Observation-constrained projections reveal longer-than-expected dry spells

IY Petrova, DG Miralles, F Brient, MG Donat, SK Min… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
Climate models indicate that dry extremes will be exacerbated in many regions of the world,.
However, confidence in the magnitude and timing of these projected changes remains low …

Pre-industrial Common Era temperature fluctuations in South China inferred based upon bacterial tetraether lipids from Lake Poyang

R Miao, H Yang, Q Leng, Y Chen, S Xiao… - Quaternary Science …, 2025 - Elsevier
Quantifying past temperature changes during the Common Era (the past 2000 years) is
essential for assessing the rates, magnitudes, and consequences of different climate …

[HTML][HTML] Abrupt climate change at the MIS 5/4 transition recorded in a speleothem from the Eastern Mediterranean

AR Paine, JUL Baldini, E Ünal-Imer… - Quaternary Science …, 2024 - Elsevier
The marine isotope stage (MIS) 5a to 4 transition (∼ 74 ka) was associated with rapid ice
sheet expansion, declining moisture availability globally, and significant upheaval of …

Strong linkage between benthic oxygen uptake and bacterial tetraether lipids in deep-sea trench regions

W Xiao, Y Xu, DE Canfield, F Wenzhöfer… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Oxygen in marine sediments regulates many key biogeochemical processes, playing a
crucial role in shaping Earth's climate and benthic ecosystems. In this context, branched …

Tropical Andean climate variations since the last deglaciation

B Zhao, JM Russell, A Blaus, MN Nascimento… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - pnas.org
Global warming during the Last Glacial Termination was interrupted by millennial-scale cool
intervals such as the Younger Dryas and the Antarctic Cold Reversal (ACR). Although these …

Predicting food‐security crises in the Horn of Africa using machine learning

T Busker, B van den Hurk, H de Moel… - Earth's …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
In this study, we present a machine‐learning model capable of predicting food insecurity in
the Horn of Africa, which is one of the most vulnerable regions worldwide. The region has …

Plio‐Pleistocene Southwest African Hydroclimate Modulated by Benguela and Indian Ocean Temperatures

CB Rubbelke, T Bhattacharya, R Feng… - Geophysical …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Future projections of southwestern African hydroclimate are highly uncertain. However,
insights from past warm climates, like the Pliocene, can reveal mechanisms of future change …

Time-Transgressive Onset of Holocene Climate Optimum in Arid Central Asia and Its Association with Cultural Exchanges

Z Wang, X Liu, H Xie, S Chen, J Chen, H Wang, M Ma… - Land, 2024 - mdpi.com
Arid central Asia (ACA) is dominated by mid-latitude westerlies and characterized by a
climate optimum (a relatively humid climate that has supported the development of human …

Revisiting the “East African Paradox”: CMIP6 models also struggle to reproduce strong observed Long Rain drying trends

K Schwarzwald, R Seager - Journal of Climate, 2024 - journals.ametsoc.org
Societies in much of the Horn of Africa are affected by variability in two distinct rainy
seasons: the March–May (MAM)“long” rains and the October–December (OND)“short” rains …

How the cGAS–STING system links inflammation and cognitive decline

BJL Eggen - 2023 - nature.com
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