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sea ice switch: a standalone construct

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Paleoclimatology

a mechanism in which rapid sea ice expansion cuts the moisture supply to ice sheets, switching them from growth to retreat and pacing glacial cycles.

In paleoclimatology, sea ice switch refers to a mechanism in which rapid sea ice expansion cuts the moisture supply to ice sheets, switching them from growth to retreat and pacing glacial cycles. This meaning comes from Gildor (2000) in Paleoceanography.[1]

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References

Gildor, H., & Tziperman, E. (2000). Sea ice as the glacial cycles’ Climate switch: role of seasonal and orbital forcing. Paleoceanography, 15(6), 605-615. https://doi.org/10.1029/1999pa000461

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