[HTML][HTML] Pollen-based climate reconstruction techniques for late Quaternary studies

M Chevalier, BAS Davis, O Heiri, H Seppä… - Earth-Science …, 2020 - Elsevier
Fossil pollen records are well-established indicators of past vegetation changes. The
prevalence of pollen across environmental settings including lakes, wetlands, and marine …

What we talk about when we talk about seasonality–A transdisciplinary review

O Kwiecien, T Braun, CF Brunello, P Faulkner… - Earth-Science …, 2022 - Elsevier
The role of seasonality is indisputable in climate and ecosystem dynamics. Seasonal
temperature and precipitation variability are of vital importance for the availability of food …

Collapse of the Liangzhu and other Neolithic cultures in the lower Yangtze region in response to climate change

H Zhang, H Cheng, A Sinha, C Spötl, Y Cai, B Liu… - Science …, 2021 - science.org
The Liangzhu culture in the Yangtze River Delta (YRD) was among the world's most
advanced Neolithic cultures. Archeological evidence suggests that the Liangzhu ancient city …

The Indian monsoon variability and civilization changes in the Indian subcontinent

G Kathayat, H Cheng, A Sinha, L Yi, X Li, H Zhang… - Science …, 2017 - science.org
The vast Indo-Gangetic Plain in South Asia has been home to some of the world's oldest
civilizations, whose fortunes ebbed and flowed with time—plausibly driven in part by shifts in …

Holocene monsoon change and abrupt events on the western Chinese Loess Plateau as revealed by accurately dated stalagmites

L Tan, Y Li, X Wang, Y Cai, F Lin… - Geophysical …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Here we present, to date, the highest‐resolved (~ 5 years) and most precisely dated
Holocene monsoon climate reconstruction for the western Chinese Loess Plateau based on …

[HTML][HTML] Holocene climate change in southern Oman deciphered by speleothem records and climate model simulations

Y Tian, D Fleitmann, Q Zhang, L Sha… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Qunf Cave oxygen isotope (δ18Oc) record from southern Oman is one of the most significant
of few Holocene Indian summer monsoon cave records. However, the interpretation of the …

[HTML][HTML] Trends and oscillations in the Indian summer monsoon rainfall over the last two millennia

A Sinha, G Kathayat, H Cheng… - Nature …, 2015 - nature.com
Observations show that summer rainfall over large parts of South Asia has declined over the
past five to six decades. It remains unclear, however, whether this trend is due to natural …

Synchronous timing of abrupt climate changes during the last glacial period

EC Corrick, RN Drysdale, JC Hellstrom, E Capron… - Science, 2020 - science.org
Abrupt climate changes during the last glacial period have been detected in a global array of
palaeoclimate records, but our understanding of their absolute timing and regional …

[HTML][HTML] Megadrought and cultural exchange along the proto-silk road

L Tan, G Dong, Z An, RL Edwards, H Li, D Li… - Science bulletin, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Arid Central Asia (ACA), with its diverse landscapes of high mountains, oases, and
deserts, hosted the central routes of the Silk Roads that linked trade centers from East Asia …

High resolution monsoon precipitation changes on southeastern Tibetan Plateau over the past 2300 years

L Tan, Y Cai, H Cheng, LR Edwards, J Lan… - Quaternary Science …, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract Climate changes on Southeastern Tibetan Plateau have important impacts on
social and economic development, as well as the ecosystem of southwestern China and …