Stable Southern Hemisphere westerly winds throughout the Holocene until intensification in the last two millennia

Willem G. M. van der Bilt; William J. D’Andrea; Lea T. Oppedal; Jostein Bakke; Anne E. Bjune; Maaike Zwier

doi:10.1038/s43247-022-00512-8

Communications Earth & Environment (Aug 2022)

Stable Southern Hemisphere westerly winds throughout the Holocene until intensification in the last two millennia

Willem G. M. van der Bilt,
William J. D’Andrea,
Lea T. Oppedal,
Jostein Bakke,
Anne E. Bjune,
Maaike Zwier

Affiliations

Willem G. M. van der Bilt: Department of Earth Science and Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research, University of Bergen
William J. D’Andrea: Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University
Lea T. Oppedal: Department of Earth Science and Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research, University of Bergen
Jostein Bakke: Department of Earth Science and Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research, University of Bergen
Anne E. Bjune: Department of Biological Sciences and Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research, University of Bergen
Maaike Zwier: Department of Biological Sciences and Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research, University of Bergen

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-022-00512-8
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 3, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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A shift towards a negative Southern Annular Mode around 2,150 years ago ended a Holocene period of stable Southern Hemisphere westerly winds, suggests a hydrogen isotope excursion in sedimentary lipid biomarkers from Lake Diamond, South Georgia

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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