On the 'divergence problem'in northern forests: a review of the tree-ring evidence and possible causes

R D'Arrigo, R Wilson, B Liepert, P Cherubini - Global and planetary change, 2008 - Elsevier
An anomalous reduction in forest growth indices and temperature sensitivity has been
detected in tree-ring width and density records from many circumpolar northern latitude sites …

Challenges and perspectives for large‐scale temperature reconstructions of the past two millennia

B Christiansen, FC Ljungqvist - Reviews of Geophysics, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Knowledge of the temperature variability during the last one to two millennia is
important for providing a perspective to present‐day climate excursions, for assessing the …

Recent European drought extremes beyond Common Era background variability

U Büntgen, O Urban, PJ Krusic, M Rybníček… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Europe's recent summer droughts have had devastating ecological and economic
consequences, but the severity and cause of these extremes remain unclear. Here we …

Consistent multidecadal variability in global temperature reconstructions and simulations over the Common Era

Nature geoscience, 2019 - nature.com
Multidecadal surface temperature changes may be forced by natural as well as
anthropogenic factors, or arise unforced from the climate system. Distinguishing these …

Temperature as a potent driver of regional forest drought stress and tree mortality

A Park Williams, CD Allen, AK Macalady… - Nature climate …, 2013 - nature.com
As the climate changes, drought may reduce tree productivity and survival across many
forest ecosystems; however, the relative influence of specific climate parameters on forest …

No growth stimulation of Canada's boreal forest under half-century of combined warming and CO2 fertilization

MP Girardin, O Bouriaud, EH Hogg… - Proceedings of the …, 2016 - National Acad Sciences
Considerable evidence exists that current global temperatures are higher than at any time
during the past millennium. However, the long-term impacts of rising temperatures and …

[BUCH][B] Fundamentals of tree-ring research

JH Speer - 2010 - books.google.com
Tree-ring dating (dendrochronology) is a method of scientific dating based on the analysis of
tree-ring growth patterns. As author James Speer notes, trees are remarkable bioindicators …

ModE-RA: a global monthly paleo-reanalysis of the modern era 1421 to 2008

V Valler, J Franke, Y Brugnara, E Samakinwa, R Hand… - Scientific data, 2024 - nature.com
Abstract The Modern Era Reanalysis (ModE-RA) is a global monthly paleo-reanalysis
covering the period between 1421 and 2008. To reconstruct past climate fields an offline …

The influence of decision-making in tree ring-based climate reconstructions

U Büntgen, K Allen, KJ Anchukaitis… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Tree-ring chronologies underpin the majority of annually-resolved reconstructions of
Common Era climate. However, they are derived using different datasets and techniques …

Recent waning snowpack in the Alps is unprecedented in the last six centuries

M Carrer, R Dibona, AL Prendin, M Brunetti - Nature Climate Change, 2023 - nature.com
Snow cover in high-latitude and high-altitude regions has strong effects on the Earth's
climate, environmental processes and socio-economic activities. Over the last 50 years, the …