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Diverse manifestations of the mid-Pleistocene climate transition

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  • Youbin Sun

    (Chinese Academy of Sciences
    Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Qiuzhen Yin

    (Université Catholique de Louvain)

  • Michel Crucifix

    (Université Catholique de Louvain)

  • Steven C. Clemens

    (Brown University)

  • Pablo Araya-Melo

    (Université Catholique de Louvain)

  • Weiguo Liu

    (Chinese Academy of Sciences
    Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Xiaoke Qiang

    (Chinese Academy of Sciences
    Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Qingsong Liu

    (Southern University of Science and Technology)

  • Hui Zhao

    (Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Lianji Liang

    (Beijing University of Technology)

  • Hongyun Chen

    (Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences)

  • Ying Li

    (Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Li Zhang

    (Chinese Academy of Sciences
    Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Accelerator Mass Spectrometry Technology and Application)

  • Guocheng Dong

    (Chinese Academy of Sciences
    Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Accelerator Mass Spectrometry Technology and Application)

  • Ming Li

    (Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Weijian Zhou

    (Chinese Academy of Sciences
    Chinese Academy of Sciences
    Beijing Normal University)

  • Andre Berger

    (Université Catholique de Louvain)

  • Zhisheng An

    (Chinese Academy of Sciences
    Chinese Academy of Sciences
    Pilot National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology (Qingdao))

Abstract

The mid-Pleistocene transition (MPT) is widely recognized as a shift in paleoclimatic periodicity from 41- to 100-kyr cycles, which largely reflects integrated changes in global ice volume, sea level, and ocean temperature from the marine realm. However, much less is known about monsoon-induced terrestrial vegetation change across the MPT. Here, on the basis of a 1.7-million-year δ13C record of loess carbonates from the Chinese Loess Plateau, we document a unique MPT reflecting terrestrial vegetation changes from a dominant 23-kyr periodicity before 1.2 Ma to combined 100, 41, and 23-kyr cycles after 0.7 Ma, very different from the conventional MPT characteristics. Model simulations further reveal that the MPT transition likely reflects decreased sensitivity of monsoonal hydroclimate to insolation forcing as the Northern Hemisphere became increasingly glaciated through the MPT. Our proxy-model comparison suggests varied responses of temperature and precipitation to astronomical forcing under different ice/CO2 boundary conditions, which greatly improves our understanding of monsoon variability and dynamics from the natural past to the anthropogenic future.

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  • Youbin Sun & Qiuzhen Yin & Michel Crucifix & Steven C. Clemens & Pablo Araya-Melo & Weiguo Liu & Xiaoke Qiang & Qingsong Liu & Hui Zhao & Lianji Liang & Hongyun Chen & Ying Li & Li Zhang & Guocheng Do, 2019. "Diverse manifestations of the mid-Pleistocene climate transition," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 10(1), pages 1-11, December.
  • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:10:y:2019:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-018-08257-9
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-08257-9
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    1. Hong Ao & Eelco J. Rohling & Ran Zhang & Andrew P. Roberts & Ann E. Holbourn & Jean-Baptiste Ladant & Guillaume Dupont-Nivet & Wolfgang Kuhnt & Peng Zhang & Feng Wu & Mark J. Dekkers & Qingsong Liu & , 2021. "Global warming-induced Asian hydrological climate transition across the Miocene–Pliocene boundary," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 12(1), pages 1-13, December.
    2. Yukun Zheng & Hongyan Liu & Huan Yang & Hongya Wang & Wenjie Zhao & Zeyu Zhang & Miao Huang & Weihang Liu, 2022. "Decoupled Asian monsoon intensity and precipitation during glacial-interglacial transitions on the Chinese Loess Plateau," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 13(1), pages 1-13, December.
    3. Li Gong & Ann Holbourn & Wolfgang Kuhnt & Bradley Opdyke & Yan Zhang & Ana Christina Ravelo & Peng Zhang & Jian Xu & Kenji Matsuzaki & Ivano Aiello & Sebastian Beil & Nils Andersen, 2023. "Middle Pleistocene re-organization of Australian Monsoon," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 14(1), pages 1-14, December.
    4. Xusheng Li & Yuwen Zhou & Zhiyong Han & Xiaokang Yuan & Shuangwen Yi & Yuqiang Zeng & Lisha Qin & Ming Lu & Huayu Lu, 2024. "Loess deposits in the low latitudes of East Asia reveal the ~20-kyr precipitation cycle," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 15(1), pages 1-10, December.
    5. María Fernanda Sánchez Goñi & Thomas Extier & Josué M. Polanco-Martínez & Coralie Zorzi & Teresa Rodrigues & André Bahr, 2023. "Moist and warm conditions in Eurasia during the last glacial of the Middle Pleistocene Transition," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 14(1), pages 1-10, December.
    6. Hong Ao & Diederik Liebrand & Mark J. Dekkers & Andrew P. Roberts & Tara N. Jonell & Zhangdong Jin & Yougui Song & Qingsong Liu & Qiang Sun & Xinxia Li & Chunju Huang & Xiaoke Qiang & Peng Zhang, 2024. "Orbital- and millennial-scale Asian winter monsoon variability across the Pliocene–Pleistocene glacial intensification," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 15(1), pages 1-10, December.

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