Progress and uncertainties in global and hemispheric temperature reconstructions of the Common Era

KJ Anchukaitis, JE Smerdon - Quaternary Science Reviews, 2022 - Elsevier
Global and hemispheric temperature reconstructions provide an important means of placing
recent anthropogenic temperature trends in the context of preindustrial climate variations …

Dendroarchaeology in Europe

W Tegel, B Muigg, G Skiadaresis… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Human evolution was strongly related to environmental factors. Woodlands and their
products played a key role in the production of tools and weapons, and provided unique …

Fennoscandian tree-ring anatomy shows a warmer modern than medieval climate

J Björklund, K Seftigen, M Stoffel, MV Fonti, S Kottlow… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Earth system models and various climate proxy sources indicate global warming is
unprecedented during at least the Common Era. However, tree-ring proxies often estimate …

[HTML][HTML] Prominent role of volcanism in Common Era climate variability and human history

U Büntgen, D Arseneault, É Boucher, OV Churakova… - …, 2020 - Elsevier
Climate reconstructions for the Common Era are compromised by the paucity of annually-
resolved and absolutely-dated proxy records prior to medieval times. Where reconstructions …

Increasing prevalence of hot drought across western North America since the 16th century

KE King, ER Cook, KJ Anchukaitis, BI Cook… - Science …, 2024 - science.org
Across western North America (WNA), 20th-21st century anthropogenic warming has
increased the prevalence and severity of concurrent drought and heat events, also termed …

[HTML][HTML] Recent summer warming over the western Mediterranean region is unprecedented since medieval times

U Büntgen, F Reinig, A Verstege, A Piermattei… - Global and Planetary …, 2024 - Elsevier
Contextualising anthropogenic warming and investigating linkages between past climate
variability and human history require high-resolution temperature reconstructions that …

A pseudoproxy emulation of the PAGES 2k database using a hierarchy of proxy system models

F Zhu, J Emile-Geay, KJ Anchukaitis, NP McKay… - Scientific Data, 2023 - nature.com
Paleoclimate reconstructions are now integral to climate assessments, yet the
consequences of using different methodologies and proxy data require rigorous …

Growth-ring boundaries of tropical tree species: Aiding delimitation by long histological sections and wood density profiles

MT Quintilhan, L Santini Jr, DRO Rodriguez… - …, 2021 - Elsevier
Recent methodological advances have opened new perspectives for tropical
dendrochonological studies by facilitating the visualization, delimitation, and analyses of …

Using Blue Intensity from drought-sensitive Pinus sylvestris in Fennoscandia to improve reconstruction of past hydroclimate variability

K Seftigen, M Fuentes, FC Ljungqvist, J Björklund - Climate dynamics, 2020 - Springer
High-resolution hydroclimate proxy records are essential for distinguishing natural
hydroclimate variability from possible anthropogenically-forced changes, since instrumental …

Lunar eclipses illuminate timing and climate impact of medieval volcanism

S Guillet, C Corona, C Oppenheimer, F Lavigne… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Explosive volcanism is a key contributor to climate variability on interannual to centennial
timescales. Understanding the far-field societal impacts of eruption-forced climatic changes …