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Dynamic boreal summer atmospheric circulation response as negative feedback to Greenland melt during the MIS-11 interglacial
MARUM – Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of Bremen, 28359 Bremen, Germany
Faculty of Geosciences, University of Bremen, 28359 Bremen, Germany
Matthias Prange
MARUM – Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of Bremen, 28359 Bremen, Germany
Faculty of Geosciences, University of Bremen, 28359 Bremen, Germany
Michael Schulz
MARUM – Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of Bremen, 28359 Bremen, Germany
Faculty of Geosciences, University of Bremen, 28359 Bremen, Germany
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Short summary
To better understand the climate conditions which lead to extensive melting of the Greenland ice sheet, we used climate models to reconstruct the climate conditions of the warmest period of the last 800 000 years, which was centered around 410 000 years ago. Surprisingly, we found that atmospheric circulation changes may have acted to reduce the melt of the ice sheet rather than enhance it, despite the extensive warmth of the time.
To better understand the climate conditions which lead to extensive melting of the Greenland ice...
