800-kyr land temperature variations modulated by vegetation changes on Chinese Loess Plateau

Hongxuan Lu; Weiguo Liu; Hong Yang; Huanye Wang; Zhonghui Liu; Qin Leng; Youbin Sun; Weijian Zhou; Zhisheng An

doi:10.1038/s41467-019-09978-1

Nature Communications (Apr 2019)

800-kyr land temperature variations modulated by vegetation changes on Chinese Loess Plateau

Hongxuan Lu,
Weiguo Liu,
Hong Yang,
Huanye Wang,
Zhonghui Liu,
Qin Leng,
Youbin Sun,
Weijian Zhou,
Zhisheng An

Affiliations

Hongxuan Lu: State Key Laboratory of Loess and Quaternary Geology, Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Weiguo Liu: State Key Laboratory of Loess and Quaternary Geology, Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Hong Yang: Laboratory for Terrestrial Environments, Department of Science and Technology, College of Arts and Sciences, Bryant University
Huanye Wang: State Key Laboratory of Loess and Quaternary Geology, Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Zhonghui Liu: Department of Earth Sciences, The University of Hong Kong
Qin Leng: Laboratory for Terrestrial Environments, Department of Science and Technology, College of Arts and Sciences, Bryant University
Youbin Sun: State Key Laboratory of Loess and Quaternary Geology, Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Weijian Zhou: State Key Laboratory of Loess and Quaternary Geology, Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Zhisheng An: State Key Laboratory of Loess and Quaternary Geology, Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-09978-1
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Modern observation indicates that vegetation cover could modulate land surface temperatures substantially. Here the authors demonstrate that such vegetation feedbacks could be clearly identified in the Chinese Loess Plateau land surface temperature records during past cool periods when vegetation cover was reduced.

Published in Nature Communications

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