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The Holocene temperature conundrum
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Significance: Marine and terrestrial proxy records suggest global cooling during the Late Holocene, following the peak warming of the Holocene Thermal Maximum (∼10 to 6 ka) until the rapid warming induced by increasing anthropogenic greenhouses gases. However, the physical mechanism responsible for this global cooling has remained elusive. Here, we show that climate models simulate a robust global annual mean warming in the Holocene, mainly in response to rising CO 2 and the retreat of ice sheets. This model-data inconsistency demands a critical reexamination of both proxy data and models.
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- Liu, Z., Zhu, J., Rosenthal, Y., Zhang, X., Otto-Bliesner, B. L., Timmermann, A., Smith, R. S., Lohmann, G., Zheng, W., & Elison Timm, O.
- Venue
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
- Published
- 2014-08-11
- Volume
- 111
- Issue
- 34
- Pages
- E3501-5
- ISSN
- 0027-8424 (ISSN-L)
- 1091-6490
- OpenAlex
- W2001715338
- Cited by
- 593
- References
- 29
- FWCI
- 10.59
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
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