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Sensitivity of the Antarctic ice sheets to the warming of marine isotope substage 11c
Martim Mas e Braga
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Geomorphology and Glaciology, Department of Physical Geography, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
Bolin Centre for Climate Research, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
Jorge Bernales
MARUM – Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany
Matthias Prange
MARUM – Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany
Arjen P. Stroeven
Geomorphology and Glaciology, Department of Physical Geography, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
Bolin Centre for Climate Research, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
Irina Rogozhina
Department of Geography, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
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Short summary
We combine a computer model with different climate records to simulate how Antarctica responded to warming during marine isotope substage 11c, which can help understand Antarctica's natural drivers of change. We found that the regional climate warming of Antarctica seen in ice cores was necessary for the model to match the recorded sea level rise. A collapse of its western ice sheet is possible if a modest warming is sustained for ca. 4000 years, contributing 6.7 to 8.2 m to sea level rise.
We combine a computer model with different climate records to simulate how Antarctica responded...
