Air temperature and water level inferences from northeastern Lapland (69 degrees N) since the Little Ice Age
Independent Arctic records of temperature and precipitation from the same proxy archives are rare. Nevertheless, they are important for providing detailed information on long-term climate changes and temperature-precipitation relationships in the context of large-scale atmospheric dynamics. Here, we...
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ftunivhelsihelda:oai:helda.helsinki.fi:10138/317527 2024-01-07T09:41:31+01:00 Air temperature and water level inferences from northeastern Lapland (69 degrees N) since the Little Ice Age Luoto, Tomi P. Kivila, E. Henriikka Kotrys, Bartosz Plociennik, Mateusz Rantala, Marttiina Nevalainen, Liisa Ecosystems and Environment Research Programme University Management 2020-07-09T14:45:04Z 18 application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/10138/317527 eng eng Polish Academy of Sciences. Committee on Polar Research 10.24425/ppr.2020.132568 This work was supported by the Emil Aaltonen Foundation (T.P.L., grants numbers 160156, 170161, 180151), Kone Foundation (T.P.L., grant number 090140) and Academy of Finland (L.N., grant numbers 287547, 308954). Support for mobility by the EU Climate-KIC's Pioneers into Practice program is also appreciated. Help in the fieldwork was provided by Annukka Galkin and the Kevo Research Station. We are grateful for Dr. Janos Korponai and an anonymous reviewer for their constructive comments on the manuscript. Luoto , T P , Kivila , E H , Kotrys , B , Plociennik , M , Rantala , M & Nevalainen , L 2020 , ' Air temperature and water level inferences from northeastern Lapland (69 degrees N) since the Little Ice Age ' , Polish Polar Research , vol. 41 , no. 1 , pp. 23-40 . https://doi.org/10.24425/ppr.2020.132568 ORCID: /0000-0001-6925-3688/work/77086227 ORCID: /0000-0002-3231-5926/work/77088860 ORCID: /0000-0001-6837-8753/work/77090457 900fda97-872c-41d2-8d4a-b6ab5376b347 http://hdl.handle.net/10138/317527 000524255400002 cc_by_nc_nd openAccess info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Arctic paleoclimate precipitation temperature Chironomidae Cladocera CHYDORID EPHIPPIA EASTERN FINLAND PALEOCLIMATE RECONSTRUCTIONS FOSSIL MIDGES LAKE HOLOCENE CALIBRATION INDICATORS ASSEMBLAGES 1172 Environmental sciences Article publishedVersion 2020 ftunivhelsihelda 2023-12-14T00:07:11Z Independent Arctic records of temperature and precipitation from the same proxy archives are rare. Nevertheless, they are important for providing detailed information on long-term climate changes and temperature-precipitation relationships in the context of large-scale atmospheric dynamics. Here, we used chironomid and cladoceran fossil assemblages to reconstruct summer air-temperature and water-level changes, during the past 400 years, in a small lake located in Finnish Lapland. Temperatures remained persistently cold over the Little Ice Age (LIA), but increased in the 20th century. After a cooler phase in the 1970s, the climate rapidly warmed to the record-high temperatures of the most recent decades. The lake-level reconstruction suggested persistently wet conditions for the LIA, followed by a dry period between similar to 1910 and 1970 CE, when the lake apparently became almost dry. Since the 1980s, the lake level has returned to a similar position as during the IAA. The temperature development was consistent with earlier records, but a significant local feature was found in the lake-level reconstruction the LIA appears to have been continuously wet, without the generally depicted dry phase during the 18th and 19th centuries. Therefore, the results suggest local precipitation patterns and enforce the concept of spatially divergent LIA conditions. Peer reviewed Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Polar Research Lapland HELDA – University of Helsinki Open Repository Arctic |
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Arctic paleoclimate precipitation temperature Chironomidae Cladocera CHYDORID EPHIPPIA EASTERN FINLAND PALEOCLIMATE RECONSTRUCTIONS FOSSIL MIDGES LAKE HOLOCENE CALIBRATION INDICATORS ASSEMBLAGES 1172 Environmental sciences |
