The retrieval of a new ice core at Dome C, Antarctica, extending over 800,000 years allows us to see a new view of climate over the last eight glacial cycles. The EPICA Dome C core has already allowed us to see the close coupling between climate and CO₂ during the last six cycles.

In this session, further data will show whether the coupling continues, and the causes of the link between climate and CO₂ will be discussed. Ice core data showing other components of the system, such as sea ice and atmospheric dust, will contribute to the discussion.
Further, a second EPICA ice core, at Dronning Maud Land on the opposite side of Antarctica, recently reached the base of the ice sheet. This provides us with the unique opportunity to compare relations between the East Antarctic Ice Sheet and two adjoining oceans. Now, we will have to answer questions: how old is the ice there and what can it tell us about the reaction of different ocean basins to major climate changes?

Session: CL020 EPICA ice cores, marine counterparts and Quaternary Earth System Dynamics | >>programme
Tuesday April 4^th, lecture room 13 (F1), and Wednesday April 5^th, posters.

Contacts: Session convenors