Warm summers during the Younger Dryas cold reversal

Frederik Schenk; Minna Väliranta; Francesco Muschitiello; Lev Tarasov; Maija Heikkilä; Svante Björck; Jenny Brandefelt; Arne V. Johansson; Jens-Ove Näslund; Barbara Wohlfarth

doi:10.1038/s41467-018-04071-5

Nature Communications (Apr 2018)

Warm summers during the Younger Dryas cold reversal

Frederik Schenk,
Minna Väliranta,
Francesco Muschitiello,
Lev Tarasov,
Maija Heikkilä,
Svante Björck,
Jenny Brandefelt,
Arne V. Johansson,
Jens-Ove Näslund,
Barbara Wohlfarth

Affiliations

Frederik Schenk: Bolin Centre for Climate Research and Department of Geological Sciences, Stockholm University
Minna Väliranta: Environmental Change Research Unit (ECRU), Ecosystems and Environment Research Programme, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Helsinki Institute of Sustainability Science (HELSUS), University of Helsinki
Francesco Muschitiello: Bolin Centre for Climate Research and Department of Geological Sciences, Stockholm University
Lev Tarasov: Department of Physics and Physical Oceanography, Memorial University of Newfoundland
Maija Heikkilä: Environmental Change Research Unit (ECRU), Ecosystems and Environment Research Programme, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Helsinki Institute of Sustainability Science (HELSUS), University of Helsinki
Svante Björck: Bolin Centre for Climate Research and Department of Geological Sciences, Stockholm University
Jenny Brandefelt: Swedish Nuclear Fuel and Waste Management Company (SKB)
Arne V. Johansson: Department of Mechanics, Linné FLOW Centre, KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Jens-Ove Näslund: Swedish Nuclear Fuel and Waste Management Company (SKB)
Barbara Wohlfarth: Bolin Centre for Climate Research and Department of Geological Sciences, Stockholm University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-04071-5
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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Mechanisms causing the Younger Dryas cold reversal have been questioned by inconsistencies between proxy and modelling results. Here, the authors show that the concept of a strong North Atlantic Ocean cooling event as major driver is consistent with warm European summers caused by intensified atmospheric blocking.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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