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Nyamgerel Y, Han Y, Hwang H, Han C, Hong SB, Do Hur S, Lee J. Climate-related variabilities in the Styx-M ice core record from northern Victoria Land, East Antarctica, during 1979-2014. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2024; 935:173319. [PMID: 38777053 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.173319] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2023] [Revised: 05/13/2024] [Accepted: 05/15/2024] [Indexed: 05/25/2024]
Abstract
The historical climate variability in East Antarctica inferred from ice cores remains under debate owing to the vastness and complexity of the region. This study evaluates the potential climate variabilities in the Styx-M ice core records (δ18O, d-excess, and snow accumulation) from northern Victoria Land adjacent to the Ross Sea sector of East Antarctica during 1979-2014. Results show that the primary moisture source in this area is the Pacific Ocean sector. Although the annual mean δ18O values was limited to directly indicate the temperature changes, a weak relevance between the average δ18O values and the temperature signal during the austral summer season is detectable. δ18O, d-excess, and snow accumulation correlate with sea surface temperature and sea ice extent in the Ross Sea sector. A coupled influence of the SAM, ASL, and ENSO climate indices is expected, because the oceanic environment in this region is influenced by them. The pronounced intrusion of oceanic moisture coupled with atmospheric circulation patterns over the Ross Sea region makes the Styx-M ice core a promising record of the local oceanic conditions, with the snow accumulation rate being a direct proxy. Additionally, the analysis of trace elements from 1979 to 1999 revealed the presence of crustal dust sourced from the Transantarctic Mountains, as well as non-crustal sources, both intricately linked with atmospheric transport. These results demonstrate that the contributions of-and variations in-oceanic conditions associated with atmospheric circulation changes are detectable and dominant in the Styx-M ice core. This study serves as a basis for interpreting longer parts of the Styx-M ice core.
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- Yalalt Nyamgerel
- Department of Science Education, Ewha Womans University, Seoul 120-750, Republic of Korea
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- Division of Glacial Environment Research, Korea Polar Research Institute, Incheon 21990, Republic of Korea
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- Division of Glacial Environment Research, Korea Polar Research Institute, Incheon 21990, Republic of Korea
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- Earth System Science Research Center, Yonsei University, Seoul 03722, Republic of Korea
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- Division of Glacial Environment Research, Korea Polar Research Institute, Incheon 21990, Republic of Korea
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- Division of Glacial Environment Research, Korea Polar Research Institute, Incheon 21990, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Science Education, Ewha Womans University, Seoul 120-750, Republic of Korea.
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Iizuka M, Seki O, Wilson DJ, Suganuma Y, Horikawa K, van de Flierdt T, Ikehara M, Itaki T, Irino T, Yamamoto M, Hirabayashi M, Matsuzaki H, Sugisaki S. Multiple episodes of ice loss from the Wilkes Subglacial Basin during the Last Interglacial. Nat Commun 2023; 14:2129. [PMID: 37072396 PMCID: PMC10113383 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-37325-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2022] [Accepted: 03/10/2023] [Indexed: 04/20/2023] Open
Abstract
The Last Interglacial (LIG: 130,000-115,000 years ago) was a period of warmer global mean temperatures and higher and more variable sea levels than the Holocene (11,700-0 years ago). Therefore, a better understanding of Antarctic ice-sheet dynamics during this interval would provide valuable insights for projecting sea-level change in future warming scenarios. Here we present a high-resolution record constraining ice-sheet changes in the Wilkes Subglacial Basin (WSB) of East Antarctica during the LIG, based on analysis of sediment provenance and an ice melt proxy in a marine sediment core retrieved from the Wilkes Land margin. Our sedimentary records, together with existing ice-core records, reveal dynamic fluctuations of the ice sheet in the WSB, with thinning, melting, and potentially retreat leading to ice loss during both early and late stages of the LIG. We suggest that such changes along the East Antarctic Ice Sheet margin may have contributed to fluctuating global sea levels during the LIG.
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- Mutsumi Iizuka
- Institute of Low Temperature Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan.
- Graduate School of Environmental Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan.
- Geological Survey of Japan, The National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba, Japan.
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- Institute of Low Temperature Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan.
- Graduate School of Environmental Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan.
