@article{gledocs_11858_11088,
author = {Prud’homme, Charlotte and Scardia, Giancarlo and Vonhof, Hubert and Guinoiseau, Damien and Nigmatova, Saida and Fiebig, Jens and Gerdes, Axel and Janssen, Renee and Fitzsimmons, Kathryn E.},
title = {Central Asian modulation of Northern Hemisphere moisture transfer over the Late Cenozoic},
year = {2021-06-03},
volume = {2},
number = {1},
publisher = {Nature Publishing Group UK},
publisher = {},

abstract = {Earth’s climatic evolution over the last 5 million years is primarily understood from the perspective of marine mechanisms, however, the role of terrestrial feedbacks remains largely unexplored. Here we reconstruct the last 5 million years of soil moisture variability in Central Asia using paleomagnetism data and isotope geochemistry of an 80 m-thick sedimentary succession at Charyn Canyon, Kazakhstan. We identify a long-term trend of increasing aridification throughout the period, along with shorter-term variability related to the interaction between mid-latitude westerlies and the Siberian high-pressure system. This record highlights the long-term contribution of mid-latitude Eurasian terrestrial systems to the modulation of moisture transfer into the Northern Hemisphere oceans and back onto land via westerly air flow. The response of Earth-surface dynamics to Plio-Pleistocene climatic change in Central Asia likely generated terrestrial feedbacks affecting ocean and atmospheric circulation. This missing terrestrial link elucidates the significance of land-water feedbacks for long-term global climate.},
note = { \url {http://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gldocs-11858/11088}},
}