[HTML][HTML] Ranking of tree-ring based hydroclimate reconstructions of the past millennium

FC Ljungqvist, A Piermattei, A Seim, PJ Krusic… - Quaternary Science …, 2020 - Elsevier
To place recent hydroclimate changes, including drought occurrences, in a long-term
historical context, tree-ring records serve as an important natural archive. Here, we evaluate …

Marine climate in the Irish Sea: analysis of a 489-year marine master chronology derived from growth increments in the shell of the clam Arctica islandica

PG Butler, CA Richardson, JD Scourse… - Quaternary Science …, 2010 - Elsevier
We demonstrate here that the growth increment variability in the shell of the long-lived
bivalve mollusc Arctica islandica can be interpreted as an indicator of marine environmental …

Variability of marine climate on the North Icelandic Shelf in a 1357-year proxy archive based on growth increments in the bivalve Arctica islandica

PG Butler, AD Wanamaker Jr, JD Scourse… - Palaeogeography …, 2013 - Elsevier
A multicentennial and absolutely-dated shell-based chronology for the marine environment
of the North Icelandic Shelf has been constructed using annual growth increments in the …

Diverse relationships between forest growth and the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index at a global scale

SM Vicente-Serrano, JJ Camarero, JM Olano… - Remote Sensing of …, 2016 - Elsevier
This study compared the densest available database of tree-ring growth with the longest
Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) information available at the global scale to …

Temporal changes in the climate sensitivity of Norway spruce and European beech along an elevation gradient in Central Europe

T Kolář, P Čermák, M Trnka, T Žid… - Agricultural and Forest …, 2017 - Elsevier
Norway spruce has experienced unprecedented forest declines in recent decades, leading
to extensive salvage logging. Currently, because of the conversion of conifer forests into …

Rising synchrony controls western North American ecosystems

BA Black, P van der Sleen, E Di Lorenzo… - Global change …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Along the western margin of North America, the winter expression of the North Pacific High
(NPH) strongly influences interannual variability in coastal upwelling, storm track position …

Surface changes in the North Atlantic meridional overturning circulation during the last millennium

AD Wanamaker Jr, PG Butler, JD Scourse… - Nature …, 2012 - nature.com
Despite numerous investigations, the dynamical origins of the Medieval Climate Anomaly
and the Little Ice Age remain uncertain. A major unresolved issue relating to internal climate …

Diverse growth trends and climate responses across Eurasia's boreal forest

L Hellmann, L Agafonov, FC Ljungqvist… - Environmental …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
The area covered by boreal forests accounts for∼ 16% of the global and 22% of the
Northern Hemisphere landmass. Changes in the productivity and functioning of this …

The value of crossdating to retain high‐frequency variability, climate signals, and extreme events in environmental proxies

BA Black, D Griffin, P van der Sleen… - Global change …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
High‐resolution biogenic and geologic proxies in which one increment or layer is formed per
year are crucial to describing natural ranges of environmental variability in Earth's physical …

The significance of climate variability on early modern European grain prices

FC Ljungqvist, P Thejll, B Christiansen, A Seim, C Hartl… - Cliometrica, 2022 - Springer
Grain was the most important food source in early modern Europe (c. 1500–1800), and its
price influenced the entire economy. The extent to which climate variability determined grain …