Nature Communications (Oct 2020)

Inter-hemispheric synchroneity of Holocene precipitation anomalies controlled by Earth’s latitudinal insolation gradients

  • Michael Deininger,
  • Frank McDermott,
  • Francisco W. Cruz,
  • Juan Pablo Bernal,
  • Manfred Mudelsee,
  • Hubert Vonhof,
  • Christian Millo,
  • Christoph Spötl,
  • Pauline C. Treble,
  • Robyn Pickering,
  • Denis Scholz

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-19021-3
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Solar insolation is not equally distributed on the Earth’s surface and such imbalances influence the atmospheric circulation. Here, the authors show that latitudinal insolation gradients synchronized the hydroclimate in the Northern mid-latitudes and the African and South American Monsoons throughout the Holocene.