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Arctic paleoclimate precipitation temperature Chironomidae Cladocera CHYDORID EPHIPPIA EASTERN FINLAND PALEOCLIMATE RECONSTRUCTIONS FOSSIL MIDGES LAKE HOLOCENE CALIBRATION INDICATORS ASSEMBLAGES 1172 Environmental sciences Luoto, Tomi P. Kivila, E. Henriikka Kotrys, Bartosz Plociennik, Mateusz Rantala, Marttiina Nevalainen, Liisa Air temperature and water level inferences from northeastern Lapland (69 degrees N) since the Little Ice Age |
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Arctic paleoclimate precipitation temperature Chironomidae Cladocera CHYDORID EPHIPPIA EASTERN FINLAND PALEOCLIMATE RECONSTRUCTIONS FOSSIL MIDGES LAKE HOLOCENE CALIBRATION INDICATORS ASSEMBLAGES 1172 Environmental sciences |
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Independent Arctic records of temperature and precipitation from the same proxy archives are rare. Nevertheless, they are important for providing detailed information on long-term climate changes and temperature-precipitation relationships in the context of large-scale atmospheric dynamics. Here, we used chironomid and cladoceran fossil assemblages to reconstruct summer air-temperature and water-level changes, during the past 400 years, in a small lake located in Finnish Lapland. Temperatures remained persistently cold over the Little Ice Age (LIA), but increased in the 20th century. After a cooler phase in the 1970s, the climate rapidly warmed to the record-high temperatures of the most recent decades. The lake-level reconstruction suggested persistently wet conditions for the LIA, followed by a dry period between similar to 1910 and 1970 CE, when the lake apparently became almost dry. Since the 1980s, the lake level has returned to a similar position as during the IAA. The temperature development was consistent with earlier records, but a significant local feature was found in the lake-level reconstruction the LIA appears to have been continuously wet, without the generally depicted dry phase during the 18th and 19th centuries. Therefore, the results suggest local precipitation patterns and enforce the concept of spatially divergent LIA conditions. Peer reviewed |
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Luoto, Tomi P. Kivila, E. Henriikka Kotrys, Bartosz Plociennik, Mateusz Rantala, Marttiina Nevalainen, Liisa |
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Luoto, Tomi P. Kivila, E. Henriikka Kotrys, Bartosz Plociennik, Mateusz Rantala, Marttiina Nevalainen, Liisa |
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Air temperature and water level inferences from northeastern Lapland (69 degrees N) since the Little Ice Age |
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Air temperature and water level inferences from northeastern Lapland (69 degrees N) since the Little Ice Age |
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Air temperature and water level inferences from northeastern Lapland (69 degrees N) since the Little Ice Age |
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Air temperature and water level inferences from northeastern Lapland (69 degrees N) since the Little Ice Age |
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Air temperature and water level inferences from northeastern Lapland (69 degrees N) since the Little Ice Age |
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air temperature and water level inferences from northeastern lapland (69 degrees n) since the little ice age |
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10.24425/ppr.2020.132568 This work was supported by the Emil Aaltonen Foundation (T.P.L., grants numbers 160156, 170161, 180151), Kone Foundation (T.P.L., grant number 090140) and Academy of Finland (L.N., grant numbers 287547, 308954). Support for mobility by the EU Climate-KIC's Pioneers into Practice program is also appreciated. Help in the fieldwork was provided by Annukka Galkin and the Kevo Research Station. We are grateful for Dr. Janos Korponai and an anonymous reviewer for their constructive comments on the manuscript. Luoto , T P , Kivila , E H , Kotrys , B , Plociennik , M , Rantala , M & Nevalainen , L 2020 , ' Air temperature and water level inferences from northeastern Lapland (69 degrees N) since the Little Ice Age ' , Polish Polar Research , vol. 41 , no. 1 , pp. 23-40 . https://doi.org/10.24425/ppr.2020.132568 ORCID: /0000-0001-6925-3688/work/77086227 ORCID: /0000-0002-3231-5926/work/77088860 ORCID: /0000-0001-6837-8753/work/77090457 900fda97-872c-41d2-8d4a-b6ab5376b347 http://hdl.handle.net/10138/317527 000524255400002 |
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