Modes of climate variability affect global and regional climates on different spatio-temporal
scales, and they have important impacts on human activities and ecosystems. As these …

Land-cover changes have a clear impact on local climates via biophysical effects. European
land cover has been affected by human activities for at least 6000 years, but possibly longer …

Precipitation and circulation patterns of Northern Hemisphere monsoons are investigated in
Coupled Model Intercomparison Project phase 5 simulations for mid‐Holocene and future …

Large‐scale photovoltaic solar farms envisioned over the Sahara desert can meet the
world's energy demand while increasing regional rainfall and vegetation cover. However …

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 …

We present the first gridded and temporally continuous quantitative pollen-based plant-
cover reconstruction for temperate and northern subtropical China over the Holocene (11.7 …

We compare Holocene tree-cover changes in Europe derived from a transient MPI-ESM1. 2
simulation with high spatial resolution LPJ-GUESS time-slice simulations and pollen-based …

Investigating the extent and climate implications of the mid-Holocene (MH-around 6000
years ago) is essential in better understanding the uncertainties associated with the ongoing …

The'Greening'and subsequent desertification of the Sahara during the early to mid-Holocene
is a dramatic example of natural climate change. We analyse a suite of simulations with a …

The Amazon forest is increasingly vulnerable to dieback and encroachment of grasslands
and agricultural fields. Threats to these forested ecosystems include drying, deforestation …