Interhemispheric coupling, the West Antarctic Ice Sheet and warm Antarctic interglacials

Ice core evidence indicates that even though atmospheric CO<sub>2</sub> concentrations did not exceed ~300 ppm at any point during the last 800 000 years, East Antarctica was at least ~3–4 °C warmer than preindustrial (CO<sub>2</sub>~280 ppm) i...

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Main Authors: P. B. Holden, N. R. Edwards, E. W. Wolff, N. J. Lang, J. S. Singarayer, P. J. Valdes, T. F. Stocker
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2010-07-01
Series:Climate of the Past
Online Access:http://www.clim-past.net/6/431/2010/cp-6-431-2010.pdf