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Research article
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27 Jul 2017
Research article |
| 27 Jul 2017
Antarctic climate and ice-sheet configuration during the early Pliocene interglacial at 4.23 Ma
Nicholas R. Golledge
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Antarctic Research Centre, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington 6140, New Zealand
GNS Science, Avalon, Lower Hutt 5011, New Zealand
Zoë A. Thomas
Climate Change Research Centre and PANGEA Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
Richard H. Levy
GNS Science, Avalon, Lower Hutt 5011, New Zealand
Edward G. W. Gasson
Department of Geography, The University of Sheffield, Sheffield, S10 2TN, UK
Timothy R. Naish
Antarctic Research Centre, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington 6140, New Zealand
Robert M. McKay
Antarctic Research Centre, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington 6140, New Zealand
Douglas E. Kowalewski
Department of Earth, Environment, and Physics, Worcester State University, Worcester, MA 01602, USA
Christopher J. Fogwill
Climate Change Research Centre and PANGEA Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
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Short summary
We investigated how the Antarctic climate and ice sheets evolved during a period of warmer-than-present temperatures 4 million years ago, during a time when the carbon dioxide concentration in the atmosphere was very similar to today's level. Using computer models to first simulate the climate, and then how the ice sheets responded, we found that Antarctica most likely lost around 8.5 m sea-level equivalent ice volume as both East and West Antarctic ice sheets retreated.
We investigated how the Antarctic climate and ice sheets evolved during a period of...
