Closure of the meridional overturning circulation through Southern Ocean upwelling

J Marshall, K Speer - Nature geoscience, 2012 - nature.com
The meridional overturning circulation of the ocean plays a central role in climate and
climate variability by storing and transporting heat, fresh water and carbon around the globe …

Environmental processes of the ice age: land, oceans, glaciers (EPILOG)

AC Mix, E Bard, R Schneider - Quaternary Science Reviews, 2001 - Elsevier
Knowledge of the state of the earth at the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM, an interval around
21,000 years ago) is an important benchmark for understanding the sensitivity of global …

Ecosystem dynamics based on plankton functional types for global ocean biogeochemistry models

CL Quere, SP Harrison, I Colin Prentice… - Global Change …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Ecosystem processes are important determinants of the biogeochemistry of the ocean, and
they can be profoundly affected by changes in climate. Ocean models currently express …

[書籍][B] Antarctic climate change and the environment

J Turner, R Bindschadler, P Convey, G Di Prisco… - 2009 - epic.awi.de
To understand how planet Earth works we study it increasingly as a system–a collection of
interdependent parts or spheres–the lithosphere, the hydrosphere, the cryosphere, the …

Sea-surface temperature and sea ice distribution of the Southern Ocean at the EPILOG Last Glacial Maximum—a circum-Antarctic view based on siliceous microfossil …

R Gersonde, X Crosta, A Abelmann… - Quaternary science …, 2005 - Elsevier
Based on the quantitative study of diatoms and radiolarians, summer sea-surface
temperature (SSST) and sea ice distribution were estimated from 122 sediment core …

The influence of Antarctic sea ice on glacial–interglacial CO2 variations

BB Stephens, RF Keeling - Nature, 2000 - nature.com
Ice-core measurements indicate that atmospheric CO2 concentrations during glacial periods
were consistently about 80 parts per million lower than during interglacial periods. Previous …

Interferometric radar measurements of water level changes on the Amazon flood plain

DE Alsdorf, JM Melack, T Dunne, LAK Mertes, LL Hess… - Nature, 2000 - nature.com
Measurements of water levels in the main channels of rivers, upland tributaries and
floodplain lakes are necessary for understanding flooding hazards, methane production …

The biogeography of major diatom taxa in Southern Ocean sediments: 1. Sea ice related species

LK Armand, X Crosta, O Romero, JJ Pichon - Palaeogeography …, 2005 - Elsevier
Diatoms from 228 Southern Ocean core-top sediment samples were examined to determine
the geographic distributions of 32 major diatom species/taxa preserved in the sediments of …

The reconstruction of late Quaternary Antarctic sea-ice distribution—the use of diatoms as a proxy for sea-ice

R Gersonde, U Zielinski - Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology …, 2000 - Elsevier
The study of annual diatom transfer from the Southern Ocean surface to the sea floor using
time-series sediment traps combined with the map** of diatom assemblages from surface …

Dust impact on marine biota and atmospheric CO2 during glacial periods

L Bopp, KE Kohfeld, C Le Quéré… - Paleoceanography, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
We assess the impact of high dust deposition rates on marine biota and atmospheric CO2
using a state‐of‐the‐art ocean biogeochemistry model and observations. Our model …