Split westerlies over Europe in the early Little Ice Age
International audience Abstract The Little Ice Age (LIA; ca. 1450–1850 C.E.) is the best documented cold period of the past millennium, characterized by high-frequency volcanism, low solar activity, and high variability of Arctic sea-ice cover. Past studies of LIA Atlantic circulation changes have r...
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ftmuseumnhn:oai:HAL:hal-03761447v1 2024-04-28T08:10:37+00:00 Split westerlies over Europe in the early Little Ice Age Hu, Hsun-Ming Shen, Chuan-Chou Chiang, John Trouet, Valerie Michel, Véronique Tsai, Hsien-Chen Valensi, Patricia Spötl, Christoph Starnini, Elisabetta Zunino, Marta Chien, Wei-Yi Sung, Wen-Hui Chien, Yu-Tang Chang, Ping Korty, Robert High-Precision Mass Spectrometry and Environment Change Laboratory (HISPEC) National Taiwan University Taiwan (NTU) Research Center for Future Earth, National Taiwan University Department of geography, University of California Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research University of Arizona (LTRR) University of Arizona Culture et Environnements, Préhistoire, Antiquité, Moyen-Age (CEPAM) Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (1965 - 2019) (UNS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Côte d'Azur (UniCA) Géoazur (GEOAZUR 7329) Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur Université Côte d'Azur (UniCA)-Université Côte d'Azur (UniCA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD France-Sud ) Histoire naturelle de l'Homme préhistorique (HNHP) Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN)-Université de Perpignan Via Domitia (UPVD)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) Fondation I.P.H Universität Innsbruck Innsbruck University of Pisa - Università di Pisa Archaeological Superintendency of Liguria Toirano Cave, Piazzale D. Maineri 1, Toirano National Science and Technology Center for Disaster Reduction (NCDR) Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, 77843, USA 2022-08-20 https://hal.science/hal-03761447 https://hal.science/hal-03761447/document https://hal.science/hal-03761447/file/s41467-022-32654-w.pdf https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-32654-w en eng HAL CCSD Nature Publishing Group info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1038/s41467-022-32654-w hal-03761447 https://hal.science/hal-03761447 https://hal.science/hal-03761447/document https://hal.science/hal-03761447/file/s41467-022-32654-w.pdf doi:10.1038/s41467-022-32654-w http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/ info:eu-repo/semantics/OpenAccess ISSN: 2041-1723 EISSN: 2041-1723 Nature Communications https://hal.science/hal-03761447 Nature Communications, 2022, 13 (1), pp.4898. ⟨10.1038/s41467-022-32654-w⟩ [SHS]Humanities and Social Sciences [SHS.ENVIR]Humanities and Social Sciences/Environmental studies [SDU.STU.CL]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Climatology info:eu-repo/semantics/article Journal articles 2022 ftmuseumnhn https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-32654-w 2024-04-17T23:58:29Z International audience Abstract The Little Ice Age (LIA; ca. 1450–1850 C.E.) is the best documented cold period of the past millennium, characterized by high-frequency volcanism, low solar activity, and high variability of Arctic sea-ice cover. Past studies of LIA Atlantic circulation changes have referenced the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO), but recent studies have noted that LIA climate patterns appear to possess complexity not captured by an NAO analogue. Here, we present a new precipitation-sensitive stalagmite record from northern Italy that covers the past 800 years. We show that in the early LIA (1470–1610 C.E.), increased atmospheric ridging over northern Europe split the climatological westerlies away from central and northern Europe, possibly caused by concurrent Artic sea-ice reduction. With ongoing ice melting in the northern high latitudes and decreasing solar irradiance in the coming years, the early LIA may potentially serve as an analogue for European hydroclimatic conditions in the coming decades. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic North Atlantic North Atlantic oscillation Sea ice Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle (MNHM): HAL Nature Communications 13 1 |
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International audience Abstract The Little Ice Age (LIA; ca. 1450–1850 C.E.) is the best documented cold period of the past millennium, characterized by high-frequency volcanism, low solar activity, and high variability of Arctic sea-ice cover. Past studies of LIA Atlantic circulation changes have referenced the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO), but recent studies have noted that LIA climate patterns appear to possess complexity not captured by an NAO analogue. Here, we present a new precipitation-sensitive stalagmite record from northern Italy that covers the past 800 years. We show that in the early LIA (1470–1610 C.E.), increased atmospheric ridging over northern Europe split the climatological westerlies away from central and northern Europe, possibly caused by concurrent Artic sea-ice reduction. With ongoing ice melting in the northern high latitudes and decreasing solar irradiance in the coming years, the early LIA may potentially serve as an analogue for European hydroclimatic conditions in the coming decades. |
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High-Precision Mass Spectrometry and Environment Change Laboratory (HISPEC) National Taiwan University Taiwan (NTU) Research Center for Future Earth, National Taiwan University Department of geography, University of California Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research University of Arizona (LTRR) University of Arizona Culture et Environnements, Préhistoire, Antiquité, Moyen-Age (CEPAM) Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (1965 - 2019) (UNS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Côte d'Azur (UniCA) Géoazur (GEOAZUR 7329) Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur Université Côte d'Azur (UniCA)-Université Côte d'Azur (UniCA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD France-Sud ) Histoire naturelle de l'Homme préhistorique (HNHP) Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN)-Université de Perpignan Via Domitia (UPVD)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) Fondation I.P.H Universität Innsbruck Innsbruck University of Pisa - Università di Pisa Archaeological Superintendency of Liguria Toirano Cave, Piazzale D. Maineri 1, Toirano National Science and Technology Center for Disaster Reduction (NCDR) Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, 77843, USA |
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Split westerlies over Europe in the early Little Ice Age |
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