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Articles | Volume 20, issue 1
Articles | Volume 20, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-20-77-2024
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https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-20-77-2024
© Author(s) 2024. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 20, issue 1
Research article
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10 Jan 2024
Research article |  | 10 Jan 2024

Resilient Antarctic monsoonal climate prevented ice growth during the Eocene

Michiel Baatsen, Peter Bijl, Anna von der Heydt, Appy Sluijs, and Henk Dijkstra

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This work introduces the possibility and consequences of monsoons on Antarctica in the warm Eocene climate. We suggest that such a monsoonal climate can be important to understand conditions in Antarctica prior to large-scale glaciation. We can explain seemingly contradictory indications of ice and vegetation on the continent through regional variability. In addition, we provide a new mechanism through which most of Antarctica remained ice-free through a wide range of global climatic changes.
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