Climate of the Past (Jul 2023)
Regional pollen-based Holocene temperature and precipitation patterns depart from the Northern Hemisphere mean trends
- U. Herzschuh,
- U. Herzschuh,
- U. Herzschuh,
- T. Böhmer,
- M. Chevalier,
- M. Chevalier,
- R. Hébert,
- A. Dallmeyer,
- C. Li,
- C. Li,
- X. Cao,
- X. Cao,
- O. Peyron,
- L. Nazarova,
- L. Nazarova,
- E. Y. Novenko,
- E. Y. Novenko,
- J. Park,
- J. Park,
- N. A. Rudaya,
- N. A. Rudaya,
- F. Schlütz,
- F. Schlütz,
- L. S. Shumilovskikh,
- P. E. Tarasov,
- Y. Wang,
- R. Wen,
- R. Wen,
- Q. Xu,
- Z. Zheng,
- Z. Zheng
Affiliations
- U. Herzschuh
- Polar Terrestrial Environmental Systems, Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Telegrafenberg A45, 14473 Potsdam, Germany
- U. Herzschuh
- Institute of Environmental Science and Geography, University of Potsdam, Karl-Liebknecht-Str. 24–25, 14476 Potsdam, Germany
- U. Herzschuh
- Institute of Biochemistry and Biology, University of Potsdam, Karl-Liebknecht-Str. 24–25, 14476 Potsdam, Germany
- T. Böhmer
- Polar Terrestrial Environmental Systems, Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Telegrafenberg A45, 14473 Potsdam, Germany
- M. Chevalier
- Institute of Geosciences, Sect. Meteorology, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Auf dem Hügel 20, 53121 Bonn, Germany
- M. Chevalier
- Institute of Earth Surface Dynamics IDYST, Faculté des Géosciences et l'Environnement, University of Lausanne, Bâtiment Géopolis, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
- R. Hébert
- Polar Terrestrial Environmental Systems, Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Telegrafenberg A45, 14473 Potsdam, Germany
- A. Dallmeyer
- Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Bundesstraße 53, 20146 Hamburg, Germany
- C. Li
- Polar Terrestrial Environmental Systems, Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Telegrafenberg A45, 14473 Potsdam, Germany
- C. Li
- Institute of Environmental Science and Geography, University of Potsdam, Karl-Liebknecht-Str. 24–25, 14476 Potsdam, Germany
- X. Cao
- Polar Terrestrial Environmental Systems, Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Telegrafenberg A45, 14473 Potsdam, Germany
- X. Cao
- Alpine Paleoecology and Human Adaptation Group (ALPHA), State Key Laboratory of Tibetan Plateau Earth System, Resources and Environment (TPESRE), Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100101 Beijing, China
- O. Peyron
- Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution de Montpellier, Université de Montpellier, CNRS UMR 5554, Montpellier, France
- L. Nazarova
- Polar Terrestrial Environmental Systems, Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Telegrafenberg A45, 14473 Potsdam, Germany
- L. Nazarova
- Institute of Geology and Petroleum Technologies, Kazan Federal University, Kremlyovskaya Street 18, 420008 Kazan, Russia
- E. Y. Novenko
- Faculty of Geography, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Leniskie Gory 1, 119991 Moscow, Russia
- E. Y. Novenko
- Department of Quaternary Paleogeography, Institute of Geography Russian Academy of Science, Staromonrtny Lane 29, 119017 Moscow, Russia
- J. Park
- Department of Geography, Seoul National University, 1 Gwanak-ro, Gwanak-gu, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea
- J. Park
- Institute for Korean Regional Studies, Seoul National University, 1 Gwanak-ro, Gwanak-gu, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea
- N. A. Rudaya
- PaleoData Lab, Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Pr. Akademika 36 Lavrentieva 17, 630090 Novosibirsk, Russia
- N. A. Rudaya
- Biological Institute, Tomsk State University, Pr. Lenina, 26, 634050 Tomsk, Russia
- F. Schlütz
- Institute for Pre- and Protohistoric Archaeology, University of Kiel, Germany, Johanna-Mestorf-Straße 2–6, 24118 Kiel, Germany
- F. Schlütz
- Department of Palynology and Climate Dynamics, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Wilhelm Weber Str. 2a, 37073 Göttingen, Germany
- L. S. Shumilovskikh
- Department of Palynology and Climate Dynamics, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Wilhelm Weber Str. 2a, 37073 Göttingen, Germany
- P. E. Tarasov
- Institute of Geological Sciences, Palaeontology Section, Freie Universität Berlin, Malteserstraße 74–100, Building D, 12249 Berlin, Germany
- Y. Wang
- College of Resource Environment and Tourism, Capital Normal University, 105 West Third Ring Road North, 100048 Beijing, China
- R. Wen
- Key Laboratory of Cenozoic Geology and Environment, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 19 Beitucheng West Road, Chaoyang District, 100029 Beijing, China
- R. Wen
- Center for Excellence in Life and Paleoenvironment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100044 Beijing, China
- Q. Xu
- School of Geographic Sciences, Hebei Normal University, 050024 Shijiazhuang, China
- Z. Zheng
- Guangdong Key Lab of Geodynamics and Geohazards, School of Earth Sciences and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, 519082 Zhuhai, China
- Z. Zheng
- Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Zhuhai), 519082 Zhuhai, China
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-19-1481-2023
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 19
pp. 1481 – 1506
Abstract
A mismatch between model- and proxy-based Holocene climate change, known as the “Holocene conundrum”, may partially originate from the poor spatial coverage of climate reconstructions in, for example, Asia, limiting the number of grid cells for model–data comparisons. Here we investigate hemispheric, latitudinal, and regional mean time series and time-slice anomaly maps of pollen-based reconstructions of mean annual temperature, mean July temperature, and annual precipitation from 1908 records in the Northern Hemisphere extratropics. Temperature trends show strong latitudinal patterns and differ between (sub-)continents. While the circum-Atlantic regions in Europe and eastern North America show a pronounced Middle Holocene temperature maximum, western North America shows only weak changes, and Asia mostly shows a continuous Holocene temperature increase. Likewise, precipitation trends show certain regional peculiarities such as the pronounced Middle Holocene precipitation maximum between 40 and 50∘ N in Asia and Holocene increasing trends in Europe and western North America, which can all be linked with Holocene changes in the regional circulation pattern responding to temperature change. Given a background of strong regional heterogeneity, we conclude that the calculation of global or hemispheric means, which initiated the Holocene conundrum debate, should focus more on understanding the spatiotemporal patterns and their regional drivers.
