Linked fire activity and climate whiplash in California during the early Holocene

Julia Homann; Jessica L. Oster; Cameron B. de Wet; Sebastian F. M. Breitenbach; Thorsten Hoffmann

doi:10.1038/s41467-022-34950-x

Nature Communications (Nov 2022)

Linked fire activity and climate whiplash in California during the early Holocene

Julia Homann,
Jessica L. Oster,
Cameron B. de Wet,
Sebastian F. M. Breitenbach,
Thorsten Hoffmann

Affiliations

Julia Homann: Department of Chemistry, Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz
Jessica L. Oster: Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Vanderbilt University
Cameron B. de Wet: Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Vanderbilt University
Sebastian F. M. Breitenbach: Department of Geography and Environmental Sciences, Northumbria University
Thorsten Hoffmann: Department of Chemistry, Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-34950-x
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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A California stalagmite records vegetation shifts and increased fire activity during the 8.2 kyr event. These changes occur alongside oscillations between wet and dry extremes suggesting tight coupling between climate whiplash and fire activity.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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