Nature Communications (Jan 2018)

Pronounced centennial-scale Atlantic Ocean climate variability correlated with Western Hemisphere hydroclimate

  • Kaustubh Thirumalai,
  • Terrence M. Quinn,
  • Yuko Okumura,
  • Julie N. Richey,
  • Judson W. Partin,
  • Richard Z. Poore,
  • Eduardo Moreno-Chamarro

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-02846-4
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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Knowledge of surface-ocean circulation in the Atlantic over the late Holocene is incomplete. Here, the authors show that Atlantic Ocean surface-circulation varied in concert with Western Hemisphere rainfall anomalies on centennial timescales and that this link played an essential role during the Little Ice Age.