A synchronous atmosphere-cryosphere-land response to climate on the northern Antarctic Peninsula since the mid-Holocene-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

A synchronous atmosphere-cryosphere-land response to climate on the northern Antarctic Peninsula since the mid-Holocene

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Evangelista Heitor¹^ORCID,Verkulich Sergei²,Mavlyudov Bulat³,Echer Mariza P.⁴,Licinio Marcus Vinicius⁵,Dercon Gerd⁶,García-Rodríguez Felipe⁷,Neto Arthur A.⁸,Kusch Stephanie⁹,Abuchacra Rodrigo C.⁸,Oaquim Anna B.J.¹⁰,Gonçalves Sérgio J.¹⁰,Pushina Zinaida¹¹,Shimizu Marília H¹²,Heiling Maria⁶,Slaets Johanna⁶,Resch Christian⁶,Castillo Alejandra¹³,Gruber Roman⁶

Affiliation:

1. Rio de Janeiro State University

2. Department of Polar Geography/Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute , Russia

3. Russian Academy of Sciences/Institute of Geography, Russia

4. 4INPE (National Institute of Space Research), Brazil

5. Departamento de Ciências Fisiológicas/Centro de Ciências da Saúde CCS, Brazil

6. Soil and Water Management & Crop Nutrition Laboratory, Joint FAO/IAEA Division of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture, Austria

7. Universidad de la República, Uruguay/Universidade Federal de Rio Grande, Brazil

8. Laboratório de Geologia Marinha/LAGEMAR, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Brazil

9. Institut des Sciences de la Mer (ISMER), Université du Québec à Rimouski, uski, Canada

10. Rio de Janeiro State University, Brazil

11. Department of Polar Geography/Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute, Russia

12. General Coordination of Earth Science (CGCT), National Institute for Space Research (INPE), Brazil

13. Instituto de Ciencias Químicas. Facultad de Ciencias/Universidad Austral de Chile, Chile

Abstract

Abstract West Antarctica plays a pivotal role in sea level rise in projected scenarios with global socioenvironmental and economic consequences. Therefore, describing its recent and past climate history and changes is essential for identifying the main climate controls and past responses. To better understand the climatic sensitivity of this region, we analyzed sedimentary records from newly surveyed proglacial lacustrine profiles dated from the middle Holocene to the present on the North Antarctic Peninsula. We combined atmosphere-glacier-land databases that evidenced a close coupling among these compartments during intense melting events. Our analyses furthermore suggest that a short Neoglacial phase from ∼1,500–2,000 kyr BP until the onset of the 20th century was possibly influenced by a combined long-term decline in total solar irradiance, Andean volcanism and ENSO.

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International Atomic Energy Agency

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Research Square Platform LLC

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