Articles | Volume 21, issue 4
https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-21-773-2025
https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-21-773-2025
Research article
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10 Apr 2025
Research article |  | 10 Apr 2025

Pattern scaling of simulated vegetation change in northern Africa during glacial cycles

Mateo Duque-Villegas, Martin Claussen, Thomas Kleinen, Jürgen Bader, and Christian H. Reick

Data sets

Post-processed data and scripts for "Pattern scaling of simulated vegetation change in North Africa during glacial cycles" Mateo Duque-Villegas https://doi.org/10.17617/3.HQTV1J

Sediment total reflectance measurements from the Cariaco Basin (MD03-2621) and northeastern Arabian Sea (SO130-289KL) Gaudenz Deplazes et al. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.815882

NOAA/WDS Paleoclimatology - Gulf of Aden 200,000 Year Stable Isotope and Alkenone SST Data Jessica E. Tierney et al. https://doi.org/10.25921/k92a-8583

Clay mineralogy of three sediment cores from the Eastern Mediterranean Sea Werner Ehrmann and Gerhard Schmiedl https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.923491

NOAA/WDS Paleoclimatology - EPICA Dome C - 800KYr Methane Data Laetitia Loulergue et al. https://doi.org/10.25921/gfsj-jc86

NOAA/WDS Paleoclimatology - EPICA Dome C - 800KYr CO2 Data Dieter Lüthi et al. https://doi.org/10.25921/xgzs-gd10

NOAA/WDS Paleoclimatology - EPICA Dronning Maud Land,EPICA Dome C - 140KYr N2O Data, 800KYr N2O Data Adrian Schilt et al. https://doi.org/10.25921/yxhy-3g37

The sapropel record of the eastern Mediterranean Sea Kay-Christian Emeis et al. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.704622

Terrestrial Climate of the Last 800,000 Years Mario Krapp https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/8N43X

Pliocene-Pleistocene stack of globally distributed benthic stable oxygen isotope records Lorraine E. Lisiecki and Maureen E. Raymo https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.704257

Vegetation Cover Fraction from SPOT/PROBA-V/S3-OLCI Integrated Climate Data Center (ICDC) https://www.cen.uni-hamburg.de/icdc/data/land/vegetation-cover-fraction

Global Precipitation from satellite and gauge measurements from GPCP Integrated Climate Data Center (ICDC) https://www.cen.uni-hamburg.de/icdc/data/atmosphere/gpcp

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Short summary
We simulate the last glacial cycle with a comprehensive model of the Earth system and investigate vegetation cover change in northern Africa during the last four African Humid Periods (AHPs). We find a common pattern of vegetation change and relate it with climatic factors in order to discuss how vegetation might have evolved during even older AHPs. This scaling relationship we find according to past AHPs fails to account for projected changes in northern Africa under strong greenhouse gas warming.
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