Paleoclimatology

Quantifying the response of vegetation to climate change across timescales
Climate and ecosystems exhibit dynamic behavior across various timescales. Existing studies often focus on individual timescales when …
David Fastovich, Stephen R. Meyers, Erin E. Saupe, John W. Williams, Maria Dornelas, Elizabeth M. Dowding, Seth Finnegan, Huai-Hsuan M. Huang, Lukas Jonkers, Wolfgang Kiessling, Ádám T. Kocsis, Qijian Li, Lee Hsiang Liow, Lin Na, Amelia M. Penny, Kate Pippenger, Johan Renaudie, Marina C. Rillo, Jansen Smith, Manuel J. Steinbauer, Mauro Sugawara, Adam Tomašovỳch, Moriaki Yasuhara, Pincelli M. Hull
Quantifying the response of vegetation to climate change across timescales
Large-scale sea surface temperature gradients govern westerly moisture transport in western Ecuador during the Plio-Pleistocene
This study reconstruct past atmospheric circulation in the eastern equatorial tropical Pacific using leaf wax biomarkers from ODP1239 and reveals that westerly winds in this region were weaker during the Pliocene, a geologic epoch with simimlar CO$_2$ concentrations to today.
David Fastovich, Tripti Bhattacharya, Ran Feng, Natalie J. Burls, Scott Knap, Theodor Mayer, Lina C. Pérez-Angel
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Large-scale sea surface temperature gradients govern westerly moisture transport in western Ecuador during the Plio-Pleistocene
Legacies of millennial-scale climate oscillations in contemporary biodiversity in eastern North America
The Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (AMOC) has caused significant climate changes over the past 90,000 years. Prior work …
David Fastovich, Volker C. Radeloff, Benjamin Zuckerberg, John W. Williams
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Legacies of millennial-scale climate oscillations in contemporary biodiversity in eastern North America
Roles of climatic and anthropogenic factors in shaping Holocene vegetation and fire regimes in Great Dismal Swamp, eastern USA
The Great Dismal Swamp wetland, spanning >400 km2 along the Virginia and North Carolina border, was shaped by a complex combination …
Debra A. Willard, Miriam C. Jones, Jay Alder, David Fastovich, Kristen E. Hoefke, Robert K. Poirier, Fred C. Wurster
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Roles of climatic and anthropogenic factors in shaping Holocene vegetation and fire regimes in Great Dismal Swamp, eastern USA
Spatial fingerprints and mechanisms of precipitation and temperature changes during the Younger Dryas in eastern North America
Here we seek to establish the spatial fingerprints of precipitation and temperature changes in eastern North America during the Younger …
David Fastovich, James M. Russell, Shaun A. Marcott, John W. Williams
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Spatial fingerprints and mechanisms of precipitation and temperature changes during the Younger Dryas in eastern North America
Patterns, mechanisms, and legacies of abrupt climate change: examining the Younger Dryas in eastern North America
Increasing global temperatures from anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions are driving widespread climatological and ecological changes …
David Fastovich
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Spatial Fingerprint of Younger Dryas Cooling and Warming in Eastern North America
Abstract The Younger Dryas (YD, 12.9-11.7 ka) is the most recent, near-global interval of abrupt climate change with rates similar to …
David Fastovich, James M. Russell, Stephen T. Jackson, Teresa R. Krause, Shaun A. Marcott, John W. Williams
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Spatial Fingerprint of Younger Dryas Cooling and Warming in Eastern North America
Deglacial Temperature Controls on No-Analog Community Establishment in the Great Lakes Region
Understanding the drivers of vegetation dynamics and no-analog communities in eastern North America is hampered by a scarcity of …
David Fastovich, James M. Russell, Stephen T. Jackson, John W. Williams
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Deglacial Temperature Controls on No-Analog Community Establishment in the Great Lakes Region
Temperature Controls on No-Analog Community Establishment in the Great Lakes Region
Temperature reconstructions in eastern North America from pollen are rife in the literature, but these reconstructions cannot be used …
David Fastovich
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