Scientists -- to society's peril -- don't know what triggers irreversible changes such as deglaciation, sea-level rise and extinctions. From Wordnik.com. [AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed] Reference
Sudden changes in North Atlantic circulation during the last deglaciation. From Wordnik.com. [Global Environment Outlook (GEO-4)~ Chapter 10] Reference
The late Wisconsin glaciation and deglaciation of the Laurentide ice sheet. From Wordnik.com. [Late-Quaternary changes in arctic terrestrial ecosystems, climate, and ultraviolet radiation levels] Reference
Current deglaciation tells us nothing about the temp now vs any other period. From Wordnik.com. [Stumped in Alberta « Climate Audit] Reference
Mechanisms of primary succession following deglaciation at Glacier Bay, Alaska. From Wordnik.com. [General characteristics of arctic species and their adaptations in the context of changes in climate and ultraviolet-B radiation levels] Reference
Kaplan PP22A-06 discussed deglaciation in S Patagonia, especially Torre del Paine. From Wordnik.com. [Day Two at AGU « Climate Audit] Reference
Variations in CO2 of that scale make the difference between glaciation and deglaciation. From Wordnik.com. [Hansen: Obama has only four years to save the world - NASA Watch] Reference
How about this: The temperature swings for recent glaciation/deglaciation events are about 12C. From Wordnik.com. [Unthreaded #21 « Climate Audit] Reference
At the onset of a deglaciation initiated by solar insolation changes, the lag is some 600 +/- 400 years. From Wordnik.com. [Ice Age CO2 Cycles: Archer et al [2000] « Climate Audit] Reference
This confirms that Co2 is not the forcing that initially drives the climatic system during a deglaciation. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » A War on Science?] Reference
“Coral record of equatorial sea-surface temperatures during the penultimate deglaciation at Huon Peninsula”. From Wordnik.com. [Pollack and Schrag at the NAS Panel « Climate Audit] Reference
Lentic records commonly extend back 6,000 to 11,000 years to the time of deglaciation in the circumpolar Arctic. From Wordnik.com. [Historical changes in freshwater ecosystems in the Arctic] Reference
Told me that todays CO2 conc is 5 times more effective at raising the temperature than the CO2 conc during deglaciation. From Wordnik.com. [A few inconvenient truths « Climate Audit] Reference
These plant communities may have represented the sources for the recovery of regional biodiversity following deglaciation. From Wordnik.com. [Valdivian temperate forests] Reference
But the crux of the matter is the mysterious “fast atmospheric amplifier” of the CO2 etc. released during deglaciation. From Wordnik.com. [Unthreaded #6 « Climate Audit] Reference
This suggests rather strongly that the current deglaciation is unprecedented in the last few millenia at these widespread sites. From Wordnik.com. [NAS Panel Report « Climate Audit] Reference
“During the last deglaciation, local increases in temperature are likely to have been as large as 5 to 10°C over a few decades.”. From Wordnik.com. [To Browsing Undergraduates « Climate Audit] Reference
Glacio-isostatic adjustment is a response of the earth to loading and unloading by glaciers during the last major glaciation and the subsequent deglaciation. From Wordnik.com. [Sea-level rise and coastal stability in the Arctic] Reference
Bianchi, C & Gersonde, R 2004 “Climate evolution at the last deglaciation: The role of the Southern Ocean” Earth and Planetary Science Letters 228,407-424. From Wordnik.com. [Holocene Optimum « Climate Audit] Reference
As Eli points out the main effect of eccentricity is the change of insolation on the North Hemisphere, hotter summers and colder winters trigger deglaciation. From Wordnik.com. [Rabett Run] Reference
The development of sea surface warming and sea-ice retreat is compatible with a Southern Ocean control on the atmospheric CO2 increase during the deglaciation. From Wordnik.com. [Holocene Optimum « Climate Audit] Reference
“The late Paleozoic deglaciation is the vegetated Earth’s only recorded icehouse-to-greenhouse transition, yet the climate dynamics remain enigmatic.”. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Bush Administration Has Pressured Half Of Gov’t Scientists To Downplay Global Warming] Reference
The paper in question is Magnitude and timing of temperature change in the Indo-Pacific warm pool during deglaciation, Katherine Visser, Robert Thunell & Lowell Stott. From Wordnik.com. [New Millennial Warm Pool Foraminifera Study « Climate Audit] Reference
What caused that spot to be uncovered is the aggregate effect of every condition that has prevailed at that location in the interval between glaciation and deglaciation. From Wordnik.com. [NAS Panel Report « Climate Audit] Reference
Although it seems likely that humans did not range as far north during the glacial maximum, it is clear that they expanded rapidly into the Arctic during the deglaciation. From Wordnik.com. [Late-Quaternary changes in arctic terrestrial ecosystems, climate, and ultraviolet radiation levels] Reference
Well, this paper, which seems pretty thorough on first look, seems to show a pronounced southern Holocene warming and cooling events during the general Holocene deglaciation. From Wordnik.com. [Holocene Optimum « Climate Audit] Reference
Glacio-isostatic evidence indicates deglaciation was underway by the beginning of the Holocene and maximum uplift occurred between 8 and 7 ky BP and even earlier in many areas. From Wordnik.com. [Arctic climate variability prior to 100 years BP] Reference
The Northern Hemisphere deglaciation follows the CO2 increase. From Wordnik.com. [WHAT REALLY HAPPENED] Reference
"Such an ability might be relevant in the event that warming triggers rapid deglaciation,". From Wordnik.com. [R&D Mag - News] Reference
Erik, I can see where deglaciation could enhance an eruption already underway, or close to eruption. From Wordnik.com. [ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science] Reference
The warm SH starts the deglaciation when the Antartic sea ice retreats, and the Pacific warms giving off more CO2. From Wordnik.com. [RealClimate] Reference
The retreat of ice shelves is a possible precursor to the deglaciation of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet, the researchers say. From Wordnik.com. [A Western Heart] Reference
Comment: Radiocarbon deglaciation chronology of the Thunder Bay, Ontario area and implications for ice sheet retreat patterns. From Wordnik.com. [RealClimate] Reference
Large-scale reorganization and sedimentation of terrestrial ice streams during late Wisconsinan Laurentide Ice Sheet deglaciation. From Wordnik.com. [EurekAlert! - Breaking News] Reference
Rapid early Holocene deglaciation of the Laurentide ice sheet Not Exactly Rocket Science: Did a gene enhancer humanise our thumbs?. From Wordnik.com. [ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science] Reference
A major rockslide on The Storr, in northern Skye, did not occur until about 6,500 years ago, over 10,000 years after deglaciation. From Wordnik.com. Reference
As has been noted in the past, the CO2 lags the onset of deglaciation in most records, as this is paced by summer insolation changes. From Wordnik.com. [RealClimate] Reference
AGW is observed in a multitude of fields, earlier springs, species moving northward and upward, deglaciation, forest infestation by bugs, etc. From Wordnik.com. [The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com] Reference
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