The Greenland Ice Sheet During the Past 300,000 Years: A Review

Svend Funder; Kristian Kjellerup Kjeldsen; Kurt Henrik Kjær; Colm Ó Cofaigh

doi:10.1016/B978-0-444-53447-7.00050-7

The Greenland Ice Sheet During the Past 300,000 Years: A Review

Svend Funder
, Kristian Kjellerup Kjeldsen
, Kurt Henrik Kjær
, Colm Ó Cofaigh

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Abstract

The Greenland ice sheet's response to climate change is a major issue in the climate debate. This report reviews existing evidence on how the ice sheet margins reacted to climate change during the past 300,000 years-how it responded to the warm climate of the last interglacial and expanded on to the shelf during the last ice age. Compared to the other large ice sheets in the northern hemisphere, the Greenland ice sheet showed remarkable resilience to temperature change-a good omen for the future.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Quaternary Glaciations - Extent and Chronology
Subtitle of host publication	A Closer Look
Editors	Jürgen Ehlers, Philip L. Gibbard, Philip D. Hughes
Publisher	Elsevier
Chapter	50
Pages	699-713
Number of pages	15
ISBN (Electronic)	978-0-444-53447-7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-444-53447-7.00050-7
Publication status	Published - 2011
Externally published	Yes

Publication series

Series	Developments in Quaternary Science
Volume	15
ISSN	1571-0866

UN SDGs

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SDG 13 Climate Action

Keywords

Climate change
Greenland ice sheet
Ice sheet stability
Interglacial/glacial
Mid-Late Pleistocene

Programme Area

Programme Area 5: Nature and Climate

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The Greenland Ice Sheet During the Past 300,000 Years: A Review. / Funder, Svend; Kjeldsen, Kristian Kjellerup; Kjær, Kurt Henrik et al.
Quaternary Glaciations - Extent and Chronology: A Closer Look. ed. / Jürgen Ehlers; Philip L. Gibbard; Philip D. Hughes. Elsevier, 2011. p. 699-713 (Developments in Quaternary Science, Vol. 15).

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