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- London Geochemistry and Isotope Centre (LOGIC), Institute of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University College London and Birkbeck, University of London, London, UK
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- National Institute of Polar Research, Tachikawa, Japan
- Department of Polar Science, School of Multidisciplinary Sciences, The Graduate University for Advanced Studies (SOKENDAI), Tachikawa, Japan
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- Faculty of Science, Academic Assembly, University of Toyama, Gofuku, Japan
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- Department of Earth Science and Engineering, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- Marine Core Research Institute (MaCRI), Kochi University, Nankoku, Japan
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- Geological Survey of Japan, The National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba, Japan
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- Graduate School of Environmental Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
- Faculty of Environmental Earth Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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- Graduate School of Environmental Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
- Faculty of Environmental Earth Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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- Micro Analysis Laboratory, Tandem accelerator (MALT), The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo, Japan
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- Geological Survey of Japan, The National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba, Japan
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Sturbois A, Cucherousset J, De Cáceres M, Desroy N, Riera P, Carpentier A, Quillien N, Grall J, Espinasse B, Cherel Y, Schaal G. Stable Isotope Trajectory Analysis (
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): A new approach to quantify and visualize dynamics in stable isotope studies. ECOL MONOGR 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/ecm.1501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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- A. Sturbois
- Vivarmor Nature, 18 C rue du Sabot Ploufragan France
- Réserve naturelle nationale de la Baie de Saint‐Brieuc, site de l'étoile, 22120 Hillion France
- Ifremer, Laboratoire Environnement et Ressources Bretagne nord, 38 rue du Port Blanc Dinard France
- Laboratoire des Sciences de l'Environnement Marin (LEMAR), UMR 6539 CNRS/UBO/IRD/IFREMER BP 70, 29280 Plouzané France
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- UMR 5174 EDB (Laboratoire Évolution & Diversité Biologique), CNRS, Université Paul Sabatier, IRD, 118 route de Narbonne Toulouse France
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- Ifremer, Laboratoire Environnement et Ressources Bretagne nord, 38 rue du Port Blanc Dinard France
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- Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Station Biologique de Roscoff, UMR7144, Place Georges Teissier CS90074, 29688, Roscoff Cedex France
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- Université de Rennes 1, BOREA, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Sorbonne Université, Université de Caen Normandie, Université des Antilles, Campus de Beaulieu Rennes France
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- France Energies Marines, 525 Avenue Alexis de Rochon Plouzané France
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- Laboratoire des Sciences de l'Environnement Marin (LEMAR), UMR 6539 CNRS/UBO/IRD/IFREMER BP 70, 29280 Plouzané France
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- Department of Arctic and Marine Biology UiT The Arctic University of Norway Tromsø Norway
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- Centre d'Etudes Biologiques de Chizé, UMR 7372 du CNRS‐La Rochelle Université Villiers‐en‐Bois France
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- Laboratoire des Sciences de l'Environnement Marin (LEMAR), UMR 6539 CNRS/UBO/IRD/IFREMER BP 70, 29280 Plouzané France
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Buizert C, Fudge TJ, Roberts WHG, Steig EJ, Sherriff-Tadano S, Ritz C, Lefebvre E, Edwards J, Kawamura K, Oyabu I, Motoyama H, Kahle EC, Jones TR, Abe-Ouchi A, Obase T, Martin C, Corr H, Severinghaus JP, Beaudette R, Epifanio JA, Brook EJ, Martin K, Chappellaz J, Aoki S, Nakazawa T, Sowers TA, Alley RB, Ahn J, Sigl M, Severi M, Dunbar NW, Svensson A, Fegyveresi JM, He C, Liu Z, Zhu J, Otto-Bliesner BL, Lipenkov VY, Kageyama M, Schwander J. Antarctic surface temperature and elevation during the Last Glacial Maximum. Science 2021; 372:1097-1101. [PMID: 34083489 DOI: 10.1126/science.abd2897] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2020] [Accepted: 04/29/2021] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
Abstract
Water-stable isotopes in polar ice cores are a widely used temperature proxy in paleoclimate reconstruction, yet calibration remains challenging in East Antarctica. Here, we reconstruct the magnitude and spatial pattern of Last Glacial Maximum surface cooling in Antarctica using borehole thermometry and firn properties in seven ice cores. West Antarctic sites cooled ~10°C relative to the preindustrial period. East Antarctic sites show a range from ~4° to ~7°C cooling, which is consistent with the results of global climate models when the effects of topographic changes indicated with ice core air-content data are included, but less than those indicated with the use of water-stable isotopes calibrated against modern spatial gradients. An altered Antarctic temperature inversion during the glacial reconciles our estimates with water-isotope observations.
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- Christo Buizert
- College of Earth Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA.
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- Department of Earth and Space Science, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
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- Geographical and Environmental Sciences, Northumbria University, Newcastle, UK
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- Department of Earth and Space Science, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
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- Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, The University of Tokyo, Kashiwa 277-8568, Japan
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- Université Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, IRD, IGE, Grenoble, France
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- Université Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, IRD, IGE, Grenoble, France
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- College of Earth Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA
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- National Institute of Polar Research, Tachikawa, Tokyo, Japan.,Department of Polar Science, The Graduate University of Advanced Studies (SOKENDAI), Tokyo, Japan.,Japan Agency for Marine Science and Technology (JAMSTEC), Yokosuka, Japan
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- National Institute of Polar Research, Tachikawa, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Earth and Space Science, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
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- Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309, USA
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- Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, The University of Tokyo, Kashiwa 277-8568, Japan
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- Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, The University of Tokyo, Kashiwa 277-8568, Japan
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- British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge, UK
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- Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
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- Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
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- College of Earth Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA
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- College of Earth Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA
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- College of Earth Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA
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- Center for Atmospheric and Oceanic Studies, Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8578, Japan
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- Center for Atmospheric and Oceanic Studies, Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8578, Japan
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- School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, South Korea
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- The Earth and Environmental Systems Institute, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA
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- School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, South Korea
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- Climate and Environmental Physics, Physics Institute & Oeschger Center for Climate Change Research, University of Bern, 3012 Bern, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry "Ugo Schiff," University of Florence, Florence, Italy.,Institute of Polar Sciences, ISP-CNR, Venice-Mestre, Italy
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- New Mexico Bureau of Geology & Mineral Resources, Earth and Environmental Science Department, New Mexico Tech, Socorro, NM 87801, USA
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- Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- School of Earth and Sustainability, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ 86011, USA
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- Department of Geography, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
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- Department of Geography, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
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- National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO 80307, USA
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- Climate and Environmental Research Laboratory, Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute, St. Petersburg 199397, Russia
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- Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement-IPSL, Université Paris-Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Climate and Environmental Physics, Physics Institute & Oeschger Center for Climate Change Research, University of Bern, 3012 Bern, Switzerland
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