Atmospheric CO2 concentrations over the last glacial termination

Monnin, Eric; Indermühle, Andreas; Dällenbach, Andre ́; Flückiger, Jacqueline; Stauffer, Bernhard; Stocker, Thomas F.; Raynaud, Dominique; Barnola, Jean-Marc (2001). Atmospheric CO2 concentrations over the last glacial termination. Science, 291(5501), pp. 112-114. American Association for the Advancement of Science 10.1126/science.291.5501.112

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A record of atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) concentration during the transition from the Last Glacial Maximum to the Holocene, obtained from the Dome Concordia, Antarctica, ice core, reveals that an increase of 76 parts per million by volume occurred over a period of 6000 years in four clearly distinguishable intervals. The close correlation between CO2 concentration and Antarctic temperature indicates that the Southern Ocean played an important role in causing the CO2 increase. However, the similarity of changes in CO2 concentration and variations of atmospheric methane concentration suggests that processes in the tropics and in the Northern Hemisphere, where the main sources for methane are located, also had substantial effects on atmospheric CO2 concentrations.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

08 Faculty of Science > Physics Institute > Climate and Environmental Physics
08 Faculty of Science > Physics Institute

UniBE Contributor:

Stauffer, Bernhard, Stocker, Thomas

Subjects:

500 Science > 530 Physics

ISSN:

0036-8075

Publisher:

American Association for the Advancement of Science

Language:

English

Submitter:

BORIS Import 2

Date Deposited:

19 Aug 2021 09:59

Last Modified:

05 Dec 2022 15:52

Publisher DOI:

10.1126/science.291.5501.112

BORIS DOI:

10.48350/158269

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/158269

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