Holocene warming and evergreen/deciduous forest replacement across eastern China

Z Zheng, C Chen, K Huang, X Zhang, P Kershaw… - Quaternary Science …, 2023 - Elsevier
Combined variations of insolation and ice sheet led to major global climatic and ecosystem
changes between the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) and the Holocene. However, little is …

Astronomical and glacial forcing of East Asian summer monsoon variability

Y Sun, J Kutzbach, Z An, S Clemens, Z Liu… - Quaternary Science …, 2015 - Elsevier
The dynamics of glacial–interglacial monsoon variability can be attributed to orbitally
induced changes in summer insolation and internal boundary conditions. However, the …

Possible obliquity-forced warmth in southern Asia during the last glacial stage

C Zhao, EJ Rohling, Z Liu, X Yang, E Zhang, J Cheng… - Science Bulletin, 2021 - Elsevier
Orbital-scale global climatic changes during the late Quaternary are dominated by high-
latitude influenced~ 100,000-year global ice-age cycles and monsoon influenced~ 23,000 …

Variation of East Asian monsoon precipitation during the past 21 ky and potential CO2 forcing

H Lu, S Yi, Z Liu, JA Mason, D Jiang, J Cheng… - …, 2013 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Paleoclimatic research can provide critical insight on causes of change in the East Asian
monsoon, which influences the lives of 1.6 billion people today. In this study, we use …

Greenland temperature response to climate forcing during the last deglaciation

C Buizert, V Gkinis, JP Severinghaus, F He… - Science, 2014 - science.org
Greenland ice core water isotopic composition (δ18O) provides detailed evidence for abrupt
climate changes but is by itself insufficient for quantitative reconstruction of past …

Correlation and anti-correlation of the East Asian summer and winter monsoons during the last 21,000 years

X Wen, Z Liu, S Wang, J Cheng, J Zhu - Nature Communications, 2016 - nature.com
Understanding the past significant changes of the East Asia Summer Monsoon (EASM) and
Winter Monsoon (EAWM) is critical for improving the projections of future climate over East …

Variability of East Asian summer monsoon precipitation during the Holocene and possible forcing mechanisms

F Lu, C Ma, C Zhu, H Lu, X Zhang, K Huang, T Guo… - Climate Dynamics, 2019 - Springer
Abstract Projecting how the East Asian summer monsoon (EASM) rainfall will change with
global warming is essential for human sustainability. Reconstructing Holocene climate can …

Greenland‐wide seasonal temperatures during the last deglaciation

C Buizert, BA Keisling, JE Box, F He… - Geophysical …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The sensitivity of the Greenland ice sheet to climate forcing is of key importance in assessing
its contribution to past and future sea level rise. Surface mass loss occurs during summer …

Globally coherent water cycle response to temperature change during the past two millennia

BL Konecky, NP McKay, GM Falster, SL Stevenson… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The response of the global water cycle to changes in global surface temperature remains an
outstanding question in future climate projections and in past climate reconstructions. The …

Abrupt ice-age shifts in southern westerly winds and Antarctic climate forced from the north

C Buizert, M Sigl, M Severi, BR Markle, JJ Wettstein… - Nature, 2018 - nature.com
The mid-latitude westerly winds of the Southern Hemisphere play a central role in the global
climate system via Southern Ocean upwelling, carbon exchange with the deep ocean …