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Vegetation feedback causes delayed ecosystem response to East Asian Summer Monsoon Rainfall during the Holocene

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  • Jun Cheng

    (Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology)

  • Haibin Wu

    (Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
    CAS Center for Excellence in Life and Paleoenvironment
    University of Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Zhengyu Liu

    (The Ohio State University)

  • Peng Gu

    (Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology)

  • Jingjing Wang

    (Nanjing University)

  • Cheng Zhao

    (Nanjing University
    CAS Center for Excellence in Quaternary Science and Global Change)

  • Qin Li

    (Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Haishan Chen

    (Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology)

  • Huayu Lu

    (Nanjing University)

  • Haibo Hu

    (Nanjing University)

  • Yu Gao

    (Peking University)

  • Miao Yu

    (Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology)

  • Yaoming Song

    (Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology)

Abstract

One long-standing issue in the paleoclimate records is whether East Asian Summer Monsoon peaked in the early Holocene or mid-Holocene. Here, combining a set of transient earth system model simulations with proxy records, we propose that, over northern China, monsoon rainfall peaked in the early Holocene, while soil moisture and tree cover peaked in the mid-Holocene. The delayed ecosystem (soil moisture and tree cover) response to rainfall is caused by the vegetation response to winter warming and the subsequent feedback with soil moisture. Our study provides a mechanism for reconciling different evolution behaviors of monsoon proxy records; it sheds light on the driving mechanism of the monsoon evolution and monsoon-ecosystem feedback over northern China, with implications to climate changes in other high climate sensitivity regions over the globe.

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  • Jun Cheng & Haibin Wu & Zhengyu Liu & Peng Gu & Jingjing Wang & Cheng Zhao & Qin Li & Haishan Chen & Huayu Lu & Haibo Hu & Yu Gao & Miao Yu & Yaoming Song, 2021. "Vegetation feedback causes delayed ecosystem response to East Asian Summer Monsoon Rainfall during the Holocene," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 12(1), pages 1-9, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:12:y:2021:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-021-22087-2
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-22087-2
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    1. Ying Cheng & Yue Han & Hongyan Liu, 2022. "Relative tree cover does not indicate a lagged Holocene forest response to monsoon rainfall," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 13(1), pages 1-3, December.

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