Holocene climate variability in Slovenia: A review

• Main Authors: Lipar, Matej, Lojen, Sonja, Breg Valjavec, Mateja, Andrič, Maja, Šmuc, Andrej, Levanič, Tom, Tičar, Jure, Zorn, Matija, Ferk, Mateja
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: ZRC SAZU, Založba ZRC 2024
• Subjects: palaeoclimate; climate proxy; glaciers; pollen; tree-rings; sediment; speleothems; historical data; paleopodnebje; podnebni podatki; ledenik; cvetni prah; branike; siga; zgodovinski podatki; ice core
• Online Access: https://ojs.zrc-sazu.si/ags/article/view/12798/12008; https://ojs.zrc-sazu.si/ags/article/view/12798

The Slovenian climate has undergone significant fluctuations, and an understanding of the past climate is necessary to improve models and recognise long-term patterns. The cryosphere environment, such as ice core samples, provides valuable palaeoclimate data. Palynology and dendroclimatology are also effective ways to study long-term changes in vegetation and reconstruct past climates using pollen and tree proxies. Sediment cores from various locations in Slovenia have been studied to understand past environmental changes. Borehole temperature profiles as well as historical records were also used to reconstruct past climate conditions. Studies have shown specific periods when climatic changes likely played a major role, but a complete timeline of the Slovenian climate throughout the Holocene has not yet been fully developed. Podnebje v Sloveniji je doživljalo velika nihanja in razumevanje preteklega podnebja je nujno za izboljšanje modelov in prepoznavanje dolgoročnih vzorcev. Kriosferno okolje, kot so vzorci ledenih jeder, zagotavlja dragocene paleopodnebne podatke. Tudi palinologija in dendroklimatologija sta učinkovita načina za preučevanje dolgoročnih sprememb rastja in rekonstrukcijo preteklega podnebja z uporabo analiz cvetnega prahu in drevesnih branik. Sedimentna jedra z različnih lokacij v Sloveniji so bila preučena za razumevanje preteklih okoljskih sprememb. Za rekonstrukcijo preteklih podnebnih razmer so bili uporabljeni tudi temperature v vrtinah in zgodovinski viri. Študije so pokazale določena obdobja, v katerih so podnebne spremembe najverjetneje imele pomembno vlogo, vendar celotna časovnica sprememb slovenskega podnebja v holocenu še ni popolnoma izdelana.