Glacial changes in sea level modulated millennial-scale variability of Southeast Asian autumn monsoon rainfall

EW Patterson, KR Johnson, ML Griffiths… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - pnas.org
Most paleoclimate studies of Mainland Southeast Asia hydroclimate focus on the summer
monsoon, with few studies investigating rainfall in other seasons. Here, we present a …

[HTML][HTML] SISALv3: a global speleothem stable isotope and trace element database

N Kaushal, FA Lechleitner, M Wilhelm… - … system science data, 2024 - essd.copernicus.org
Palaeoclimate information on multiple climate variables at different spatiotemporal scales is
becoming increasingly important to understand environmental and societal responses to …

[HTML][HTML] Hydroclimate modulation of central-eastern Mexico by the North Atlantic subtropical high since the little ice age

P Piacsek, JP Bernal… - Quaternary Science …, 2024 - Elsevier
We reconstructed the hydroclimate of central-eastern Mexico over the last 700 common era
(CE) based on inferences from multi-proxies from a stalagmite (K-Inc) collected at Karmidas …

Decline in seasonal predictability potentially destabilized Classic Maya societies

T Braun, SFM Breitenbach, V Skiba… - … earth & environment, 2023 - nature.com
Classic Maya populations living in peri-urban states were highly dependent on seasonally
distributed rainfall for reliable surplus crop yields. Despite intense study of the potential …

Northeastern Caribbean rainfall variability linked to solar and volcanic forcing

R Vieten, SF Warken, D Zanchettin… - Paleoceanography …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
We present a 500‐year precipitation‐sensitive record based on co‐varying speleothem
δ18O values and Mg/Ca ratios from Larga cave in Puerto Rico. This multi‐proxy record …

Interannual variability in the coastal zones of the Gulf of California

E Palacios-Hernández, JM Montes-Aréchiga… - Climate, 2023 - mdpi.com
Few studies have explored the details of climatology in the Gulf of California (GoC) coastal
zone, a region characterized by robust land–sea breeze circulation that results from land …

Incoherency in Central American hydroclimate proxy records spanning the last millennium

J Obrist‐Farner, BA Steinman… - Paleoceanography …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Continued global warming is expected to result in reduced precipitation and a drier climate
in Central America. Projections of future changes are highly uncertain, however, due to the …

A comparative study of cave system calcium isotope ratios: Implications for quantitative reconstruction of paleorainfall from speleothems

CB de Wet, EM Griffith, AM Erhardt… - Geochemistry …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Variations in speleothem calcium isotope ratios (δ44Ca) are thought to be uniquely
controlled by prior carbonate precipitation (PCP) above a drip site and, when calibrated with …

Assessing Matrix and Nonmatrix, Single, and Multipoint Calibration of Trace Elements Using LA‐ICP‐MS on a Tropical Speleothem

N Sekhon, A Gao, S Mallick, JW Partin… - Rapid …, 2025 - Wiley Online Library
Rationale Suites of trace elements are routinely used in speleothems as proxies to
understand periods of past climate change. Laser ablation techniques are regularly …