[HTML][HTML] Relative importance of forcings and feedbacks in the Holocene temperature conundrum

PO Hopcroft, PJ Valdes, BN Shuman, M Toohey… - Quaternary Science …, 2023 - Elsevier
The pre-industrial Holocene provides the backdrop for the emergence of civilisations and
the starting point of anthropogenic climate change. Several reconstructions show an early …

[HTML][HTML] The greening of the Sahara: Past changes and future implications

FSR Pausata, M Gaetani, G Messori, A Berg… - One Earth, 2020 - cell.com
In the future, the Sahara and Sahelian regions could experience more rainfall than today as
a result of climate change. Wetter periods, termed African humid periods, occurred in the …

Global vegetation patterns of the past 140,000 years

JRM Allen, M Forrest, T Hickler… - Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Insight into global biome responses to climatic and other environmental changes is
essential to address key questions about past and future impacts of such changes. By …

A comprehensive database of the optical properties of irregular aerosol particles for radiative transfer simulations

M Saito, P Yang, J Ding, X Liu - Journal of the Atmospheric …, 2021 - journals.ametsoc.org
Abstract A database [Texas A&M University dust 2020 (TAMUdust2020)] of the optical
properties of irregular aerosol particles is developed for applications to radiative transfer …

Identifying a transport mechanism of dust aerosols over South Asia to the Tibetan Plateau: A case study

T Wang, J Tang, M Sun, X Liu, Y Huang… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Dust aerosol, one of the important light-absorbing impurities in snow and ice sheets in the
Tibet Plateau (TP), can significantly affect the magnitude and timing of snow melting and …

The end of the African humid period as seen by a transient comprehensive Earth system model simulation of the last 8000 years

A Dallmeyer, M Claussen, SJ Lorenz… - Climate of the …, 2020 - cp.copernicus.org
Enhanced summer insolation during the early and mid-Holocene drove increased
precipitation and widespread expansion of vegetation across the Sahara during the African …

African humid period precipitation sustained by robust vegetation, soil, and lake feedbacks

D Chandan, WR Peltier - Geophysical Research Letters, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The African Humid Period (∼ 11,000–5,000 years before present) was the most
recent of several precessionally paced wet intervals during which an increase in the …

Feedbacks of soil properties on vegetation during the Green Sahara period

W Chen, P Ciais, D Zhu, A Ducharne, N Viovy… - Quaternary Science …, 2020 - Elsevier
During the early to middle Holocene, the Sahara received enhanced precipitation and was
covered by steppe-like vegetation with a large-scale hydrographic network of lakes …

The characterization of Taklamakan dust properties using a multiwavelength Raman polarization lidar in Kashi, China

Q Hu, H Wang, P Goloub, Z Li… - Atmospheric …, 2020 - acp.copernicus.org
The Taklamakan desert is an important dust source for the global atmospheric dust budget
and a cause of the dust weather in East Asia. The characterization of Taklamakan dust in the …

Three North African dust source areas and their geochemical fingerprint

AM Jewell, N Drake, AJ Crocker, NL Bakker… - Earth and Planetary …, 2021 - Elsevier
North Africa produces more than half of the world's atmospheric dust load. Once entrained
into the atmosphere, this dust poses a human health hazard locally. It also modifies the …