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Modulation of the relationship between summer temperatures in the Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau and Arctic over the past millennium by external forcings

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 March 2021

Feng Shi Open the ORCID record for Feng Shi [Opens in a new window] ,
Anmin Duan ,
Qiuzhen Yin ,
John T Bruun ,
Cunde Xiao  and
Zhengtang Guo
Feng Shi*
Affiliation:
Key Laboratory of Cenozoic Geology and Environment, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China CAS Center for Excellence in Life and Paleoenvironment, Beijing 100044, China
Anmin Duan
Affiliation:
State Key Laboratory of Numerical Modelling for Atmospheric Sciences and Geophysical Fluid Dynamics (LASG), Institute of Atmospheric Physics (IAP), Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
Qiuzhen Yin
Affiliation:
Georges Lemaître Centre for Earth and Climate Research, Earth and Life Institute, Université Catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve 1348, Belgium
John T Bruun
Affiliation:
College of Engineering, Mathematics and Physics Sciences, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter, Penryn Campus, Penryn, UK
Cunde Xiao
Affiliation:
State Key Laboratory of Earth Surface Processes and Resource Ecology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
Zhengtang Guo
Affiliation:
Key Laboratory of Cenozoic Geology and Environment, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China CAS Center for Excellence in Life and Paleoenvironment, Beijing 100044, China University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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*Corresponding author at: Key Laboratory of Cenozoic Geology and Environment, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China. E-mail address: shifeng@mail.iggcas.ac.cn (F. Shi).
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Abstract

The Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau and Arctic both have an important influence on global climate, but the correlation between climate variations in these two regions remains unclear. Here we reconstructed and compared the summer temperature anomalies over the past 1,120 yr (900–2019 CE) in the Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau and Arctic. The temperature correlation during the past millennium in these two regions has a distinct centennial variation caused by volcanic eruptions. Furthermore, the abrupt weak-to-strong transition in the temperature correlation during the sixteenth century could be analogous to this type of transition during the Modern Warm Period. The former was forced by volcanic eruptions, while the latter was controlled by changes in greenhouse gases. This implies that anthropogenic, as opposed to natural, forcing has acted to amplify the teleconnection between the Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau and Arctic during the Modern Warm Period.

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Qinghai–Tibetan PlateauArcticTemperature correlationVolcanic eruptionCentennial scale

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Thematic Set: Eurasian Climate and Environment
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Quaternary Research , Volume 103 , September 2021 , pp. 130 - 138
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