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

The global carbon cycle has not been in steady state during the past 11,000 years, shown by a high-resolution ice-core record of atmospheric CO2 concentrations during the Holocene epoch. Changes in terrestrial biomass and sea surface temperatures are a possible cause for the observed millennial-scale changes of atmospheric CO2, following analysis of the CO2 concentration and carbon stable-isotope records.