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Climate instability during the last interglacial period recorded in the Greenland Ice-core Project (GRIP) ice core.

Type of article: Article

Summary

Isotope and chemical analyses of the GRIP ice core from Summit, central Greenland, reveal that climate in Greenland during the last interglacial period was characterized by a series of severe cold periods, which began extremely rapidly and lasted from decades to centuries. As the last interglacial seems to have been slightly warmer than the present one, its unstable climate raises questions about the effects of future global warming.

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  • Original title: Climate instability during the last interglacial period recorded in the Greenland Ice-core Project (GRIP) ice core.
  • Record ID : 1994-2574
  • Languages: English
  • Subject: Environment, General information
  • Source: Nature - vol. 364 - n. 6434
  • Publication date: 1993/07/15
  • Document available for consultation in the library of the IIR headquarters only.

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