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Tracking Arctic climate change from a Greenhouse to an Icehouse world
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Una gruesa capa de hielo cubrió un Ártico de agua dulce
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Scientists’ discovery that fresh water, not salt water, once filled ice-covered sections of the Arctic could dramatically reshape our understanding of both ancient sea levels and climate change.
Tens of thousands of years ago, vast, ancient reserves of freshwater in the Arctic Ocean mixed with saline water in the Atlantic Ocean in a sudden exchange marked by a period of low sea levels and frigid temperatures. (Courtesy of Alfred Wegener Institute / Martin Künsting)
(CN) An analysis of sediment in the Arctic Ocean and Nordic seas found that during at least two glacial periods over the last 150,000 years the bodies of water were covered by a thick layer of ice and filled mostly with fresh water, not salt water, according to a study released Wednesday.
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IMAGE: In glacial periods with low sea levels, exchange with the Pacific was halted and exchange with the North Atlantic was extremely reduced, while the Arctic basin was still receiving freshwater. view more
Credit: Graphics: Alfred Wegener Institute/Martin Künsting
The Arctic Ocean was covered by up to 900 m thick shelf ice and was filled entirely with freshwater at least twice in the last 150,000 years. This surprising finding, reported in the latest issue of the journal
Nature, is the result of long-term research by scientists from the Alfred Wegener Institute and the MARUM. With a detailed analysis of the composition of marine deposits, the scientists could demonstrate that the Arctic Ocean as well as the Nordic Seas did not contain sea-salt in at least two glacial periods. Instead, these oceans were filled with large amounts of freshwater under a thick ice shield. This water could then be released into the North Atlantic in very short periods of time.