Past megadroughts in central Europe were longer, more severe and less warm than modern droughts
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 durin...
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ftawi:oai:epic.awi.de:53887 2024-09-15T18:23:07+00:00 Past megadroughts in central Europe were longer, more severe and less warm than modern droughts Ionita, Monica Dima, Mihai Nagavciuc, Viorica Scholz, Patrick Lohmann, Gerrit 2021-03-19 application/pdf https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/53887/ https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/53887/1/Ionita-NCEE2021.pdf https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-021-00130-w https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.59cca68d-5212-44ba-b279-1414955eef32 unknown Nature Research https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/53887/1/Ionita-NCEE2021.pdf Ionita, M. orcid:0000-0001-8240-4380 , Dima, M. , Nagavciuc, V. , Scholz, P. orcid:0000-0003-2692-7624 and Lohmann, G. orcid:0000-0003-2089-733X (2021) Past megadroughts in central Europe were longer, more severe and less warm than modern droughts , Communications Earth & Environment, 2 (1), p. 61 . doi:10.1038/s43247-021-00130-w <https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-021-00130-w> , hdl:10013/epic.59cca68d-5212-44ba-b279-1414955eef32 EPIC3Communications Earth & Environment, Nature Research, 2(1), pp. 61, ISSN: 2662-4435 Article peerRev 2021 ftawi https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-021-00130-w 2024-06-24T04:26:11Z 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 Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar- and Marine Research (AWI): ePIC (electronic Publication Information Center) Communications Earth & Environment 2 1 |
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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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