Large arctic temperature change at the Wisconsin-Holocene glacial transition

Kurt M. Cuffey; Gary D. Clow; Richard B. Alley; Minze Stuiver; Edwin D. Waddington; Richard W. Saltus

Large arctic temperature change at the Wisconsin-Holocene glacial transition

Kurt M. Cuffey, Gary D. Clow, Richard B. Alley, Minze Stuiver, Edwin D. Waddington, Richard W. Saltus

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Analysis of borehole temperature and Greenland Ice Sheet Project II ice-core isotopic composition reveals that the warming from average glacial conditions to the Holocene in central Greenland was large, approximately 15°C. This is at least three times the coincident temperature change in the tropics and mid-latitudes. The coldest periods of the last glacial were probably 21°C colder than at present over the Greenland ice sheet.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	455-458
Number of pages	4
Journal	Science
Volume	270
Issue number	5235
State	Published - Oct 20 1995

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