Synchronous vegetation response to the last glacial-interglacial transition in northwest Europe
The North Atlantic region experienced abrupt high-amplitude cooling at the onset of the Younger Dryas stadial. However, due to chronological uncertainties in the available terrestrial records it is unclear whether terrestrial ecosystem response to this event was instantaneous and spatially synchrono...
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ftbirkbeckcoll:oai:eprints.bbk.ac.uk.oai2:48445 2024-06-09T07:48:12+00:00 Synchronous vegetation response to the last glacial-interglacial transition in northwest Europe Engels, Stefan Lane, C.S. Haliuc, A. Hoek, W.Z. Muschitiello, F. Baneschi, I. Bouwman, A. Bronk Ramsey, C. Collins, J. de Bruijn, R. Heiri, O. Hubay, K. Jones, G. Laug, A. Merkt, J. Mueller, M. Peters, T. Peterse, F. Staff, R.A. ter Schure, A.T.M. Turner, F. van den Bos, V. Wagner-Cremer, R. 2022-06-09 text https://eprints.bbk.ac.uk/id/eprint/48445/ https://eprints.bbk.ac.uk/id/eprint/48445/1/Engels%20et%20al.%202022%20Comms%20Earth%20Environ.pdf https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-022-00457-y en eng Springer Nature https://eprints.bbk.ac.uk/id/eprint/48445/1/Engels%20et%20al.%202022%20Comms%20Earth%20Environ.pdf Engels, Stefan and Lane, C.S. and Haliuc, A. and Hoek, W.Z. and Muschitiello, F. and Baneschi, I. and Bouwman, A. and Bronk Ramsey, C. and Collins, J. and de Bruijn, R. and Heiri, O. and Hubay, K. and Jones, G. and Laug, A. and Merkt, J. and Mueller, M. and Peters, T. and Peterse, F. and Staff, R.A. and ter Schure, A.T.M. and Turner, F. and van den Bos, V. and Wagner-Cremer, R. (2022) Synchronous vegetation response to the last glacial-interglacial transition in northwest Europe. Communications Earth & Environment 3 , p. 130. ISSN 2662-4435. cc_by_4 School of Social Sciences Article PeerReviewed 2022 ftbirkbeckcoll https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-022-00457-y 2024-05-14T23:30:16Z The North Atlantic region experienced abrupt high-amplitude cooling at the onset of the Younger Dryas stadial. However, due to chronological uncertainties in the available terrestrial records it is unclear whether terrestrial ecosystem response to this event was instantaneous and spatially synchronous, or whether regional or time-transgressive lags existed. Here we use new palynological results from a robustly dated lake sediment sequence retrieved from lake Hämelsee (north Germany) to show that vegetation change started at 12,820 cal. yr BP, concurrent with the onset of changes in local climate. A comparison of the Hämelsee results to a compilation of precisely dated palynological records shows instant and, within decadal-scale dating uncertainty, synchronous response of the terrestrial plant community to Late-Glacial climate change across northwest Europe. The results indicate that the environmental impact of climate cooling was more severe than previously thought and illustrates the sensitivity of natural terrestrial ecosystems to external forcing. Article in Journal/Newspaper North Atlantic BIROn - Birkbeck Institutional Research Online (Birkbeck University of London) Communications Earth & Environment 3 1 |
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School of Social Sciences Engels, Stefan Lane, C.S. Haliuc, A. Hoek, W.Z. Muschitiello, F. Baneschi, I. Bouwman, A. Bronk Ramsey, C. Collins, J. de Bruijn, R. Heiri, O. Hubay, K. Jones, G. Laug, A. Merkt, J. Mueller, M. Peters, T. Peterse, F. Staff, R.A. ter Schure, A.T.M. Turner, F. van den Bos, V. Wagner-Cremer, R. Synchronous vegetation response to the last glacial-interglacial transition in northwest Europe |
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The North Atlantic region experienced abrupt high-amplitude cooling at the onset of the Younger Dryas stadial. However, due to chronological uncertainties in the available terrestrial records it is unclear whether terrestrial ecosystem response to this event was instantaneous and spatially synchronous, or whether regional or time-transgressive lags existed. Here we use new palynological results from a robustly dated lake sediment sequence retrieved from lake Hämelsee (north Germany) to show that vegetation change started at 12,820 cal. yr BP, concurrent with the onset of changes in local climate. A comparison of the Hämelsee results to a compilation of precisely dated palynological records shows instant and, within decadal-scale dating uncertainty, synchronous response of the terrestrial plant community to Late-Glacial climate change across northwest Europe. The results indicate that the environmental impact of climate cooling was more severe than previously thought and illustrates the sensitivity of natural terrestrial ecosystems to external forcing. |
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Engels, Stefan Lane, C.S. Haliuc, A. Hoek, W.Z. Muschitiello, F. Baneschi, I. Bouwman, A. Bronk Ramsey, C. Collins, J. de Bruijn, R. Heiri, O. Hubay, K. Jones, G. Laug, A. Merkt, J. Mueller, M. Peters, T. Peterse, F. Staff, R.A. ter Schure, A.T.M. Turner, F. van den Bos, V. Wagner-Cremer, R. |
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Engels, Stefan Lane, C.S. Haliuc, A. Hoek, W.Z. Muschitiello, F. Baneschi, I. Bouwman, A. Bronk Ramsey, C. Collins, J. de Bruijn, R. Heiri, O. Hubay, K. Jones, G. Laug, A. Merkt, J. Mueller, M. Peters, T. Peterse, F. Staff, R.A. ter Schure, A.T.M. Turner, F. van den Bos, V. Wagner-Cremer, R. |
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Synchronous vegetation response to the last glacial-interglacial transition in northwest Europe |
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Synchronous vegetation response to the last glacial-interglacial transition in northwest Europe |
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Synchronous vegetation response to the last glacial-interglacial transition in northwest Europe |
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