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Review article
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02 Aug 2022
Review article |
| 02 Aug 2022
| 02 Aug 2022
Antarctic sea ice over the past 130 000 years – Part 1: a review of what proxy records tell us
Xavier Crosta
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Université de Bordeaux, CNRS, UMR 5805 EPOC, Pessac, France
Karen E. Kohfeld
School of Resource and Environmental Management, Simon Fraser
University, Vancouver, Canada
School of Environmental Science, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada
Helen C. Bostock
School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
Matthew Chadwick
British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge, UK
Alice Du Vivier
National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, USA
Oliver Esper
Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine
Research, Bremerhaven, Germany
Johan Etourneau
Université de Bordeaux, CNRS, UMR 5805 EPOC, Pessac, France
EPHE/PSL Research University, Paris, France
Jacob Jones
School of Resource and Environmental Management, Simon Fraser
University, Vancouver, Canada
Amy Leventer
Colgate University, NY, USA
Juliane Müller
Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine
Research, Bremerhaven, Germany
Rachael H. Rhodes
Department of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge, Downing
Street, Cambridge CB2 3EQ, UK
Claire S. Allen
British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge, UK
Pooja Ghadi
School of Earth Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, Goa University,
Taleigao Plateau, Goa 403206, India
Nele Lamping
Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine
Research, Bremerhaven, Germany
Carina B. Lange
Departamento de Oceanografía and Centro Oceanográfico COPAS Sur-Austral/COPAS Coastal, Universidad de Concepción, Concepción, Chile
Centro de Investigación Dinámica de Ecosistemas Marinos de
Altas Latitudes (IDEAL), Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia, Chile
Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, California 92037, USA
Kelly-Anne Lawler
Research School of Earth Sciences, The Australian National
University, Canberra, Australia
David Lund
Department of Marine Sciences, University of Connecticut, Avery Point, Groton, CT, USA
Alice Marzocchi
National Oceanography Centre, European Way, Southampton SO14 3ZH, UK
Katrin J. Meissner
Climate Change Research Centre, University of New South Wales,
Sydney, Australia
ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate Extremes, University of New
South Wales, Sydney, Australia
Laurie Menviel
Climate Change Research Centre, University of New South Wales,
Sydney, Australia
The Australian Centre for Excellence in Antarctic Science,
University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia
Abhilash Nair
National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research, Vasco da Gama, Goa
403 804, India
Molly Patterson
Geological Sciences and Environmental Studies, Binghamton
University, NY, USA
Jennifer Pike
School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Cardiff University,
UK
Joseph G. Prebble
GNS Science, Lower Hutt, New Zealand
Christina Riesselman
Departments of Geology and Marine Science, University of Otago,
Dunedin, New Zealand
Henrik Sadatzki
Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine
Research, Bremerhaven, Germany
Louise C. Sime
British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge, UK
Sunil K. Shukla
Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeosciences, Lucknow, India
Lena Thöle
Department of Earth Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the
Netherlands
Maria-Elena Vorrath
Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine
Research, Bremerhaven, Germany
Wenshen Xiao
State Key Laboratory of Marine Geology, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China
Jiao Yang
State Key Laboratory of Cryospheric Science, Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, China
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Short summary
Despite its importance in the global climate, our knowledge of Antarctic sea-ice changes throughout the last glacial–interglacial cycle is extremely limited. As part of the Cycles of Sea Ice Dynamics in the Earth system (C-SIDE) Working Group, we review marine- and ice-core-based sea-ice proxies to provide insights into their applicability and limitations. By compiling published records, we provide information on Antarctic sea-ice dynamics over the past 130 000 years.
Despite its importance in the global climate, our knowledge of Antarctic sea-ice changes...
