Orbital-scale dynamic vegetation feedback caused the Holocene precipitation decline in northern China

Xinzhou Li; Xiaodong Liu; Zaitao Pan; Xiaoning Xie; Zhengguo Shi; Zhaosheng Wang; Aijuan Bai

doi:10.1038/s43247-022-00596-2

Communications Earth & Environment (Oct 2022)

Orbital-scale dynamic vegetation feedback caused the Holocene precipitation decline in northern China

Xinzhou Li,
Xiaodong Liu,
Zaitao Pan,
Xiaoning Xie,
Zhengguo Shi,
Zhaosheng Wang,
Aijuan Bai

Affiliations

Xinzhou Li: SKLLQG, Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Xiaodong Liu: SKLLQG, Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Zaitao Pan: Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Saint Louis University
Xiaoning Xie: SKLLQG, Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Zhengguo Shi: SKLLQG, Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Zhaosheng Wang: National Ecosystem Science Data Center, Key Laboratory of Ecosystem Network Observation and Modeling, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Aijuan Bai: Chengdu University of Information Technology

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-022-00596-2
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 3, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Precipitation decline in northern China since the mid-Holocene was probably driven by suppression of convective precipitation due to vegetation changes rather than by weakening of the East Asian summer monsoon, according to transient numerical experiments.

Published in Communications Earth & Environment

ISSN: 2662-4435 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science: Geology; Geography. Anthropology. Recreation: Environmental sciences
Website: https://www.nature.com/commsenv/

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