Simulating Arctic Climate Warmth and Icefield Retreat in the Last Interglaciation


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In the future, Arctic warming and the melting of polar glaciers will be considerable, but the magnitude of both is uncertain. We used a global climate model, a dynamic ice sheet model, and paleoclimatic data to evaluate Northern Hemisphere high-latitude warming and its impact on Arctic icefields during the Last Interglaciation. Our simulated climate matches paleoclimatic observations of past warming, and the combination of physically based climate and ice-sheet modeling with ice-core constraints indicate that the Greenland Ice Sheet and other circum-Arctic ice fields likely contributed 2.2 to 3.4 meters of sea-level rise during the Last Interglaciation.



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DOI https://www.doi.org/10.1126/science.1120808

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Otto-Bliesner, B. L. , Marshall, S. J. , Overpeck, J. T. , Miller, G. H. and Hu, A. (2006): Simulating Arctic Climate Warmth and Icefield Retreat in the Last Interglaciation , Science, 311 (5768), pp. 1751-1753 . doi: https://www.doi.org/10.1126/science.1120808


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