Variations in atmospheric N2O concentration during abrupt climatic changes

Flückiger, J.; Dällenbach, A.; Blunier, T.; Stauffer, B.; Stocker, T. F.; Raynaud, D.; Barnola, J.-M. (1999). Variations in atmospheric N2O concentration during abrupt climatic changes. Science, 285(5425), pp. 227-230. American Association for the Advancement of Science 10.1126/science.285.5425.227

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Nitrous oxide (N2O) is an important greenhouse gas that is presently increasing at a rate of 0.25 percent per year. Records measured along two ice cores from Summit in Central Greenland provide information about variations in atmospheric N2O concentration in the past. The record covering the past millennium reduces the uncertainty regarding the preindustrial concentration. Records covering the last glacial-interglacial transition and a fast climatic change during the last ice age show that the N2O concentration changed in parallel with fast temperature variations in the Northern Hemisphere. This provides important information about the response of the environment to global climatic changes.

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:

Blunier, Thomas, 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:

18 Aug 2021 18:37

Last Modified:

05 Dec 2022 15:52

Publisher DOI:

10.1126/science.285.5425.227

BORIS DOI:

10.48350/158272

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/158272

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