The Impact of Different Atmospheric CO2 Concentrations on Large Scale Miocene Temperature Signatures
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1029/2022PA004438
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Hossain, Akil; Knorr, Gregor; Jokat, Wilfried; Lohmann, Gerrit; Hochmuth, Katharina; Gierz, Paul; Gohl, Karsten; Stepanek, Christian, 2023: The Impact of Different Atmospheric CO2 Concentrations on Large Scale Miocene Temperature Signatures. In: Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology, Band 38, 2, DOI: 10.1029/2022PA004438.
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Based on inferences from proxy records the Miocene (23.03–5.33 Ma) was a time of amplified polar warmth compared to today. However, it remains a challenge to simulate a warm Miocene climate and pronounced polar warmth at reconstructed Miocene CO2 concentrations. Using a state‐of‐the‐art Earth‐System‐Model, we implement a high‐resolution paleobathymetry and simulate Miocene climate at different atmospheric CO2 concentrations. We estimate global mean surface warming of +3.1°C relative to the preindustrial at a CO2 level of 450 ppm. An increase of atmospheric CO2 from 280 to 450 ppm provides an individual warming of ∼1.4°C, which is as strong as all other Miocene forcing contributions combined. Substantial changes in surface albedo are vital to explain Miocene surface warming. Simulated surface temperatures fit well with proxy reconstructions at low‐ to mid‐latitudes. The high latitude cooling bias becomes less pronounced for higher atmospheric CO2 concentrations. At such CO2 levels simulated Miocene climate shows a reduced polar amplification, linked to a breakdown of seasonality in the Arctic Ocean. A pronounced warming in boreal fall is detected for a CO2 increase from 280 to 450 ppm, in comparison to weaker warming for CO2 changes from 450 to 720 ppm. Moreover, a pronounced warming in winter is detected for a CO2 increase from 450 to 720 ppm, in contrast to a moderate summer temperature increase, which is accompanied by a strong sea‐ice concentration decline that promotes cloud formation in summer via enhanced moisture availability. As a consequence planetary albedo increases and dampens the temperature response to CO2 forcing at a warmer Miocene background climate. Key Points:
At a CO2 level of 450 ppm, a Miocene simulation shows a global mean surface warming of +3.1°C relative to the preindustrial state.
Atmospheric CO2 increase from 280 to 450 ppm causes a warming of ∼1.4°C, which is as strong as all other forcing factors combined.
At higher atmospheric CO2 levels, the Miocene climate shows a reduced polar amplification linked to a breakdown of seasonality in the Arctic.
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atmospheric CO2Miocene
Miocene temperature change
polar amplification
climate modeling
Miocene bathymetry
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