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https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-15-2031-2019
© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
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Research article
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19 Dec 2019
Research article |
| 19 Dec 2019
| 19 Dec 2019
A 120 000-year record of sea ice in the North Atlantic?
Niccolò Maffezzoli
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Institute of Polar Sciences, ISP-CNR, Via Torino 155, 30172 Venice, Italy
Physics of Ice, Climate and Earth (PICE), Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Tagensvej 16, 2200 Copenhagen, Denmark
Paul Vallelonga
Physics of Ice, Climate and Earth (PICE), Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Tagensvej 16, 2200 Copenhagen, Denmark
Ross Edwards
Physics and Astronomy, Curtin University of Technology, Kent St, Bentley, WA 6102, Perth, Australia
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, UW-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA
Alfonso Saiz-Lopez
Department of Atmospheric Chemistry and Climate, Institute of Physical Chemistry Rocasolano, CSIC, Madrid, Spain
Clara Turetta
Institute of Polar Sciences, ISP-CNR, Via Torino 155, 30172 Venice, Italy
Department of Environmental Sciences, Informatics and Statistics, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, Via Torino 155, 30170 Venice, Italy
Helle Astrid Kjær
Physics of Ice, Climate and Earth (PICE), Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Tagensvej 16, 2200 Copenhagen, Denmark
Carlo Barbante
Institute of Polar Sciences, ISP-CNR, Via Torino 155, 30172 Venice, Italy
Department of Environmental Sciences, Informatics and Statistics, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, Via Torino 155, 30170 Venice, Italy
Bo Vinther
Physics of Ice, Climate and Earth (PICE), Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Tagensvej 16, 2200 Copenhagen, Denmark
Andrea Spolaor
Institute of Polar Sciences, ISP-CNR, Via Torino 155, 30172 Venice, Italy
Department of Environmental Sciences, Informatics and Statistics, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, Via Torino 155, 30170 Venice, Italy
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Short summary
This study provides the first ice-core-based history of sea ice in the North Atlantic Ocean, reaching 120 000 years back in time. This record was obtained from bromine and sodium measurements in the RECAP ice core, drilled in east Greenland. We found that, during the last deglaciation, sea ice started to melt ~ 17 500 years ago. Over the 120 000 years of the last glacial cycle, sea ice extent was maximal during MIS2, while minimum sea ice extent exists for the Holocene.
This study provides the first ice-core-based history of sea ice in the North Atlantic Ocean,...
