The glacial lakes of northern Quebec–Labrador and their contribution to the meltwater discharges of the late deglaciation and early Holocene climate interval

过去15000年至7000年的气候变化通常与大型冰川湖的排水有关，这些冰川湖是在最后一个冰河时代的腐烂冰块边缘形成的。据信，这些大规模的融水爆发扰乱了北大西洋环流，而北大西洋环流在调节地球气候方面起着重要作用。这些以前的气候强迫事件现在受到关注，因为越来越多的研究表明，目前格陵兰岛和其他北极冰川融化所释放的淡水增加，可能会导致海洋温盐环流减缓，并引起重要的气候反馈。

The climate variability of the last 15,000 to 7,000 years is commonly linked to the drainage of large glacial lakes that had developed at the margins of the decaying ice masses of the last Ice Age. These massive outbursts of meltwater are believed to have disturbed the North Atlantic Ocean circulation, which plays a fundamental role in regulating Earth’s climate. These former climate-forcing events are now under focus due to a growing number of studies showing that the present-day increase in freshwater releases from the melting of Greenland and other Arctic glaciers may potentially lead to a slowdown of the ocean thermohaline circulation and cause important climate feedbacks.