Earth beyond six of nine planetary boundaries

K Richardson, W Steffen, W Lucht, J Bendtsen… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
This planetary boundaries framework update finds that six of the nine boundaries are
transgressed, suggesting that Earth is now well outside of the safe operating space for …

Changing state of the climate system

SK Gulev, PW Thorne, J Ahn, FJ Dentener… - 2021 - centaur.reading.ac.uk
2 Chapter 2 assesses observed large-scale changes in climate system drivers, key climate
indicators and 3 principal modes of variability. Chapter 3 considers model performance and …

Antipodal pattern of millet and rice demography in response to 4.2 ka climate event in China

K He, H Lu, G Jin, C Wang, H Zhang, J Zhang… - Quaternary Science …, 2022 - Elsevier
The response of population and agriculture to abrupt climate events remains a matter of
heated debates, especially the societal collapses related to the 4.2 ka event. Long-term …

A review of speleothems as archives for paleofire proxies, with Australian case studies

M Campbell, L McDonough, PC Treble… - Reviews of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Wildfires affect 40% of the earth's terrestrial biome, but much of our knowledge of wildfire
activity is limited to the satellite era. Improved understanding of past fires is necessary to …

Deciphering local and regional hydroclimate resolves contradicting evidence on the Asian monsoon evolution

A Wolf, V Ersek, T Braun, AD French, D McGee… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The winter and summer monsoons in Southeast Asia are important but highly variable
sources of rainfall. Current understanding of the winter monsoon is limited by conflicting …

Rainwater isotopes in central Vietnam controlled by two oceanic moisture sources and rainout effects

A Wolf, WHG Roberts, V Ersek, KR Johnson… - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
The interpretation of palaeoclimate archives based on oxygen isotopes depends critically on
a detailed understanding of processes controlling the isotopic composition of precipitation …

Glacial changes in sea level modulated millennial-scale variability of Southeast Asian autumn monsoon rainfall

EW Patterson, KR Johnson… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
Most paleoclimate studies of Mainland Southeast Asia hydroclimate focus on the summer
monsoon, with few studies investigating rainfall in other seasons. Here, we present a …

Precipitation in Northeast Mexico primarily controlled by the relative warming of Atlantic SSTs

KT Wright, KR Johnson, T Bhattacharya… - Geophysical …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Reconstructing hydroclimate over the Common Era is essential for understanding the
dominant mechanisms of precipitation change and improving climate model projections …

Ethical drawbacks of sustainable meat choices

MB Mathur - Science, 2022 - science.org
Major restaurant chains, food suppliers, and university consortia are introducing nudges,
such as “climate-friendly” labels, to encourage sustainable food choices (1). Many nudges …

XRF analysis of Laguna Pallcacocha sediments yields new insights into Holocene El Niño development

SZ Mark, MB Abbott, DT Rodbell, CM Moy - Earth and Planetary Science …, 2022 - Elsevier
The laminated sedimentary sequence of Ecuador's Laguna Pallcacocha is one of the most
widely cited proxy records of Holocene El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) variability …