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Article Dans Une Revue Climate of the Past Année : 2022

Impact of terrestrial biosphere on the atmospheric CO<sub>2</sub> concentration across Termination V

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Among the 100 kyr climatic cycles of the Late Pleistocene, Termination V (TV, ∼ 433-404 kyr BP), the fifth last deglaciation, stands out for its minimum in astronomical forcing associated paradoxically with maxima in sea level, Antarctic temperature and atmospheric CO 2 concentration. However, the driving mechanisms explaining TV remain only partially understood. For instance, climate models cannot fully represent the atmospheric CO 2 variation observed in paleoclimate data. Aside from essential oceanic circulation processes, there is increasing evidence that terrestrial biosphere may have played a key role in the global carbon cycle. This study proposes a three-step integrated approach, combining regional and global vegetation records with modelling results, to unveil the evolution of terrestrial biosphere and its contribution to the carbon cycle during TV. First, we provide a new high-resolution (∼ 700 years) deep-sea pollen record from the Gulf of Cádiz (site U1386, 36 • 49.680 N; 7 • 45.320 W) for TV, which shows a moderate expansion of the Mediterranean forest. We then construct the first global forest pollen database for this period. Our compilation features distinct evolutions for different types of forest, highlighting a strong development of temperate and boreal forest which might have delayed the atmospheric CO 2 increase during TV. Finally, the direct comparison of global simulated forests (iLOVECLIM model) to our pollen database reveals overall consistent temperate and boreal forest evolutions despite model biases, thereby supporting the hypothesis of a significant CO 2 sequestration by middle and high-latitude forests of the Northern Hemisphere shortly after the onset of TV.
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hal-03714882 , version 1 (06-07-2022)

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Gabriel Hes, María F Sánchez Goñi, Nathaëlle Bouttes. Impact of terrestrial biosphere on the atmospheric CO<sub>2</sub> concentration across Termination V. Climate of the Past, 2022, 18 (6), pp.1429 - 1451. ⟨10.5194/cp-18-1429-2022⟩. ⟨hal-03714882⟩
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