By synthesizing recent studies employing a wide range of approaches (modern
observations, paleo reconstructions, and climate model simulations), this paper provides a …

The present paper addresses driving mechanisms of global monsoon (GM) variability and
outstanding issues in GM science. This is the second synthesis of the PAGES GM Working …

Oxygen isotope records from Chinese caves characterize changes in both the Asian
monsoon and global climate. Here, using our new speleothem data, we extend the Chinese …

The lack of a precisely-dated, unequivocal climate proxy from northern China, where
precipitation variability is traditionally considered as an East Asian summer monsoon …

The widely accepted" Milankovitch theory" explains insolation-induced waxing and waning
of the ice sheets and their effect on the global climate on orbital timescales. In the past half …

The Younger Dryas (YD), arguably the most widely studied millennial-scale extreme climate
event, was characterized by diverse hydroclimate shifts globally and severe cooling at high …

Atmospheric methane's rapid growth from late 2006 is unprecedented in the observational
record. Assessment of atmospheric methane data attributes a large fraction of this …

We have developed techniques for measuring 234U and 230Th on Faraday cups with
precisions of 1–3 epsilon units (1 ε-unit= 1 part in 104) using multi-collector inductively …

A complete and optimized scheme of lettered marine isotope substages spanning the last
1.0 million years is proposed. Lettered substages for Marine Isotope Stage (MIS) 5 were …

Cosmogenic 10Be flux from the atmosphere is a proxy for rainfall. Using this proxy, we
derived a 550,000-year-long record of East Asian summer monsoon (EASM) rainfall from …