Predicting Pleistocene climate from vegetation in North America

• Main Author: Loehle, C.
• Other Authors: National Council for Air and Stream Improvement, Inc.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2007
• Subjects: [SDU.ENVI]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Continental interfaces; environment; [SDU.STU]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences; Parkland; Tundra
• Online Access: https://hal.science/hal-00298068; https://hal.science/hal-00298068/document; https://hal.science/hal-00298068/file/cp-3-109-2007.pdf

International audience Climates at the Last Glacial Maximum have been inferred from fossil pollen assemblages, but these inferred climates are colder for eastern North America than those produced by climate simulations. It has been suggested that low CO 2 levels could account for this discrepancy. I...