Suborbital- and millennial-scale monsoon variability during Pleistocene interglacials.

ABSTRACT: Observational and modeling results show that the frequency and amplitude of extreme climatic events have increased significantly in the context of global warming. However, whether abrupt climate changes intensified during past warm periods remains poorly constrained due to the lack of high-resolution geological records. Here, we report a 512-m predominantly lacustrine sedimentary record from the Weihe Basin (North China), revealing that lake levels fluctuated significantly on suborbital (half- and quarter-precession) and millennial timescales over the last 2 Ma. Grain-size results reveal that magnitudes of rapid lake level fluctuations increased dramatically during Pleistocene interglacials, differing from glacial amplification of abrupt climate events recorded in North Atlantic marine sed

SUBMITTER: Sun Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12167952 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature