Nature Communications (Nov 2021)
Global warming-induced Asian hydrological climate transition across the Miocene–Pliocene boundary
- Hong Ao,
- Eelco J. Rohling,
- Ran Zhang,
- Andrew P. Roberts,
- Ann E. Holbourn,
- Jean-Baptiste Ladant,
- Guillaume Dupont-Nivet,
- Wolfgang Kuhnt,
- Peng Zhang,
- Feng Wu,
- Mark J. Dekkers,
- Qingsong Liu,
- Zhonghui Liu,
- Yong Xu,
- Christopher J. Poulsen,
- Alexis Licht,
- Qiang Sun,
- John C. H. Chiang,
- Xiaodong Liu,
- Guoxiong Wu,
- Chao Ma,
- Weijian Zhou,
- Zhangdong Jin,
- Xinxia Li,
- Xinzhou Li,
- Xianzhe Peng,
- Xiaoke Qiang,
- Zhisheng An
Affiliations
- Hong Ao
- State Key Laboratory of Loess and Quaternary Geology, Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Eelco J. Rohling
- Research School of Earth Sciences, Australian National University
- Ran Zhang
- Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Andrew P. Roberts
- Research School of Earth Sciences, Australian National University
- Ann E. Holbourn
- Institute of Geosciences, Christian-Albrechts-University
- Jean-Baptiste Ladant
- Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Michigan
- Guillaume Dupont-Nivet
- Géosciences Rennes, UMR-CNRS 6118, University Rennes
- Wolfgang Kuhnt
- Institute of Geosciences, Christian-Albrechts-University
- Peng Zhang
- State Key Laboratory of Loess and Quaternary Geology, Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Feng Wu
- State Key Laboratory of Loess and Quaternary Geology, Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Mark J. Dekkers
- Paleomagnetic Laboratory ‘Fort Hoofddijk’, Department of Earth Sciences, Faculty of Geosciences, Utrecht University
- Qingsong Liu
- Department of Ocean Science and Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology
- Zhonghui Liu
- Department of Earth Sciences, University of Hong Kong
- Yong Xu
- Xi’an Center of Geological Survey, China Geological Survey
- Christopher J. Poulsen
- Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Michigan
- Alexis Licht
- Department of Earth and Space Sciences, University of Washington
- Qiang Sun
- College of Geology and Environment, Xi’an University of Science and Technology
- John C. H. Chiang
- Department of Geography, University of California
- Xiaodong Liu
- State Key Laboratory of Loess and Quaternary Geology, Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Guoxiong Wu
- Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Chao Ma
- State Key Laboratory of Oil and Gas Reservoir Geology and Exploitation, Chengdu Universityof Technology
- Weijian Zhou
- State Key Laboratory of Loess and Quaternary Geology, Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Zhangdong Jin
- State Key Laboratory of Loess and Quaternary Geology, Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Xinxia Li
- School of Earth Sciences, China University of Geosciences (Wuhan)
- Xinzhou Li
- State Key Laboratory of Loess and Quaternary Geology, Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Xianzhe Peng
- School of Information Management, Nanjing University
- Xiaoke Qiang
- State Key Laboratory of Loess and Quaternary Geology, Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Zhisheng An
- State Key Laboratory of Loess and Quaternary Geology, Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-27054-5
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 12,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 13
Abstract
Global warming drove ‘wet gets wetter and dry gets drier’ climate shifts in Asia ~5.3 million years ago with monsoon pacing by ~400,000 and ~ 100,000 year cycles. This could be a template for future Asian climate response to anthropogenic warming.
