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Abstract We explore the response of northeastern Pacific sea surface temperature (SST) to deglacial (16–7 ka) climate variability as recorded in‐based SST reconstructions spanning 65°N to 10°S. Included in the analysis is a new 23 kyr SST record from core NH8P from the northwest Mexican Margin. We isolate spatiotemporal patterns in regional SSTs with trend empirical orthogonal function (TEOF) analysis. The dominant TEOF mode reflects deglacial warming associated with rising. Tropical and subtropical SSTs correlated most strongly with this mode, suggesting that the thermodynamic response of the tropical eastern Pacific to greenhouse gas forcing was the dominant driver of regional SST change during deglaciation. The second TEOF mode reflects millennial‐scale variability and is most strongly expressed in subpolar SSTs. The synchronous timing between North Pacific and North Atlantic SST oscillations is evidence for the rapid transmission of millennial‐scale climate perturbations between the basins, likely through an atmospheric teleconnection. SSTs at NH8P have no correlation with either leading TEOF mode as there is minimal change in SST at this site after20 ka. A model simulation of the LGM indicates that glacial cooling was muted in much of the Eastern Pacific Warm Pool (EPWP), in which NH8P lies, due to reductions in latent heat flux. This suggests that the wind‐evaporation‐SST feedback was responsible for the attenuation of EPWP cooling. Overall, this study highlights the distinct latitudinal trends in the Pacific's response to deglaciation.
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Proxy‐Based Preformed Phosphate Estimates Point to Increased Biological Pump Efficiency as Primary Cause of Last Glacial Maximum CO 2 Drawdown
Abstract Upwelling deep waters in the Southern Ocean release biologically sequestered carbon into the atmosphere, contributing to the relatively high atmospheric CO2levels during interglacial climate periods. Paleoceanographic evidence suggests this “CO2leak” was lessened during the last glacial maximum (LGM), potentially due to increased stratification, weaker and equatorward‐shifted winds, and/or enhanced biological carbon export. The collective influences of these mechanisms on the ocean's biological pump efficiency and amount of atmospheric CO2can be quantified by determining preformed phosphate of deep waters. We quantify preformed PO4(Ppre,AOU) and preformed() of LGM bottom waters using a compilation of published paleo‐temperature, nutrient and oxygen estimates from benthic foraminifera. Our results show that preformed phosphate of the Pacific and Indian deep oceans was reduced by about −0.53 ± 0.13 μM and suggest that much (64 ± 28 ppmv) of the Glacial‐Interglacial CO2drawdown resulted from changes in the ocean's biological pump efficiency. Once carbonate compensation is accounted for, this can explain the entire CO2drawdown (87 ± 40 ppmv). Preformedshows similar results. The reconstructed LGM Ppre,AOUand oxygen are qualitatively consistent with the changes produced by a suite of numerical sensitivity experiments that roughly simulate three proposed mechanisms for an increase in LGM biological pump efficiency: an increase in biological activity, a decrease in wind‐driven upwelling, and an increase in stratification in the Southern Ocean.
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- Award ID(s):
- 1851900
- PAR ID:
- 10381539
- Publisher / Repository:
- DOI PREFIX: 10.1029
- Date Published:
- Journal Name:
- Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology
- Volume:
- 37
- Issue:
- 11
- ISSN:
- 2572-4517
- Format(s):
- Medium: X
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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