The production of diverse brGDGTs by an Acidobacterium providing a physiological basis for paleoclimate proxies

Y Chen, F Zheng, H Yang, W Yang, R Wu, X Liu… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2022 - Elsevier
Microbial lipid biomarkers preserved in geological archives can be used to explore past
climate changes. Branched glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraethers (brGDGTs) are unique …

Impact of climate changes on vegetation and human societies during the Holocene in the South Caucasus (Vanevan, Armenia): A multiproxy approach including …

M Robles, O Peyron, E Brugiapaglia, G Ménot… - Quaternary Science …, 2022 - Elsevier
Relationships between steppe vegetation, human practices and climate changes in the past
are crucial to disentangle human development in Eurasia. In this frame, our study …

[HTML][HTML] Decoupled Asian monsoon intensity and precipitation during glacial-interglacial transitions on the Chinese Loess Plateau

Y Zheng, H Liu, H Yang, H Wang, W Zhao… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
The discrepancies among the variations in global ice volume, cave stalagmite δ18O and
rainfall reconstructed by cosmogenic 10Be tremendously restrain our understanding of the …

BrGDGTs-based temperature and hydrological reconstruction from fluvio-lacustrine sediments in the monsoonal North China Plain since 31 kyr BP

M Sun, S Yang, J Xiao, Y Wang, X Huang… - Quaternary Science …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Knowledge of glacial-interglacial changes in the East Asian summer monsoon
(EASM) can potentially provide insights into future hydrological changes in its region of …

General Holocene warming trend in arid Central Asia indicated by soil isoprenoid tetraethers

Y Duan, Q Sun, JP Werne, J Hou, H Yang… - Global and Planetary …, 2022 - Elsevier
A progressive warming or a long-term cooling trend during the Holocene remain
controversial both at a regional and global scale. One possible reason for this discrepancy …

Influence of salinity on glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraether-based indicators in Tibetan Plateau lakes: Implications for paleotemperature and paleosalinity …

Q Kou, L Zhu, J Ju, J Wang, T Xu, C Li, Q Ma - Palaeogeography …, 2022 - Elsevier
Glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraethers (GDGTs) are powerful molecular tools that are suitable
for paleoenvironmental reconstruction. The widely distributed lakes on the Tibetan Plateau …

Climatic and environmental conditions during the Pleistocene in the Central Qaidam Basin, NE Tibetan Plateau: Evidence from GDGTs, stable isotopes and major and …

J Qiao, R Littke, S Grohmann, C Zhang, Z Jiang… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Sediments in the Tibetan Plateau (TP) region of NW China provide sensitive
records of climate change and its impact on past ecosystems. The Qaidam Basin, located in …

[HTML][HTML] Soil pH and aridity influence distributions of branched tetraether lipids in grassland soils along an aridity transect

J Guo, T Ma, N Liu, X Zhang, H Hu, W Ma, Z Wang… - Organic …, 2022 - Elsevier
Branched glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraethers (brGDGTs) are membrane lipids of certain soil
bacteria, and their relative distributions are used as a proxy for air temperature and soil pH …

[HTML][HTML] From soil to sea: sources and transport of organic carbon traced by tetraether lipids in the monsoonal Godavari River, India

FMSA Kirkels, HM Zwart, MO Usman, S Hou… - …, 2022 - bg.copernicus.org
Monsoonal rivers play an important role in the land-to-sea transport of soil-derived organic
carbon (OC). However, spatial and temporal variation in the concentration, composition, and …

Decoupled Land and Ocean Temperature Trends in the Early‐Middle Pleistocene

H Lu, W Liu, H Yang, Q Leng, Z Liu… - Geophysical …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Record of long‐term land temperature changes remains ephemeral, discontinuous, and
isolated, thus leaving the common view that Pleistocene land temperature evolution should …