Filling the Eastern European gap in millennium-long temperature reconstructions

Autoren

Ulf Buentgen
Tomas Kyncl
Christian Ginzler
David S Jacks
Jan Esper
Willy Tegel
Karl-Uwe Heussner
Josef Kyncl

Autoren-URL

https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=fis-test-1&SrcAuth=WosAPI&KeyUT=WOS:000314558100044&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL

DOI

10.1073/pnas.1211485110

Externe Identifier

Clarivate Analytics Document Solution ID: 084RZ
PubMed Identifier: 23319641

ISSN

0027-8424

Ausgabe der Veröffentlichung

5

Zeitschrift

PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Schlüsselwörter

climate change
dendroclimatology
Eastern Europe
human history

Paginierung

1773 - 1778

Datum der Veröffentlichung

2013

Status

Published

Titel

Filling the Eastern European gap in millennium-long temperature reconstructions

Sub types

Article

Ausgabe der Zeitschrift

110

Datenquelle: Web of Science (Lite)

Abstract

Tree ring–based temperature reconstructions form the scientific backbone of the current global change debate. Although some European records extend into medieval times, high-resolution, long-term, regional-scale paleoclimatic evidence is missing for the eastern part of the continent. Here we compile 545 samples of living trees and historical timbers from the greater Tatra region to reconstruct interannual to centennial-long variations in Eastern European May–June temperature back to 1040 AD. Recent anthropogenic warming exceeds the range of past natural climate variability. Increased plague outbreaks and political conflicts, as well as decreased settlement activities, coincided with temperature depressions. The Black Death in the mid-14th century, the Thirty Years War in the early 17th century, and the French Invasion of Russia in the early 19th century all occurred during the coldest episodes of the last millennium. A comparison with summer temperature reconstructions from Scandinavia, the Alps, and the Pyrenees emphasizes the seasonal and spatial specificity of our results, questioning those large-scale reconstructions that simply average individual sites.

Autoren

Ulf Büntgen
Tomáš Kyncl
Christian Ginzler
David S Jacks
Jan Esper
Willy Tegel
Karl-Uwe Heussner
Josef Kyncl

DOI

10.1073/pnas.1211485110

eISSN

1091-6490

ISSN

0027-8424

Ausgabe der Veröffentlichung

5

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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Sprache

en

Online publication date

2013

Paginierung

1773 - 1778

Datum der Veröffentlichung

2013

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Published

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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1211485110

Datum der Datenerfassung

2024

Titel

Filling the Eastern European gap in millennium-long temperature reconstructions

Ausgabe der Zeitschrift

110

Datenquelle: Crossref

Abstract

Tree ring-based temperature reconstructions form the scientific backbone of the current global change debate. Although some European records extend into medieval times, high-resolution, long-term, regional-scale paleoclimatic evidence is missing for the eastern part of the continent. Here we compile 545 samples of living trees and historical timbers from the greater Tatra region to reconstruct interannual to centennial-long variations in Eastern European May-June temperature back to 1040 AD. Recent anthropogenic warming exceeds the range of past natural climate variability. Increased plague outbreaks and political conflicts, as well as decreased settlement activities, coincided with temperature depressions. The Black Death in the mid-14th century, the Thirty Years War in the early 17th century, and the French Invasion of Russia in the early 19th century all occurred during the coldest episodes of the last millennium. A comparison with summer temperature reconstructions from Scandinavia, the Alps, and the Pyrenees emphasizes the seasonal and spatial specificity of our results, questioning those large-scale reconstructions that simply average individual sites.

Addresses

Swiss Federal Research Institute Wald, Schnee und Landschaft, 8903 Birmensdorf, Switzerland. buentgen@wsl.ch

Autoren

Ulf Büntgen
Tomáš Kyncl
Christian Ginzler
David S Jacks
Jan Esper
Willy Tegel
Karl-Uwe Heussner
Josef Kyncl

DOI

10.1073/pnas.1211485110

eISSN

1091-6490

Externe Identifier

PubMed Identifier: 23319641
PubMed Central ID: PMC3562834

Open access

false

ISSN

0027-8424

Ausgabe der Veröffentlichung

5

Zeitschrift

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Schlüsselwörter

Humans
Larix
Trees
Ecology
Ecosystem
Temperature
Climate
Seasons
Geography
Time Factors
Wood
Europe, Eastern
Climate Change

Sprache

eng

Medium

Print-Electronic

Online publication date

2013

Paginierung

1773 - 1778

Datum der Veröffentlichung

2013

Status

Published

Datum der Datenerfassung

2013

Titel

Filling the Eastern European gap in millennium-long temperature reconstructions.

Sub types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
research-article
Journal Article

Ausgabe der Zeitschrift

110

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Datenquelle: Europe PubMed Central

Abstract

Tree ring-based temperature reconstructions form the scientific backbone of the current global change debate. Although some European records extend into medieval times, high-resolution, long-term, regional-scale paleoclimatic evidence is missing for the eastern part of the continent. Here we compile 545 samples of living trees and historical timbers from the greater Tatra region to reconstruct interannual to centennial-long variations in Eastern European May-June temperature back to 1040 AD. Recent anthropogenic warming exceeds the range of past natural climate variability. Increased plague outbreaks and political conflicts, as well as decreased settlement activities, coincided with temperature depressions. The Black Death in the mid-14th century, the Thirty Years War in the early 17th century, and the French Invasion of Russia in the early 19th century all occurred during the coldest episodes of the last millennium. A comparison with summer temperature reconstructions from Scandinavia, the Alps, and the Pyrenees emphasizes the seasonal and spatial specificity of our results, questioning those large-scale reconstructions that simply average individual sites.

Autoren

Ulf Büntgen
Tomáš Kyncl
Christian Ginzler
David S Jacks
Jan Esper
Willy Tegel
Karl-Uwe Heussner
Josef Kyncl

Autoren-URL

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23319641

DOI

10.1073/pnas.1211485110

eISSN

1091-6490

Externe Identifier

PubMed Central ID: PMC3562834

Ausgabe der Veröffentlichung

5

Zeitschrift

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A

Schlüsselwörter

Climate
Climate Change
Ecology
Ecosystem
Europe, Eastern
Geography
Humans
Larix
Seasons
Temperature
Time Factors
Trees
Wood

Sprache

eng

Country

United States

Paginierung

1773 - 1778

PII

1211485110

Datum der Veröffentlichung

2013

Status

Published

Datum, an dem der Datensatz öffentlich gemacht wurde

2013

Titel

Filling the Eastern European gap in millennium-long temperature reconstructions.

Sub types

Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Ausgabe der Zeitschrift

110

Datenquelle: PubMed

Filling the Eastern European gap in millennium-long temperature reconstructions

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