The mean state of the tropical Pacific Ocean differed between the Medieval Warm Period and the Industrial Era

Shiwei Jiang; Xin Zhou; Julian P. Sachs; Zhibo Li; Luyao Tu; Yiyi Lin; Xuanqiao Liu; Anze Chen; Yanan Shen

doi:10.1038/s43247-023-00734-4

Communications Earth & Environment (Mar 2023)

The mean state of the tropical Pacific Ocean differed between the Medieval Warm Period and the Industrial Era

Shiwei Jiang,
Xin Zhou,
Julian P. Sachs,
Zhibo Li,
Luyao Tu,
Yiyi Lin,
Xuanqiao Liu,
Anze Chen,
Yanan Shen

Affiliations

Shiwei Jiang: School of Earth and Space Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China
Xin Zhou: School of Earth and Space Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China
Julian P. Sachs: School of Oceanography, University of Washington
Zhibo Li: Laboratory for Climate and Atmosphere-Ocean Studies, Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, School of Physics, Peking University
Luyao Tu: School of Marine Science and Engineering, Nanjing Normal University
Yiyi Lin: School of Earth and Space Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China
Xuanqiao Liu: School of Earth and Space Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China
Anze Chen: School of Earth and Space Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China
Yanan Shen: School of Earth and Space Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-023-00734-4
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 4, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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The tropical Pacific Ocean was dominated by La Niña-like conditions during the Medieval Warm Period, but El Niño-like conditions during the Little Ice Age and Industrial Period

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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