The case of a southern European glacier which survived Roman and medieval warm periods but is disappearing under recent warming
Mountain glaciers have generally experienced an accelerated retreat over the last 3 decades as a rapid response to current global warming. However, the response to previous warm periods in the Holocene is not well-described for glaciers of the southern Europe mountain ranges, such as the Pyrenees. T...
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ftunivbern:oai:boris.unibe.ch:155395 2023-08-20T04:10:08+02:00 The case of a southern European glacier which survived Roman and medieval warm periods but is disappearing under recent warming Moreno, Ana Bartolome, Miguel Ignacio Lopez-Moreno, Juan Pey, Jorge Pablo Corella, Juan Garcia-Orellana, Jordi Sancho, Carlos Leunda, Maria Gil-Romera, Graciela Gonzalez-Samperiz, Penelope Perez-Mejias, Carlos Navarro, Francisco Otero-Garcia, Jaime Lapazaran, Javier Alonso-Gonzalez, Esteban Cid, Cristina Lopez-Martinez, Jeronimo Oliva-Urcia, Belen Henrique Faria, Sergio Jose Sierra, Maria Millan, Rocio Querol, Xavier Alastuey, Andres Garcia-Ruiz, Jose M. 2021-03-03 application/pdf https://boris.unibe.ch/155395/1/2021_Cryosphere_15_1157.pdf https://boris.unibe.ch/155395/ eng eng Copernicus Publications https://boris.unibe.ch/155395/ info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Moreno, Ana; Bartolome, Miguel; Ignacio Lopez-Moreno, Juan; Pey, Jorge; Pablo Corella, Juan; Garcia-Orellana, Jordi; Sancho, Carlos; Leunda, Maria; Gil-Romera, Graciela; Gonzalez-Samperiz, Penelope; Perez-Mejias, Carlos; Navarro, Francisco; Otero-Garcia, Jaime; Lapazaran, Javier; Alonso-Gonzalez, Esteban; Cid, Cristina; Lopez-Martinez, Jeronimo; Oliva-Urcia, Belen; Henrique Faria, Sergio; Jose Sierra, Maria; . (2021). The case of a southern European glacier which survived Roman and medieval warm periods but is disappearing under recent warming. The Cryosphere, 15(2), pp. 1157-1172. Copernicus Publications 10.5194/tc-15-1157-2021 <http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1157-2021> 580 Plants (Botany) info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion PeerReviewed 2021 ftunivbern https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1157-2021 2023-07-31T22:06:28Z Mountain glaciers have generally experienced an accelerated retreat over the last 3 decades as a rapid response to current global warming. However, the response to previous warm periods in the Holocene is not well-described for glaciers of the southern Europe mountain ranges, such as the Pyrenees. The situation during the Medieval Climate Anomaly (900-1300 CE) is particularly relevant since it is not certain whether the southern European glaciers just experienced significant ice loss or whether they actually disappeared. We present here the first chronological study of a glacier located in the Central Pyrenees (NE Spain), Monte Perdido Glacier (MPG), carried out by different radiochronological techniques and a comparison with geochemical proxies from neighbouring palaeoclimate records. The chronological model evidences that the glacier persisted during the Roman period and the Medieval Climate Anomaly. The apparent absence of ice in the past <\^> 600 years suggests that any ice accumulated during the Little Ice Age has since ablated. This interpretation is supported by measured concentrations of anthropogenic metals, including Zn, Se, Cd, Hg and Pb, which have concentrations well below those typical of industrial-age ice measured at other glaciers in Europe. This study strengthens the general understanding that warming of the past few decades has been exceptional for the past 2 millennia Article in Journal/Newspaper The Cryosphere BORIS (Bern Open Repository and Information System, University of Bern) The Cryosphere 15 2 1157 1172 |
