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

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 s tate during the past 11,000 years. Analysis of the CO2 concentration and ca rbon stable-isotope records, using a one-dimensional carbon-cycle model, su ggests that changes in terrestrial biomass and sea surface temperature were largely responsible for the observed millennial-scale changes of atmospher ic CO2 concentrations.