Natural dust is often associated with hot, subtropical deserts, but significant dust events have
been reported from cold, high latitudes. This review synthesizes current understanding of …

Paleohydrological data from the African tropics and subtropics, including lake, groundwater
and speleothem records, are reviewed to show how environments and climates from both …

Evidence from North Atlantic deep sea cores reveals that abrupt shifts punctuated what is
conventionally thought to have been a relatively stable Holocene climate. During each of …

The evidence for the Little Ice Age, the most important fluctuation in global climate in
historical times, is most dramatically represented by the advance of mountain glaciers in the …

EPISODES of massive iceberg release (Heinrich events) 1-3 into the North Atlantic Ocean
during the last glaciation were associated with recurring episodes of unusually cold North …

Greenland ice-core records provide an exceptionally clear picture of many aspects of abrupt
climate changes, and particularly of those associated with the Younger Dryas event, as …

A prominent, abrupt climate event about 8200 years ago brought generally cold and dry
conditions to broad northern-hemisphere regions especially in wintertime, in response to a …

The Holocene provides students, researchers and lay-readers with the remarkable story of
how the natural world has been transformed since the end of the last Ice Age around 15,000 …

High-resolution studies of North Atlantic deep sea cores demonstrate that prominent
increases in iceberg calving recurred at intervals of 2000 to 3000 years, much more …

The Greenland Ice Sheet Project 2 glaciochemical series (sodium, potassium, ammonium,
calcium, magnesium, sulfate, nitrate, and chloride) provides a unique view of the chemistry …