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Basil A. S. Davis

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A Review of 2000 Years of Paleoclimatic Evidence in the Mediterranean

2012

[EN] The integration of climate information from instrumental data and documentary and natural archives; evidence of past human activity derived from historical, paleoecological, and archaeological records; and new climate modeling techniques promises major breakthroughs for our understanding of climate sensitivity, ecological processes, environmental response, and human impact. In this chapter, we review the availability and potential of instrumental data, less well-known written records, and terrestrial and marine natural proxy archives for climate in the Mediterranean region over the last 2000 years. We highlight the need to integrate these different proxy archives and the importance for…

Mediterranean climateGeographyNatural rangeLand useClimatology550 Earth sciences & geologyPaleoclimatologyClimate sensitivityClimate model910 Geography & travelPhysical geographyTemporal scalesProxy (climate)
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The Eurasian Modern Pollen Database (EMPD), version 2

2020

The Eurasian (née European) Modern Pollen Database (EMPD) was established in 2013 to provide a public database of high-quality modern pollen surface samples to help support studies of past climate, land cover, and land use using fossil pollen. The EMPD is part of, and complementary to, the European Pollen Database (EPD) which contains data on fossil pollen found in Late Quaternary sedimentary archives throughout the Eurasian region. The EPD is in turn part of the rapidly growing Neotoma database, which is now the primary home for global palaeoecological data. This paper describes version 2 of the EMPD in which the number of samples held in the database has been increased by 60% from 4826 to…

0106 biological sciencesLAKE CONSTANCE REGIONPalynology Palaeoecology Palaeoclimatology010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciencesHUMAN IMPACTrecent pollen deposition580 Plants (Botany)medicine.disease_cause01 natural sciences2417.10 Paleobotánicarecent pollen deposition[SDV.SA.SF]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Agricultural sciences/Silviculture forestryddc:550SURFACE POLLENSOUTHERN NORWAYSDG 13 - Climate ActionComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUSlcsh:Environmental sciencesSDG 15 - Life on Landlcsh:GE1-3500303 health sciencesCLIMATE-CHANGEGEAPUSENI NATURAL PARKlcsh:QE1-996.5Foundation (engineering)European pollen database[SDV.BV.BOT]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Vegetal Biology/Botanics[SDV.BIBS]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Quantitative Methods [q-bio.QM]EuropeLAST GLACIAL MAXIMUMGeographyNORTHERN IBERIAN PLATEAUpollenGE Environmental Sciences1171 Geosciences010506 paleontology[SDE.MCG]Environmental Sciences/Global ChangesEarth and Planetary Sciences(all)Library scienceClimate change[SDU.STU]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences010603 evolutionary biologypollen; Europe; European pollen database; neotoma03 medical and health sciencesEurasian Modern Pollen Database2502.05 PaleoclimatologíaneotomaPollenmedicineSIERRA-NEVADA[SDU.ENVI]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Continental interfaces environment0105 earth and related environmental sciences030304 developmental biologyBotánicaHOLOCENE VEGETATION HISTORYDAS15. Life on land2416.03 Palinología[SDE.ES]Environmental Sciences/Environmental and Societylcsh:Geology[SDU]Sciences of the Universe [physics]MCPGeneral Earth and Planetary Sciences[SDE.BE]Environmental Sciences/Biodiversity and Ecology
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Regional climate model simulations for Europe at 6 and 0.2 k BP: sensitivity to changes in anthropogenic deforestation

2014

International audience; This study aims to evaluate the direct effects of anthropogenic deforestation on simulated climate at two contrasting periods in the Holocene, ∼ 6 and ∼ 0.2 k BP in Eu-rope. We apply the Rossby Centre regional climate model RCA3, a regional climate model with 50 km spatial resolution, for both time periods, considering three alternative descriptions of the past vegetation: (i) potential natural vegetation (V) simulated by the dynamic vegetation model LPJ-GUESS, (ii) potential vegetation with anthro-pogenic land use (deforestation) from the HYDE3.1 (History Database of the Global Environment) scenario (V + H3.1), and (iii) potential vegetation with anthropogenic land …

VEGETATION DYNAMICSClimate ResearchLAND-COVER CHANGES:Mathematics and natural scienses: 400::Geosciences: 450::Meteorology: 453 [VDP]lcsh:Environmental protectionStratigraphyeducationPotential natural vegetation580 Plants (Botany)Climate modelKlimatforskningNORTHERN SWEDEN:Matematikk og naturvitenskap: 400::Geofag: 450::Meteorologi: 453 [VDP]lcsh:Environmental pollutionDeforestationEvapotranspirationlcsh:TD169-171.8anthropogenic deforestationlcsh:Environmental sciencesHolocene1172 Environmental sciencesddc:910HOLOCENE CLIMATElcsh:GE1-350Global and Planetary ChangeLand useHolocene:Mathematics and natural scienses: 400::Zoology and botany: 480::Vegetation history: 495 [VDP]IBERIAN PENINSULAPaleontologyVegetation[SHS.GEO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Geography15. Life on landAlbedoLAKE-LEVEL FLUCTUATIONSEuropeLAST GLACIAL MAXIMUMRegional climate; deforestation; Europe13. Climate actionPOLLEN DATAClimatologylcsh:TD172-193.5[SDE]Environmental SciencesSURFACE CLIMATEBALTIC SEAClimate model:Matematikk og naturvitenskap: 400::Zoologiske og botaniske fag: 480::Vegetasjonshistorie: 495 [VDP]
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