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Enhanced Mediterranean water cycle explains increased humidity during MIS 3 in North Africa
Mike Rogerson
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
School of Environmental Sciences, University of Hull, Cottingham Road,
Hull, HU6 7RX, UK
Yuri Dublyansky
Institute of Geology, University of Innsbruck, Innrain 52, 6020
Innsbruck, Austria
Dirk L. Hoffmann
Department of Human Evolution, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary
Anthropology, Deutscher Platz 6, 04103, Leipzig, Germany
Marc Luetscher
Institute of Geology, University of Innsbruck, Innrain 52, 6020
Innsbruck, Austria
Swiss Institute for Speleology and Karst Studies (ISSKA), Rue de la Serre 68,
2300 La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland
Paul Töchterle
Institute of Geology, University of Innsbruck, Innrain 52, 6020
Innsbruck, Austria
Christoph Spötl
Institute of Geology, University of Innsbruck, Innrain 52, 6020
Innsbruck, Austria
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Short summary
Rainfall in North Africa is known to vary through time and is likely to change as global climate warms. Here, we provide a new level of understanding about past rainfall in North Africa by looking at a stalagmite which formed within northeastern Libya between 67 and 30 thousand years ago. We find that at times more rain falls, and the associated moisture is mostly derived from the western Mediterranean during winter storms. Sometimes, water comes from the eastern Mediterranean.
Rainfall in North Africa is known to vary through time and is likely to change as global climate...
