Tracking westerly wind directions over Europe since the middle Holocene

Combined with other westerly-sensitive records, a new stalagmite hydroclimate record from northern Italy reveals changing westerly wind directions over the past 6500 years that correspond to a migration of the North Atlantic centres of action.

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Published in:Nature Communications
Main Authors: Hsun-Ming Hu, Valerie Trouet, Christoph Spötl, Hsien-Chen Tsai, Wei-Yi Chien, Wen-Hui Sung, Véronique Michel, Jin-Yi Yu, Patricia Valensi, Xiuyang Jiang, Fucai Duan, Yongjin Wang, Horng-Sheng Mii, Yu-Min Chou, Mahjoor Ahmad Lone, Chung-Che Wu, Elisabetta Starnini, Marta Zunino, Takaaki K. Watanabe, Tsuyoshi Watanabe, Huang-Hsiung Hsu, G.W.K. Moore, Giovanni Zanchetta, Carlos Pérez-Mejías, Shih-Yu Lee, Chuan-Chou Shen
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-34952-9
https://doaj.org/article/14ddf3404c9d46f2aea3bb3f1dde3631
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Summary:Combined with other westerly-sensitive records, a new stalagmite hydroclimate record from northern Italy reveals changing westerly wind directions over the past 6500 years that correspond to a migration of the North Atlantic centres of action.