Early Holocene permafrost retreat in West Siberia amplified by reorganization of westerly wind systems

Ting-Yong Li; Jonathan L. Baker; Tao Wang; Jian Zhang; Yao Wu; Hong-Chun Li; Tatiana Blyakharchuk; Tsai-Luen Yu; Chuan-Chou Shen; Hai Cheng; Xing-Gong Kong; Wen-Li Xie; R. Lawrence Edwards

doi:10.1038/s43247-021-00238-z

Communications Earth & Environment (Sep 2021)

Early Holocene permafrost retreat in West Siberia amplified by reorganization of westerly wind systems

Ting-Yong Li,
Jonathan L. Baker,
Tao Wang,
Jian Zhang,
Yao Wu,
Hong-Chun Li,
Tatiana Blyakharchuk,
Tsai-Luen Yu,
Chuan-Chou Shen,
Hai Cheng,
Xing-Gong Kong,
Wen-Li Xie,
R. Lawrence Edwards

Affiliations

Ting-Yong Li: Yunnan Key Laboratory of Plateau Geographical Processes and Environmental Changes, Faculty of Geography, Yunnan Normal University
Jonathan L. Baker: Institute of Global Environmental Change, Xi’an Jiaotong University
Tao Wang: Chongqing Key Laboratory of Karst Environment, School of Geographical Sciences, Southwest University
Jian Zhang: Chongqing Key Laboratory of Karst Environment, School of Geographical Sciences, Southwest University
Yao Wu: Chongqing Key Laboratory of Karst Environment, School of Geographical Sciences, Southwest University
Hong-Chun Li: Department of Geosciences, National Taiwan University
Tatiana Blyakharchuk: Institute of monitoring of climatic and ecological systems of Siberian branch of Russian academy of sciences
Tsai-Luen Yu: Department of Geosciences, National Taiwan University
Chuan-Chou Shen: Department of Geosciences, National Taiwan University
Hai Cheng: Institute of Global Environmental Change, Xi’an Jiaotong University
Xing-Gong Kong: College of Geography Science, Nanjing Normal University
Wen-Li Xie: State Key Laboratory for Mineral Deposits Research, Nanjing University
R. Lawrence Edwards: College of Geography Science, Nanjing Normal University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-021-00238-z
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 2, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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Melting of permafrost and growth of peatland in southwest Siberia after the Younger Dryas was likely linked to reorganization of westerly wind systems and a weakened Siberian High, according to multiproxy speleothem data from the Altai mountains.

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
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