Lacustrine sedimentation patterns at the Northern Antarctic Peninsula and surroundings as a response to late Holocene and Modern Climate changes

Abstract The Northern Antarctic Peninsula (NAP) and the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) are likely to respond rapidly to climate changes by increasing the collapse of peripheral ice shelves and the number of days above 0 °C. These facts make this region a representative hotspot of the global sea lev...

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Main Authors: Heitor Evangelista, Sergei Verkulich, Bulat Mavlyudov, Mariza P. Souza Echer, Marcus Vinicius Licinio, Gerd Dercon, Felipe García-Rodríguez, Arthur A. Neto, Stephanie Kusch, Rodrigo C. Abuchacra, Anna B.J. Oaquim, Sérgio J. Gonçalves, Zinaida Pushina, Marília H Shimizu, Maria Heiling, Johanna Slaets, Christian Resch, Alejandra Castillo, Roman Gruber
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Published: Nature Portfolio 2024-12-01
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-83754-0
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Mariza P. Souza Echer
Marcus Vinicius Licinio
Gerd Dercon
Felipe García-Rodríguez
Arthur A. Neto
Stephanie Kusch
Rodrigo C. Abuchacra
Anna B.J. Oaquim
Sérgio J. Gonçalves
Zinaida Pushina
Marília H Shimizu
Maria Heiling
Johanna Slaets
Christian Resch
Alejandra Castillo
Roman Gruber
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description Abstract The Northern Antarctic Peninsula (NAP) and the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) are likely to respond rapidly to climate changes by increasing the collapse of peripheral ice shelves and the number of days above 0 °C. These facts make this region a representative hotspot of the global sea level rise and the location of one of the global climate tipping points (thresholds in the Earth system whose changes may become irreversible, if exceeded). Understanding the climate evolution of the NAP, based on past evidences, may help infer its future scenario. Herein, from a comprehensive survey of lacustrine sedimentation in proglacial and periglacial lakes/ponds, we investigated the impact of climate changes on the terrestrial environment in two complementary time scales (Late Holocene and contemporary age). For the longer time scale, regional climate database and biogeochemical properties of Lake Long/NAP sediment core, suggest warming between 4.0 and 2.0 kyr BP following a cooling phase towards the present, that endorse previously suggested Late Holocene Neoglacial (LHN). We attribute the LHN phase to a combined action of long-term decline in total solar irradiance, the Andean volcanism and the El Niño Southern Oscillation. For the contemporary age, we found a rapid coupled response of atmosphere/cryosphere/lithosphere to present warming levels.
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spelling doaj-art-95aeadbb385e483dad701aae203e36232025-01-05T12:24:27ZengNature PortfolioScientific Reports2045-23222024-12-0114111510.1038/s41598-024-83754-0Lacustrine sedimentation patterns at the Northern Antarctic Peninsula and surroundings as a response to late Holocene and Modern Climate changesHeitor Evangelista0Sergei Verkulich1Bulat Mavlyudov2Mariza P. Souza Echer3Marcus Vinicius Licinio4Gerd Dercon5Felipe García-Rodríguez6Arthur A. Neto7Stephanie Kusch8Rodrigo C. Abuchacra9Anna B.J. Oaquim10Sérgio J. Gonçalves11Zinaida Pushina12Marília H Shimizu13Maria Heiling14Johanna Slaets15Christian Resch16Alejandra Castillo17Roman Gruber18LARAMG/IBRAG, Pav. Haroldo L. da Cunha. Rio de Janeiro State UniversityHerzen State Pedagogical University of RussiaRussian Academy of Sciences/Institute of GeographyINPE (National Institute of Space Research)Departamento de Ciências Fisiológicas, Centro de Ciências da Saúde CCS – UFES. MaruipeSoil and Water Management & Crop Nutrition Laboratory, Joint FAO/IAEA Centre of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture, International Atomic Energy AgencyUniversidad de la República, Centro Universitario Regional Este, CURELaboratório de Geologia Marinha/LAGEMAR, Universidade Federal FluminenseInstitut des Sciences de la Mer (ISMER), Université du Québec