Past megadroughts in central Europe were longer, more severe and less warm than modern droughts
Abstract Megadroughts are notable manifestations of the American Southwest, but not so much of the European climate. By using long-term hydrological and meteorological observations, as well as paleoclimate reconstructions, here we show that central Europe has experienced much longer and severe droug...
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crspringernat:10.1038/s43247-021-00130-w 2023-05-15T17:32:30+02:00 Past megadroughts in central Europe were longer, more severe and less warm than modern droughts Ionita, M. Dima, M. Nagavciuc, V. Scholz, P. Lohmann, G. 2021 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s43247-021-00130-w http://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-021-00130-w.pdf http://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-021-00130-w en eng Springer Science and Business Media LLC https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 CC-BY Communications Earth & Environment volume 2, issue 1 ISSN 2662-4435 General Earth and Planetary Sciences General Environmental Science journal-article 2021 crspringernat https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-021-00130-w 2022-01-04T07:45:04Z Abstract Megadroughts are notable manifestations of the American Southwest, but not so much of the European climate. By using long-term hydrological and meteorological observations, as well as paleoclimate reconstructions, here we show that central Europe has experienced much longer and severe droughts during the Spörer Minimum (~AD 1400–1480) and Dalton Minimum (~AD 1770–1840), than the ones observed during the 21st century. These two megadroughts appear to be linked with a cold state of the North Atlantic Ocean and enhanced winter atmospheric blocking activity over the British Isles and western part of Europe, concurrent with reduced solar forcing and explosive volcanism. Moreover, we show that the recent drought events (e.g., 2003, 2015, and 2018), are within the range of natural variability and they are not unprecedented over the last millennium. Article in Journal/Newspaper North Atlantic Springer Nature (via Crossref) Communications Earth & Environment 2 1 |
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Abstract Megadroughts are notable manifestations of the American Southwest, but not so much of the European climate. By using long-term hydrological and meteorological observations, as well as paleoclimate reconstructions, here we show that central Europe has experienced much longer and severe droughts during the Spörer Minimum (~AD 1400–1480) and Dalton Minimum (~AD 1770–1840), than the ones observed during the 21st century. These two megadroughts appear to be linked with a cold state of the North Atlantic Ocean and enhanced winter atmospheric blocking activity over the British Isles and western part of Europe, concurrent with reduced solar forcing and explosive volcanism. Moreover, we show that the recent drought events (e.g., 2003, 2015, and 2018), are within the range of natural variability and they are not unprecedented over the last millennium. |
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Past megadroughts in central Europe were longer, more severe and less warm than modern droughts |
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Past megadroughts in central Europe were longer, more severe and less warm than modern droughts |
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Past megadroughts in central Europe were longer, more severe and less warm than modern droughts |
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Past megadroughts in central Europe were longer, more severe and less warm than modern droughts |
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Past megadroughts in central Europe were longer, more severe and less warm than modern droughts |
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