在的冰河间期间,加强了南大洋深层分层.
Huang Huang1,2,3,4, Jan Fietzke5, Marcus Gutjahr5
1Laoshan Laboratory, Qingdao, China. huang17323@gmail.com.
Nature communications
|October 6, 2025
概括
温和的冰河间出现了大气中较低的二氧化碳 (CO2) 和较冷的南极温度. 在这些时期,南大洋的深水混合减少,可能通过增强碳捕获来影响全球气候.
科学领域:
- 古气候学 古气候学
- 海洋学 海洋学 海洋学
- 地质化学 地质化学
背景情况:
- 800-43万年前的冰河间时期比以后的冰河间时期有较低的二氧化碳和更冷的南极温度.
- 南大洋在气候调节中的作用很重要,但由于有限的代理数据,人们对其理解不佳.
- 在过去的间冰期期间,海洋循环的变化并没有得到很好的限制.
研究的目的:
- 为了重建过去80万年南大洋海水同位素记录.
- 为了研究过去的冰河间时期的海洋循环变化.
- 了解南大洋动态对大气二氧化碳水平和气候的影响.
主要方法:
- 使用了一种新的2D激光切除技术.
- 从铁甲地中分析了 (Pb) 同位素 (208Pb/206Pb和206Pb/204Pb).
- 从南极边缘在~1.6公里水深处获得轨道分辨率记录.
主要成果:
- 第一个轨道分辨率南大洋海水Pb同位素记录跨越80万年.
- 与随后的间冰期相比,在的间冰期期间观察到的系统更高的208Pb/206Pb比率.
- 跨越冰河间时期的类似的206Pb/204Pb比率表明了深水混合的变化,而不是来源变化.
结论:
- 温和的间冰期的特点是南大洋的垂直深水混合减少.
- 加强南大洋深层分层可能增强了深海碳捕获.
- 这一过程降低了大气中的二氧化碳,极大地影响了温和的冰川间气候.
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