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Mountain glaciers have generally experienced an accelerated retreat over the last 3 decades as a rapid response to current global warming. However, the response to previous warm periods in the Holocene is not well-described for glaciers of the southern Europe mountain ranges, such as the Pyrenees. The situation during the Medieval Climate Anomaly (900-1300 CE) is particularly relevant since it is not certain whether the southern European glaciers just experienced significant ice loss or whether they actually disappeared. We present here the first chronological study of a glacier located in the Central Pyrenees (NE Spain), Monte Perdido Glacier (MPG), carried out by different radiochronological techniques and a comparison with geochemical proxies from neighbouring palaeoclimate records. The chronological model evidences that the glacier persisted during the Roman period and the Medieval Climate Anomaly. The apparent absence of ice in the past <\^> 600 years suggests that any ice accumulated during the Little Ice Age has since ablated. This interpretation is supported by measured concentrations of anthropogenic metals, including Zn, Se, Cd, Hg and Pb, which have concentrations well below those typical of industrial-age ice measured at other glaciers in Europe. This study strengthens the general understanding that warming of the past few decades has been exceptional for the past 2 millennia |
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Moreno, Ana Bartolome, Miguel Ignacio Lopez-Moreno, Juan Pey, Jorge Pablo Corella, Juan Garcia-Orellana, Jordi Sancho, Carlos Leunda, Maria Gil-Romera, Graciela Gonzalez-Samperiz, Penelope Perez-Mejias, Carlos Navarro, Francisco Otero-Garcia, Jaime Lapazaran, Javier Alonso-Gonzalez, Esteban Cid, Cristina Lopez-Martinez, Jeronimo Oliva-Urcia, Belen Henrique Faria, Sergio Jose Sierra, Maria Millan, Rocio Querol, Xavier Alastuey, Andres Garcia-Ruiz, Jose M. |
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Moreno, Ana Bartolome, Miguel Ignacio Lopez-Moreno, Juan Pey, Jorge Pablo Corella, Juan Garcia-Orellana, Jordi Sancho, Carlos Leunda, Maria Gil-Romera, Graciela Gonzalez-Samperiz, Penelope Perez-Mejias, Carlos Navarro, Francisco Otero-Garcia, Jaime Lapazaran, Javier Alonso-Gonzalez, Esteban Cid, Cristina Lopez-Martinez, Jeronimo Oliva-Urcia, Belen Henrique Faria, Sergio Jose Sierra, Maria Millan, Rocio Querol, Xavier Alastuey, Andres Garcia-Ruiz, Jose M. |
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The case of a southern European glacier which survived Roman and medieval warm periods but is disappearing under recent warming |
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The case of a southern European glacier which survived Roman and medieval warm periods but is disappearing under recent warming |
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The case of a southern European glacier which survived Roman and medieval warm periods but is disappearing under recent warming |
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The case of a southern European glacier which survived Roman and medieval warm periods but is disappearing under recent warming |
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The case of a southern European glacier which survived Roman and medieval warm periods but is disappearing under recent warming |
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case of a southern european glacier which survived roman and medieval warm periods but is disappearing under recent warming |
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Moreno, Ana; Bartolome, Miguel; Ignacio Lopez-Moreno, Juan; Pey, Jorge; Pablo Corella, Juan; Garcia-Orellana, Jordi; Sancho, Carlos; Leunda, Maria; Gil-Romera, Graciela; Gonzalez-Samperiz, Penelope; Perez-Mejias, Carlos; Navarro, Francisco; Otero-Garcia, Jaime; Lapazaran, Javier; Alonso-Gonzalez, Esteban; Cid, Cristina; Lopez-Martinez, Jeronimo; Oliva-Urcia, Belen; Henrique Faria, Sergio; Jose Sierra, Maria; . (2021). The case of a southern European glacier which survived Roman and medieval warm periods but is disappearing under recent warming. The Cryosphere, 15(2), pp. 1157-1172. Copernicus Publications 10.5194/tc-15-1157-2021 <http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1157-2021> |
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