The Holocene temperature conundrum answered by mollusk records from East Asia

Yajie Dong; Naiqin Wu; Fengjiang Li; Dan Zhang; Yueting Zhang; Caiming Shen; Houyuan Lu

doi:10.1038/s41467-022-32506-7

Nature Communications (Sep 2022)

The Holocene temperature conundrum answered by mollusk records from East Asia

Yajie Dong,
Naiqin Wu,
Fengjiang Li,
Dan Zhang,
Yueting Zhang,
Caiming Shen,
Houyuan Lu

Affiliations

Yajie Dong: Key Laboratory of Cenozoic Geology and Environment, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Naiqin Wu: Key Laboratory of Cenozoic Geology and Environment, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Fengjiang Li: Key Laboratory of Cenozoic Geology and Environment, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Dan Zhang: Key Laboratory of Cenozoic Geology and Environment, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Yueting Zhang: Key Laboratory of Cenozoic Geology and Environment, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Caiming Shen: Yunnan Key Laboratory of Plateau Geographical Processes and Environmental Changes, Faculty of Geography, Yunnan Normal University
Houyuan Lu: Key Laboratory of Cenozoic Geology and Environment, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-32506-7
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Scientists have been puzzled by the disparity between climate simulations of the past 12,000 years and geological records. Dong et al. reconstructed past annual and seasonal temperatures from land snail records to examine the potential seasonal bias.

Published in Nature Communications

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