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Nature 398, 121-126 (11 March 1999) | doi:10.1038/18158; Received 10 June 1998; Accepted 3 February 1999

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Holocene carbon-cycle dynamics based on CO2 trapped in ice at Taylor Dome, Antarctica

A. Indermühle1, T. F. Stocker1, F. Joos1, H. Fischer2, H. J. Smith2, M. Wahlen2, B. Deck2, D. Mastroianni2, J. Tschumi1, T. Blunier1, R. Meyer1 & B. Stauffer1

  1. Climate and Environmental Physics, Physics Institute, University of Bern, Sidlerstrasse 5, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland
  2. Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093-0220, USA

Correspondence to: T. F. Stocker1 Correspondence and requests for materials should be addressed to T.F.S. (e-mail: Email: stocker@climate.unibe.ch).

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A high-resolution ice-core record of atmospheric CO2 concentration over the Holocene epoch shows that the global carbon cycle has not been in steady state during the past 11,000 years. Analysis of the CO2 concentration and carbon stable-isotope records, using a one-dimensional carbon-cycle model,uggests that changes in terrestrial biomass and sea surface temperature were largely responsible for the observed millennial-scale changes of atmospheric CO2 concentrations.

  1. Climate and Environmental Physics, Physics Institute, University of Bern, Sidlerstrasse 5, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland
  2. Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093-0220, USA

Correspondence to: T. F. Stocker1 Correspondence and requests for materials should be addressed to T.F.S. (e-mail: Email: stocker@climate.unibe.ch).