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Articles | Volume 15, issue 6
Articles | Volume 15, issue 6
https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-15-1939-2019
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https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-15-1939-2019
© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
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Articles | Volume 15, issue 6
Research article
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15 Nov 2019
Research article |  | 15 Nov 2019

A South Atlantic island record uncovers shifts in westerlies and hydroclimate during the last glacial

Svante Björck, Jesper Sjolte, Karl Ljung, Florian Adolphi, Roger Flower, Rienk H. Smittenberg, Malin E. Kylander, Thomas F. Stocker, Sofia Holmgren, Hui Jiang, Raimund Muscheler, Yamoah K. K. Afrifa, Jayne E. Rattray, and Nathalie Van der Putten

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Southern Hemisphere westerlies play a key role in regulating global climate. A lake sediment record on a mid-South Atlantic island shows changes in the westerlies and hydroclimate 36.4–18.6 ka. Before 31 ka the westerlies shifted in concert with the bipolar seesaw mechanism in a fairly warm climate, followed by southerly westerlies and falling temperatures. After 27.5 ka temperatures dropped 3 °C with drier conditions and with shifting westerlies possibly triggering the variable LGM CO2 levels.
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