The Atlantic meridional overturning circulation and abrupt climate change

J Lynch-Stieglitz - Annual review of marine science, 2017 - annualreviews.org
Abrupt changes in climate have occurred in many locations around the globe over the last
glacial cycle, with pronounced temperature swings on timescales of decades or less in the …

The Southern Ocean during the ice ages: A review of the Antarctic surface isolation hypothesis, with comparison to the North Pacific

DM Sigman, F Fripiat, AS Studer, PC Kemeny… - Quaternary Science …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract The Southern Ocean is widely recognized as a potential cause of the lower
atmospheric concentration of CO 2 during ice ages, but the mechanism is debated. Focusing …

Neodymium in the oceans: a global database, a regional comparison and implications for palaeoceanographic research

T van de Flierdt, AM Griffiths… - … of the Royal …, 2016 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The neodymium (Nd) isotopic composition of seawater has been used extensively to
reconstruct ocean circulation on a variety of time scales. However, dissolved neodymium …

The large-scale evolution of neodymium isotopic composition in the global modern and Holocene ocean revealed from seawater and archive data

K Tachikawa, T Arsouze, G Bayon, A Bory, C Colin… - Chemical …, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract Neodymium isotopic compositions (143 Nd/144 Nd or ε Nd) have been used as a
tracer of water masses and lithogenic inputs to the ocean. To further evaluate the …

Poorly ventilated deep ocean at the Last Glacial Maximum inferred from carbon isotopes: A data‐model comparison study

L Menviel, J Yu, F Joos, A Mouchet… - …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Atmospheric CO2 was∼ 90 ppmv lower at the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) compared to the
late Holocene, but the mechanisms responsible for this change remain elusive. Here we …

Response of a comprehensive climate model to a broad range of external forcings: relevance for deep ocean ventilation and the development of late Cenozoic ice …

E Galbraith, C de Lavergne - Climate Dynamics, 2019 - Springer
Over the past few million years, the Earth descended from the relatively warm and stable
climate of the Pliocene into the increasingly dramatic ice age cycles of the Pleistocene. The …

Southern Ocean glacial conditions and their influence on deglacial events

EL Sikes, NE Umling, KA Allen… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract The Southern Ocean is an important regulator of global CO2 levels and likely had a
key role in lowering atmospheric CO2 levels during the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) and …

Evolution of the Global Overturning Circulation since the Last Glacial Maximum based on marine authigenic neodymium isotopes

J Du, BA Haley, AC Mix - Quaternary Science Reviews, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract The Global Overturning Circulation is linked to climate change on glacial-
interglacial and multi-millennial timescales. The understanding of past climate-circulation …

Last glacial atmospheric CO2 decline due to widespread Pacific deep-water expansion

J Yu, L Menviel, ZD **, RF Anderson, Z Jian… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Ocean circulation critically affects the global climate and atmospheric carbon dioxide
through redistribution of heat and carbon in the Earth system. Despite intensive research …

Breakup of last glacial deep stratification in the South Pacific

C Basak, H Fröllje, F Lamy, R Gersonde, V Benz… - Science, 2018 - science.org
Stratification of the deep Southern Ocean during the Last Glacial Maximum is thought to
have facilitated carbon storage and subsequent release during the deglaciation as …