Project Period
July 1, 2000-August 31, 2002
Level of Access
Open-Access Report
Grant Number
0096331
Submission Date
8-8-2002
Abstract
With the successful completion of deep drilling at Summit Greenland there is now a well-dated, high resolution, multi-parameter record of climate change (response and forcing) for the Northern Hemisphere that covers the last glacial cycle. This record reveals evidence of rapid and dramatic change in climate. Recent examination of the Holocene portion (last 11,500 years) of the Greenland record has demonstrated that, while relatively stable by comparison with glacial age climate, the Holocene does contain subdued versions of glacial age millennial scale and rapid climate change events. The Holocene is also characterized by significant annual to centennial scale variability plus significant and complex climate forcing and response histories. Understanding Holocene climate is essential to the differentiation of natural versus anthropogenic climate response and forcing and to any prediction of future climate.
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Recommended Citation
Mayewski, Paul Andrew and Meeker, Loreen, "(ESH) Holocene Climate Variability" (2002). University of Maine Office of Research Administration: Grant Reports. 129.
https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/orsp_reports/129
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Additional Participants
Post-doc
Shichang Kang
Graduate Student
Joe Souney
Jennifer Horsman
Susan Kaspari
Eric Meyerson
Undergraduate Student
Susan Story
Technician, Programmer
Sharon Sneed
Handley Michael
Organizational Partners
Geological Survey of Canada
Australian Antarctic Division
University of Newcastle
University of Colorado at Boulder
Chinese Academy of Sciences
Stockholm University
Southampton Oceanography Center
Paul Smiths College
Other Collaborators or Contacts
Ian Goodwin - University of Newcastle, Australia
Vin Morgan - Australian Antarcic Division
Tas van Ommen - Australian Antarctic Division
Mark Curran - Australian Antarctic Division
Roy Koerner - Geological Survey of Canada
Dave Fisher - Geological Survey of Canada
Curt Stager - Paul Smiths College
Wibjorn Karlen - Stockholm University
Eelco Rohling - Southampton Oceanography Center