Westerlies Asia and monsoonal Asia: Spatiotemporal differences in climate change and possible mechanisms on decadal to sub-orbital timescales

F Chen, J Chen, W Huang, S Chen, X Huang, L **… - Earth-science …, 2019‏ - Elsevier
The 'westerlies-dominated climatic regime'(WDCR) in the present interglacial period was
proposed because precipitation/moisture variations between arid central Asia and mid …

The global monsoon across time scales: Mechanisms and outstanding issues

PX Wang, B Wang, H Cheng, J Fasullo, ZT Guo… - Earth-Science …, 2017‏ - Elsevier
The present paper addresses driving mechanisms of global monsoon (GM) variability and
outstanding issues in GM science. This is the second synthesis of the PAGES GM Working …

The Asian monsoon over the past 640,000 years and ice age terminations

H Cheng, RL Edwards, A Sinha, C Spötl, L Yi, S Chen… - nature, 2016‏ - nature.com
Oxygen isotope records from Chinese caves characterize changes in both the Asian
monsoon and global climate. Here, using our new speleothem data, we extend the Chinese …

[HTML][HTML] East Asian summer monsoon precipitation variability since the last deglaciation

F Chen, Q Xu, J Chen, HJB Birks, J Liu, S Zhang… - scientific …, 2015‏ - nature.com
The lack of a precisely-dated, unequivocal climate proxy from northern China, where
precipitation variability is traditionally considered as an East Asian summer monsoon …

Milankovitch theory and monsoon

H Cheng, H Li, L Sha, A Sinha, Z Shi, Q Yin, Z Lu… - The Innovation, 2022‏ - cell.com
The widely accepted" Milankovitch theory" explains insolation-induced waxing and waning
of the ice sheets and their effect on the global climate on orbital timescales. In the past half …

Human activities have reduced plant diversity in eastern China over the last two millennia

X Cao, F Tian, U Herzschuh, J Ni, Q Xu… - Global Change …, 2022‏ - Wiley Online Library
Understanding the history and regional singularities of human impact on vegetation is key to
develo** strategies for sustainable ecosystem management. In this study, fossil and …

Long-term decrease in Asian monsoon rainfall and abrupt climate change events over the past 6,700 years

B Yang, C Qin, A Bräuning, TJ Osborn, V Trouet… - Proceedings of the …, 2021‏ - pnas.org
Asian summer monsoon (ASM) variability and its long-term ecological and societal impacts
extending back to Neolithic times are poorly understood due to a lack of high-resolution …