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Research article
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01 Feb 2021
Research article |
| 01 Feb 2021
| 01 Feb 2021
Reconstructing the evolution of ice sheets, sea level, and atmospheric CO2 during the past 3.6 million years
Institute for Marine and Atmospheric research Utrecht, Utrecht
University, Utrecht, the Netherlands
Bas de Boer
Earth and Climate Cluster, Faculty of Science, Vrije Universiteit
Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Roderik S. W. van de Wal
Institute for Marine and Atmospheric research Utrecht, Utrecht
University, Utrecht, the Netherlands
Faculty of Geosciences, Department of Physical Geography, Utrecht
University, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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Short summary
For the past 2.6 million years, the Earth has experienced glacial cycles, where vast ice sheets periodically grew to cover large parts of North America and Eurasia. In the earlier part of this period, this happened every 40 000 years. This value changed 1.2 million years ago to 100 000 years: the Mid-Pleistocene Transition. We investigate this interesting period using an ice-sheet model, studying the interactions between ice sheets and the global climate.
For the past 2.6 million years, the Earth has experienced glacial cycles, where vast ice sheets...
