Climate evolution through the onset and intensification of Northern Hemisphere Glaciation

EL McClymont, SL Ho, HL Ford, I Bailey… - Reviews of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Pliocene Epoch (∼ 5.3–2.6 million years ago, Ma) was characterized by a
warmer than present climate with smaller Northern Hemisphere ice sheets, and offers an …

[HTML][HTML] Formation and evolution of the Asian landscape during the Cenozoic

H Lu, H Feng, H Lyu, H Wang, X Zhang… - The Innovation …, 2023 - the-innovation.org
Asia has a unique set of landscapes, notably characterized by the highest plateau in the
world, the strongest monsoon circulation, and an immense arid region. When and how this …

Global and zonal‐mean hydrological response to early Eocene warmth

MJ Cramwinckel, NJ Burls, AA Fahad… - Paleoceanography …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Earth's hydrological cycle is expected to intensify in response to global warming, with a “wet‐
gets‐wetter, dry‐gets‐drier” response anticipated over the ocean. Subtropical regions (∼ …

[HTML][HTML] Pliocene Model Intercomparison Project Phase 3 (PlioMIP3)–Science Plan and Experimental Design

AM Haywood, JC Tindall, LE Burton… - Global and Planetary …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract The Pliocene Model Intercomparison Project (PlioMIP) was initiated in 2008. Over
two phases PlioMIP has helped co-ordinate the experimental design and publication …

A preliminary integrated analysis of regional paleoclimate variations in China over the past∼ 21 ka

H Lu, Y Zhao, X Yang, H Wu, C Zhao, J Wang… - Global and Planetary …, 2024 - Elsevier
In this study, we employ biological, geochemical and mineral, and physical proxies to
quantitatively and semi-quantitatively reconstruct regional paleoclimate variations in China …

Similar North Pacific variability despite suppressed El Niño variability in the warm mid-Pliocene climate

AM Oldeman, MLJ Baatsen… - Earth System …, 2024 - esd.copernicus.org
The mid-Pliocene is the most recent geological period with similar atmospheric CO 2
concentration to the present day and similar surface temperatures to those projected at the …

[HTML][HTML] On the climatic influence of CO forcing in the Pliocene

LE Burton, AM Haywood, JC Tindall, AM Dolan… - Climate of the …, 2023 - cp.copernicus.org
Understanding the dominant climate forcings in the Pliocene is crucial to assessing the
usefulness of the Pliocene as an analogue for our warmer future. Here, we implement a …

Earlier seasonal march of the East Asian summer monsoon in the mid-Pliocene

L He, T Zhou, X Chen, M Zuo, L Zou - Journal of Climate, 2024 - journals.ametsoc.org
Abstract The mid-Pliocene (∼ 3.3–3 million years ago) has been considered as a potential
analog for future climate, but the seasonal march of the East Asian summer monsoon …

Changes in Sahel summer rainfall in a global warming climate: Contrasting the mid-Pliocene and future regional hydrological cycles

Z Han, G Li, Q Zhang - Climate Dynamics, 2023 - Springer
The evolution of Sahel summer rainfall in the context of global warming is a severe socio-
economic concern because of its widespread influences on local agriculture, water resource …

Low-frequency orbital variations controlled climatic and environmental cycles, amplitudes, and trends in northeast Africa during the Plio-Pleistocene

R Lupien, K Uno, C Rose, N deRoberts… - … Earth & Environment, 2023 - nature.com
The eastern Mediterranean sapropels, paced by insolation, provide a unique archive of
African monsoon strength over the Late Neogene. However, the longer-term climate of this …