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Significance of uncertain phasing between the onsets of stadial–interstadial transitions in different Greenland ice core proxies
Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), Member of the Leibniz Association, P.O. Box 60 12 03, 14412 Potsdam, Germany
Niklas Boers
Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), Member of the Leibniz Association, P.O. Box 60 12 03, 14412 Potsdam, Germany
Department of Mathematics and Global Systems Institute, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK
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Short summary
Greenland ice core data show that the last glacial cycle was punctuated by a series of abrupt climate shifts comprising significant warming over Greenland, retreat of North Atlantic sea ice, and atmospheric reorganization. Statistical analysis of multi-proxy records reveals no systematic lead or lag between the transitions of proxies that represent different climatic subsystems, and hence no evidence for a potential trigger of these so-called Dansgaard–Oeschger events can be found.
Greenland ice core data show that the last glacial cycle was punctuated by a series of abrupt...
