The organic geochemistry of glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraether lipids: A review

S Schouten, EC Hopmans, JSS Damsté - Organic geochemistry, 2013 - Elsevier
Glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraether (GDGT) lipids are membrane lipids which were long
thought to be synthesized mainly by archaea, organisms thought to be limited to extreme …

The Holocene history of the North American Monsoon:'known knowns' and 'known unknowns' in understanding its spatial and temporal complexity

SE Metcalfe, JA Barron, SJ Davies - Quaternary Science Reviews, 2015 - Elsevier
Evidence for climatic change across the North American Monsoon (NAM) and adjacent
areas is reviewed, drawing on continental and marine records and the application of climate …

[HTML][HTML] A global database of Holocene paleotemperature records

D Kaufman, N McKay, C Routson, M Erb, B Davis… - Scientific data, 2020 - nature.com
A comprehensive database of paleoclimate records is needed to place recent warming into
the longer-term context of natural climate variability. We present a global compilation of …

Climate evolution through the onset and intensification of Northern Hemisphere Glaciation

EL McClymont, SL Ho, HL Ford, I Bailey… - Reviews of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Pliocene Epoch (∼ 5.3–2.6 million years ago, Ma) was characterized by a
warmer than present climate with smaller Northern Hemisphere ice sheets, and offers an …

Tightly linked zonal and meridional sea surface temperature gradients over the past five million years

AV Fedorov, NJ Burls, KT Lawrence, LC Peterson - Nature Geoscience, 2015 - nature.com
The climate of the tropics and surrounding regions is defined by pronounced zonal (east–
west) and meridional (equator to mid-latitudes) gradients in sea surface temperature. These …

The PhanSST global database of Phanerozoic sea surface temperature proxy data

EJ Judd, JE Tierney, BT Huber, SL Wing, DJ Lunt… - Scientific Data, 2022 - nature.com
Paleotemperature proxy data form the cornerstone of paleoclimate research and are integral
to understanding the evolution of the Earth system across the Phanerozoic Eon. Here, we …

Ice and ocean constraints on early human migrations into North America along the Pacific coast

SK Praetorius, JR Alder, A Condron… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
Founding populations of the first Americans likely occupied parts of Beringia during the Last
Glacial Maximum (LGM). The timing, pathways, and modes of their southward transit remain …

Deep water formation in the North Pacific and deglacial CO2 rise

JWB Rae, M Sarnthein, GL Foster… - …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Deep water formation in the North Atlantic and Southern Ocean is widely thought to
influence deglacial CO2 rise and climate change; here we suggest that deep water …

Flat meridional temperature gradient in the early Eocene in the subsurface rather than surface ocean

SL Ho, T Laepple - Nature Geoscience, 2016 - nature.com
Abstract The early Eocene (49–55 million years ago) is a time interval characterized by
elevated surface temperatures and atmospheric CO2 (refs,), and a flatter-than-present …

Out of the tropics: the Pacific, Great Basin Lakes, and Late Pleistocene water cycle in the western United States

M Lyle, L Heusser, C Ravelo, M Yamamoto, J Barron… - science, 2012 - science.org
The water cycle in the western United States changed dramatically over glacial cycles. In the
past 20,000 years, higher precipitation caused desert lakes to form which have since dried …