High-resolution greenland ice core data show abrupt climate change happens in few years

Science

Volumn 321, Issue 5889, 2008, Pages 680-684

  Steffensen, Jørgen Peder ^a   Andersen, Katrine K ^a   Bigler, Matthias ^a,b   Clausen, Henrik B ^a   Dahl Jensen, Dorthe ^a   Fischer, Hubertus ^b,c   Goto Azuma, Kumiko ^d   Hansson, Margareta ^e   Johnsen, Sigfús J ^a   Jouzel, Jean ^f   Masson Delmotte, Valérie ^f   Popp, Trevor ^g   Rasmussen, Sune O ^a   Röthlisberger, Regine ^b,h   Ruth, Urs ^c   Stauffer, Bernhard ^b   Siggaard Andersen, Marie Louise ^a   Sveinbjörnsdóttir, Árný E ⁱ   Svensson, Anders ^a   White, James W C ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF POLAR RESEARCH   (Japan)

^e STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^f LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^g UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^h BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WATER;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; COOLING; DEUTERIUM; ICE CORE; INTERGLACIAL; MOISTURE; MOISTURE CONTENT; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; STABLE ISOTOPE; WARMING; YOUNGER DRYAS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE; ASIA; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; CLIMATE CHANGE; DESERT CLIMATE; DUST; GLACIER; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; GREENLAND; INTERGLACIAL; MOISTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND;

EID: 48749115277     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1157707     Document Type: Article

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