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Articles | Volume 21, issue 1
Articles | Volume 21, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-21-79-2025
© Author(s) 2025. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-21-79-2025
© Author(s) 2025. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 21, issue 1
Research article
 | 
14 Jan 2025
Research article |  | 14 Jan 2025

Southern Ocean control on atmospheric CO2 changes across late Pliocene Marine Isotope Stage M2

Suning Hou, Leonie Toebrock, Mart van der Linden, Fleur Rothstegge, Martin Ziegler, Lucas J. Lourens, and Peter K. Bijl

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https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-21-79-2025-supplement

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Data from manuscripts "Reconciling equatorward migration of Southern Ocean fronts with minor Antarctic ice volume change during Miocene cooling" and "Southern Ocean control on atmospheric CO2 changes across late-Pliocene Marine Isotope Stage M2" by Suning Hou and others Suning Hou https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13850979

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Based on dinoflagellate cyst assemblages and sea surface temperature records west of offshore Tasmania, we find a northward migration and freshening of the subtropical front, not at the M2 glacial maximum but at its deglaciation phase. This oceanographic change aligns well with trends in pCO2. We propose that iceberg discharge from the M2 deglaciation freshened the subtropical front, which together with the other oceanographic changes affected atmosphere–ocean CO2 exchange in the Southern Ocean.
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