Late-Holocene: Cooler or warmer?

Wanner, Heinz (2021). Late-Holocene: Cooler or warmer? The Holocene, 31(9), pp. 1501-1506. Sage 10.1177/09596836211019106

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Early studies on the evolution of glaciers argue that the warm Early Holocene transitioned into a Late-Holocene Neoglacial, with numerous glacial advances due to decreasing solar forcing in the boreal summer. The assumption of decreasing temperatures based on the glacier studies was supported by several proxy-based reconstructions as well as by simulations. Under the keyword “Holocene temperature conundrum” this fact is questioned. In particular, it is argued that the proxy studies are biased on time series dominated by a seasonal bias in the form of predominant summer temperatures (mainly marine). After a presentation of the facts, the weaknesses of both hypotheses (cooler or warmer) are briefly presented.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

10 Strategic Research Centers > Oeschger Centre for Climate Change Research (OCCR)
08 Faculty of Science > Institute of Geography > Physical Geography > Unit Climatology
08 Faculty of Science > Institute of Geography
08 Faculty of Science > Institute of Geography > Physical Geography

UniBE Contributor:

Wanner, Heinz

Subjects:

500 Science > 550 Earth sciences & geology
900 History > 910 Geography & travel

ISSN:

0959-6836

Publisher:

Sage

Language:

English

Submitter:

Thomas Jürg Reist

Date Deposited:

21 Jul 2021 13:23

Last Modified:

05 Dec 2022 15:51

Publisher DOI:

10.1177/09596836211019106

BORIS DOI:

10.48350/157353

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/157353

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