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Winter–spring warming in the North Atlantic during the last 2000 years: evidence from southwest Iceland
Department of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences, Brown
University, Providence, RI 02912, USA
The Josephine Bay Paul Center for Comparative Molecular Biology and
Evolution, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA 02543, USA
James M. Russell
Department of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences, Brown
University, Providence, RI 02912, USA
Johanna Garfinkel
Department of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences, Brown
University, Providence, RI 02912, USA
Yongsong Huang
Department of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences, Brown
University, Providence, RI 02912, USA
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Short summary
We present a reconstruction of winter–spring temperatures developed using organic proxies preserved in well-dated lake sediments from southwest Iceland to assess seasonal temperature changes in the North Atlantic region over the last 2000 years. The gradual warming trend observed in our record is likely influenced by sea surface temperatures, which are sensitive to changes in ocean circulation and seasonal insolation, during the winter and spring season.
We present a reconstruction of winter–spring temperatures developed using organic proxies...
