Climate change since the last glacial period in Lebanon and the persistence of Mediterranean species

• Published in: Quaternary Science Reviews
• Main Authors: Cheddadi, R., Khater, C.
• Other Authors: Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution de Montpellier (UMR ISEM), École pratique des hautes études (EPHE), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université de Montpellier (UM)-Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (Cirad)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de recherche pour le développement IRD : UR226, National Center For Remote Sensing CNRS-L, National Council for Scientific Research = Conseil national de la recherche scientifique du Liban Lebanon (CNRS-L)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2016
• Subjects: Quaternary climate; Mediterranean; Lebanon; Refugia; Younger Dryas; Holocene; [SDU.STU.PG]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Paleontology; [SDU.STU.CL]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Climatology; [SDV.EE]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Ecology; environment; [SDE.BE]Environmental Sciences/Biodiversity and Ecology; Greenland; High Lake; Greenland ice core; ice core; NGRIP
• Online Access: https://hal.umontpellier.fr/hal-03038918; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2016.08.010

International audience In this study, we quantified the mean January temperature (Tjan) and both winter (Pw) and summer (Ps) precipitation from three fossil pollen records from Lebanon. Tjan showed a strong correlation with the global temperature changes retrieved in the NGRIP Greenland ice core. Th...