What we talk about when we talk about seasonality–A transdisciplinary review

O Kwiecien, T Braun, CF Brunello, P Faulkner… - Earth-Science …, 2022 - Elsevier
The role of seasonality is indisputable in climate and ecosystem dynamics. Seasonal
temperature and precipitation variability are of vital importance for the availability of food …

Holocene moisture changes in western China, Central Asia, inferred from stalagmites

Y Cai, JCH Chiang, SFM Breitenbach, L Tan… - Quaternary Science …, 2017 - Elsevier
Central Asia lies at the convergence between the Mediterranean and Asian monsoon
climates, and there is a complex interaction between the westerlies with the monsoon to …

Formal ratification of the subdivision of the Holocene Series/Epoch (Quaternary System/Period): two new Global Boundary Stratotype Sections and Points (GSSPs) …

M Walker, MJ Head, M Berkelhammer… - Episodes Journal of …, 2018 - episodes.org
The Holocene is probably the most intensively studied series/epoch within the geological
record, and embodies a wide array of geomorphological, climatic, biotic and archaeological …

Climate variations of Central Asia on orbital to millennial timescales

H Cheng, C Spötl, SFM Breitenbach, A Sinha… - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
The extent to which climate variability in Central Asia is causally linked to large-scale
changes in the Asian monsoon on varying timescales remains a longstanding question …

Protracted Indian monsoon droughts of the past millennium and their societal impacts

G Kathayat, A Sinha… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
Protracted droughts lasting years to decades constitute severe threats to human welfare
across the Indian subcontinent. Such events are, however, rare during the instrumental …

Centennial-to decadal-scale monsoon precipitation variations in the upper Hanjiang River region, China over the past 6650 years

L Tan, Y Cai, H Cheng, LR Edwards, Y Gao… - Earth and Planetary …, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract The upper Hanjiang River region is the recharge area of the middle route of South-
to-North Water Transfer Project. The region is under construction of the Hanjiang-Weihe …

Rainfall variations in central Indo-Pacific over the past 2,700 y

L Tan, CC Shen, L Löwemark… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - National Acad Sciences
Tropical rainfall variability is closely linked to meridional shifts of the Intertropical
Convergence Zone (ITCZ) and zonal movements of the Walker circulation. The …

The SISAL database: a global resource to document oxygen and carbon isotope records from speleothems

K Atsawawaranunt, L Comas-Bru… - Earth System …, 2018 - essd.copernicus.org
Stable isotope records from speleothems provide information on past climate changes, most
particularly information that can be used to reconstruct past changes in precipitation and …

[HTML][HTML] Evaluating the timing and structure of the 4.2 ka event in the Indian summer monsoon domain from an annually resolved speleothem record from Northeast …

G Kathayat, H Cheng, A Sinha… - Climate of the …, 2018 - cp.copernicus.org
A large array of proxy records suggests that the “4.2 ka event” marks an approximately 300-
year long period (∼ 3.9 to 4.2 ka) of major climate change across the globe. However, the …

See–saw relationship of the Holocene East Asian–Australian summer monsoon

D Eroglu, FH McRobie, I Ozken, T Stemler… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
Abstract The East Asian–Indonesian–Australian summer monsoon (EAIASM) links the
Earth's hemispheres and provides a heat source that drives global circulation. At seasonal …