à RimouskiDepartment of Geography, Graduate Program in Geography, State University of Rio de Janeiro (UERJ- FFP)LARAMG/IBRAG, Pav. Haroldo L. da Cunha. Rio de Janeiro State UniversityLARAMG/IBRAG, Pav. Haroldo L. da Cunha. Rio de Janeiro State UniversityArctic and Antarctic Research InstituteGeneral Coordination of Earth Science (CGCT), National Institute for Space Research (INPE)Soil and Water Management & Crop Nutrition Laboratory, Joint FAO/IAEA Centre of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture, International Atomic Energy AgencySoil and Water Management & Crop Nutrition Laboratory, Joint FAO/IAEA Centre of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture, International Atomic Energy AgencySoil and Water Management & Crop Nutrition Laboratory, Joint FAO/IAEA Centre of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture, International Atomic Energy AgencyInstituto de Ciencias Químicas, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Austral de ChileSoil and Water Management & Crop Nutrition Laboratory, Joint FAO/IAEA Centre of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture, International Atomic Energy AgencyAbstract The Northern Antarctic Peninsula (NAP) and the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) are likely to respond rapidly to climate changes by increasing the collapse of peripheral ice shelves and the number of days above 0 °C. These facts make this region a representative hotspot of the global sea level rise and the location of one of the global climate tipping points (thresholds in the Earth system whose changes may become irreversible, if exceeded). Understanding the climate evolution of the NAP, based on past evidences, may help infer its future scenario. Herein, from a comprehensive survey of lacustrine sedimentation in proglacial and periglacial lakes/ponds, we investigated the impact of climate changes on the terrestrial environment in two complementary time scales (Late Holocene and contemporary age). For the longer time scale, regional climate database and biogeochemical properties of Lake Long/NAP sediment core, suggest warming between 4.0 and 2.0 kyr BP following a cooling phase towards the present, that endorse previously suggested Late Holocene Neoglacial (LHN). We attribute the LHN phase to a combined action of long-term decline in total solar irradiance, the Andean volcanism and the El Niño Southern Oscillation. For the contemporary age, we found a rapid coupled response of atmosphere/cryosphere/lithosphere to present warming levels.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-83754-0
spellingShingle Heitor Evangelista
Sergei Verkulich
Bulat Mavlyudov
Mariza P. Souza Echer
Marcus Vinicius Licinio
Gerd Dercon
Felipe García-Rodríguez
Arthur A. Neto
Stephanie Kusch
Rodrigo C. Abuchacra
Anna B.J. Oaquim
Sérgio J. Gonçalves
Zinaida Pushina
Marília H Shimizu
Maria Heiling
Johanna Slaets
Christian Resch
Alejandra Castillo
Roman Gruber
Lacustrine sedimentation patterns at the Northern Antarctic Peninsula and surroundings as a response to late Holocene and Modern Climate changes
Scientific Reports
title Lacustrine sedimentation patterns at the Northern Antarctic Peninsula and surroundings as a response to late Holocene and Modern Climate changes
title_full Lacustrine sedimentation patterns at the Northern Antarctic Peninsula and surroundings as a response to late Holocene and Modern Climate changes
title_fullStr Lacustrine sedimentation patterns at the Northern Antarctic Peninsula and surroundings as a response to late Holocene and Modern Climate changes
title_full_unstemmed Lacustrine sedimentation patterns at the Northern Antarctic Peninsula and surroundings as a response to late Holocene and Modern Climate changes
title_short Lacustrine sedimentation patterns at the Northern Antarctic Peninsula and surroundings as a response to late Holocene and Modern Climate changes
title_sort lacustrine sedimentation patterns at the northern antarctic peninsula and surroundings as a response to late holocene and modern climate changes
url https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-83754-0
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