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Science ; 313(5790): 1043-5; author reply 1043-5, 2006 Aug 25.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-16931738
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Nature ; 437(7055): 125-8, 2005 Sep 01.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-16136140

RESUMO

Marine records of sediment oxygen isotope compositions show that the Earth's climate has gone through a succession of glacial and interglacial periods during the past million years. But the interpretation of the oxygen isotope records is complicated because both isotope storage in ice sheets and deep-water temperature affect the recorded isotopic composition. Separating these two effects would require long records of either sea level or deep-ocean temperature, which are currently not available. Here we use a coupled model of the Northern Hemisphere ice sheets and ocean temperatures, forced to match an oxygen isotope record for the past million years compiled from 57 globally distributed sediment cores, to quantify both contributions simultaneously. We find that the ice-sheet contribution to the variability in oxygen isotope composition varied from ten per cent in the beginning of glacial periods to sixty per cent at glacial maxima, suggesting that strong ocean cooling preceded slow ice-sheet build-up. The model yields mutually consistent time series of continental mean surface temperatures between 40 and 80 degrees N, ice volume and global sea level. We find that during extreme glacial stages, air temperatures were 17 +/- 1.8 degrees C lower than present, with a 120 +/- 10 m sea level equivalent of continental ice present.


Assuntos
Atmosfera , Camada de Gelo , Água do Mar/análise , Temperatura , Animais , Clima , Fósseis , Sedimentos Geológicos/química , História Antiga , Oceanos e Mares , Oxigênio/análise , Oxigênio/química , Isótopos de Oxigênio , Água do Mar/química , Fatores de Tempo
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Nature ; 429(6992): 623-8, 2004 Jun 10.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-15190344

RESUMO

The Antarctic Vostok ice core provided compelling evidence of the nature of climate, and of climate feedbacks, over the past 420,000 years. Marine records suggest that the amplitude of climate variability was smaller before that time, but such records are often poorly resolved. Moreover, it is not possible to infer the abundance of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere from marine records. Here we report the recovery of a deep ice core from Dome C, Antarctica, that provides a climate record for the past 740,000 years. For the four most recent glacial cycles, the data agree well with the record from Vostok. The earlier period, between 740,000 and 430,000 years ago, was characterized by less pronounced warmth in interglacial periods in Antarctica, but a higher proportion of each cycle was spent in the warm mode. The transition from glacial to interglacial conditions about 430,000 years ago (Termination V) resembles the transition into the present interglacial period in terms of the magnitude of change in temperatures and greenhouse gases, but there are significant differences in the patterns of change. The interglacial stage following Termination V was exceptionally long--28,000 years compared to, for example, the 12,000 years recorded so far in the present interglacial period. Given the similarities between this earlier warm period and today, our results may imply that without human intervention, a climate similar to the present one would extend well into the future.

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In. Fantechi, R; Maracchi, G; Almeida - Teixeira, M. E. Environment and quality of life : Climatic change and impacts : A general introduction : Proceedings. s.l, Commission of the European Communities, 1991. p.187-206, ilus, Tab. (Environment and Quality of Life Series).
Monografia em En | Desastres | ID: des-5502

RESUMO

Land ice plays an important role in the earth's climate system. Climatic variations on longer time scales are wll documented by the extent of the large northern hemidphere ice sheets. End moraines, erratic boulders, etc. have learned us a ot about the timing and severeness of ice ages. On a smaller scale, mountain glaciers also serve as very sensitive indicators of climatic changes. In this lecture an outline is given on the aspects of glaciers and ice sheets that are particularly important with regard to climatic change. After a general introduction a few very simple mathematical models describing ice sheets and glaciers will be discussed to give a feeling for orders of magnitude. In the last section the potential contribution of glaciers and ice sheets to sea - level rise is discussed in connection with the greenhouse warming. (AU)


Assuntos
Neve , Mudança Climática , Efeito Estufa , Temperatura , Atmosfera , Meio Ambiente
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