pages 385-388, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:461:y:2009:i:7262:d:10.1038_nature08355
    DOI: 10.1038/nature08355
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    1. Henning Åkesson & Mathieu Morlighem & Johan Nilsson & Christian Stranne & Martin Jakobsson, 2022. "Petermann ice shelf may not recover after a future breakup," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 13(1), pages 1-9, December.
    2. Ilaria Tabone & Alexander Robinson & Marisa Montoya & Jorge Alvarez-Solas, 2024. "Holocene thinning in central Greenland controlled by the Northeast Greenland Ice Stream," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 15(1), pages 1-12, December.

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