Atmospheric CO <sub>2</sub> Concentrations over the Last Glacial Termination

  • Eric Monnin
    Climate and Environmental Physics, Physics Institute, University of Bern, Sidlerstrasse 5, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland.
  • Andreas Indermühle
    Climate and Environmental Physics, Physics Institute, University of Bern, Sidlerstrasse 5, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland.
  • André Dällenbach
    Climate and Environmental Physics, Physics Institute, University of Bern, Sidlerstrasse 5, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland.
  • Jacqueline Flückiger
    Climate and Environmental Physics, Physics Institute, University of Bern, Sidlerstrasse 5, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland.
  • Bernhard Stauffer
    Climate and Environmental Physics, Physics Institute, University of Bern, Sidlerstrasse 5, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland.
  • Thomas F. Stocker
    Climate and Environmental Physics, Physics Institute, University of Bern, Sidlerstrasse 5, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland.
  • Dominique Raynaud
    CNRS Laboratoire de Glaciologie et de Géophysique de l'Environnement, BP 96, 38402 St. Martin d'Hères Cedex, Grenoble, France.
  • Jean-Marc Barnola
    CNRS Laboratoire de Glaciologie et de Géophysique de l'Environnement, BP 96, 38402 St. Martin d'Hères Cedex, Grenoble, France.

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<jats:p> A record of atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO <jats:sub>2</jats:sub> ) concentration during the transition from the Last Glacial Maximum to the Holocene, obtained from the Dome Concordia, Antarctica, ice core, reveals that an increase of 76 parts per million by volume occurred over a period of 6000 years in four clearly distinguishable intervals. The close correlation between CO <jats:sub>2</jats:sub> concentration and Antarctic temperature indicates that the Southern Ocean played an important role in causing the CO <jats:sub>2</jats:sub> increase. However, the similarity of changes in CO <jats:sub>2</jats:sub> concentration and variations of atmospheric methane concentration suggests that processes in the tropics and in the Northern Hemisphere, where the main sources for methane are located, also had substantial effects on atmospheric CO <jats:sub>2</jats:sub> concentrations. </jats:p>

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  • Science

    Science 291 (5501), 112-114, 2001-01-05

    American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

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