Nature Communications (Oct 2018)
Enhanced climate instability in the North Atlantic and southern Europe during the Last Interglacial
- P. C. Tzedakis,
- R. N. Drysdale,
- V. Margari,
- L. C. Skinner,
- L. Menviel,
- R. H. Rhodes,
- A. S. Taschetto,
- D. A. Hodell,
- S. J. Crowhurst,
- J. C. Hellstrom,
- A. E. Fallick,
- J. O. Grimalt,
- J. F. McManus,
- B. Martrat,
- Z. Mokeddem,
- F. Parrenin,
- E. Regattieri,
- K. Roe,
- G. Zanchetta
Affiliations
- P. C. Tzedakis
- Environmental Change Research Centre, Department of Geography, University College London
- R. N. Drysdale
- School of Geography, The University of Melbourne
- V. Margari
- Environmental Change Research Centre, Department of Geography, University College London
- L. C. Skinner
- Department of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge
- L. Menviel
- Climate Change Research Centre and ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate System Science, University of New South Wales
- R. H. Rhodes
- Department of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge
- A. S. Taschetto
- Climate Change Research Centre and ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate System Science, University of New South Wales
- D. A. Hodell
- Department of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge
- S. J. Crowhurst
- Department of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge
- J. C. Hellstrom
- School of Earth Sciences, The University of Melbourne
- A. E. Fallick
- Scottish Universities Environmental Research Centre
- J. O. Grimalt
- Department of Environmental Chemistry, Spanish Council for Scientific Research (CSIC), Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research (IDAEA)
- J. F. McManus
- Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University
- B. Martrat
- Department of Environmental Chemistry, Spanish Council for Scientific Research (CSIC), Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research (IDAEA)
- Z. Mokeddem
- Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University
- F. Parrenin
- CNRS, IRD, IGE, Université Grenoble Alpes
- E. Regattieri
- Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, University of Pisa
- K. Roe
- Environmental Change Research Centre, Department of Geography, University College London
- G. Zanchetta
- Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, University of Pisa
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-06683-3
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 9,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 14
Abstract
It is important to establish a baseline for natural climate variability under relatively warm conditions. Here we show that the Last Interglacial in the North Atlantic and southern Europe was characterized by enhanced climate instability relative to the pre-industrial Holocene.
