Holocene thinning of the Greenland ice sheet

B. M. Vinther (), S. L. Buchardt, H. B. Clausen, D. Dahl-Jensen, S. J. Johnsen, D. A. Fisher, R. M. Koerner, D. Raynaud, V. Lipenkov, K. K. Andersen, T. Blunier, S. O. Rasmussen, J. P. Steffensen and A. M. Svensson
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B. M. Vinther: Centre for Ice and Climate, Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Juliane Maries Vej 30, DK-2100 Copenhagen Oe, Denmark
S. L. Buchardt: Centre for Ice and Climate, Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Juliane Maries Vej 30, DK-2100 Copenhagen Oe, Denmark
H. B. Clausen: Centre for Ice and Climate, Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Juliane Maries Vej 30, DK-2100 Copenhagen Oe, Denmark
D. Dahl-Jensen: Centre for Ice and Climate, Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Juliane Maries Vej 30, DK-2100 Copenhagen Oe, Denmark
S. J. Johnsen: Centre for Ice and Climate, Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Juliane Maries Vej 30, DK-2100 Copenhagen Oe, Denmark
D. A. Fisher: Glaciology Section, Geological Survey of Canada, 601 Booth Street, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1A 0E8
R. M. Koerner: Glaciology Section, Geological Survey of Canada, 601 Booth Street, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1A 0E8
D. Raynaud: Laboratoire de Glaciologie et Géophysique de l’Environnement, CNRS/UJF, BP 96, 38402 Saint-Martin-d’Hères, France
V. Lipenkov: Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute, 38 Bering Street, St Petersburg 199397, Russia
K. K. Andersen: Centre for Ice and Climate, Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Juliane Maries Vej 30, DK-2100 Copenhagen Oe, Denmark
T. Blunier: Centre for Ice and Climate, Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Juliane Maries Vej 30, DK-2100 Copenhagen Oe, Denmark
S. O. Rasmussen: Centre for Ice and Climate, Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Juliane Maries Vej 30, DK-2100 Copenhagen Oe, Denmark
J. P. Steffensen: Centre for Ice and Climate, Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Juliane Maries Vej 30, DK-2100 Copenhagen Oe, Denmark
A. M. Svensson: Centre for Ice and Climate, Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Juliane Maries Vej 30, DK-2100 Copenhagen Oe, Denmark

Nature, 2009, vol. 461, issue 7262, 385-388

Abstract: Greenland in the Holocene The nature of the response of the Greenland ice sheet (GIS) to climate change is a fundamental question in climate science, but the details remain unclear. During the Holocene climate optimum 6,000 to 9,000 years ago, for example, many locations in the Northern Hemisphere showed unusual warmth yet changes in Greenland appeared inconsistent. Vinther et al. now standardize the previously disparate-seeming ice core records of climate history on the GIS during the Holocene and find consistent evidence for a stronger climate optimum than was previously recognized, together with elevation reduction and marginal ice sheet thinning.

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