Characterization of the Medieval Climate Anomaly, Little Ice Age and recent warming in northern Lapland

2017 ◽  
Vol 37 ◽  
pp. 1257-1266 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tomi P. Luoto ◽  
E. Henriikka Kivilä ◽  
Marttiina V. Rantala ◽  
Liisa Nevalainen
Keyword(s):  
Little Ice Age ◽  
Ice Age ◽  
Medieval Climate Anomaly ◽  
Climate Anomaly ◽  
Recent Warming

scholarly journals The case of a southern European glacier disappearing under recent warming that survived Roman and Medieval warm periods

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ana Moreno ◽  
Miguel Bartolomé ◽  
Juan Ignacio López-Moreno ◽  
Jorge Pey ◽  
Pablo Corella ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Little Ice Age ◽  
Ice Age ◽  
Medieval Climate Anomaly ◽  
Climate Anomaly ◽  
Mountain Ranges ◽  
Mountain Glaciers ◽  
Geochemical Proxies ◽  
Recent Warming ◽  
Age Model ◽  
Paleoclimate Records

Abstract. Mountain glaciers have generally experienced an accelerated retreat over the last three decades as a rapid response to current global warming. However, the response to previous warm periods in the Holocene is not well-described for glaciers of the of southern Europe mountain ranges, such as the Pyrenees. The situation during the Medieval Climate Anomaly (900–1300 CE) is particularly relevant since it is not certain whether the glaciers just experienced significant ice loss or whether they actually disappeared. We present here the first chronological study of a glacier located in the Central Pyrenees (N Spain), the Monte Perdido Glacier (MPG), carried out by different radiochronological techniques and their comparison with geochemical proxies with neighboring paleoclimate records. The result of the chronological model proves that the glacier endured during the Roman Period and the Medieval Climate Anomaly. The lack of ice from last 600 years indicates that the ice formed during the Little Ice Age has melted away. The analyses of the content of several metals of anthropogenic origin, such as Zn, Se, Cd, Hg, Pb, appear in low amounts in MPG ice, which further supports our age model in which the record from the industrial period is lost. This study confirms the exceptional warming of the last decades in the context of last two millennia. We demonstrate that we are facing an unprecedented retreat of the Pyrenean glaciers which survival is compromised beyond a few decades.

scholarly journals The case of a southern European glacier which survived Roman and medieval warm periods but is disappearing under recent warming

2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 1157-1172
Author(s):  
Ana Moreno ◽  
Miguel Bartolomé ◽  
Juan Ignacio López-Moreno ◽  
Jorge Pey ◽  
Juan Pablo Corella ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Little Ice Age ◽  
Ice Age ◽  
Medieval Climate Anomaly ◽  
Climate Anomaly ◽  
Apparent Absence ◽  
Mountain Ranges ◽  
Mountain Glaciers ◽  
The Past ◽  
Recent Warming ◽  
Industrial Age

Abstract. Mountain glaciers have generally experienced an accelerated retreat over the last 3 decades as a rapid response to current global warming. However, the response to previous warm periods in the Holocene is not well-described for glaciers of the southern Europe mountain ranges, such as the Pyrenees. The situation during the Medieval Climate Anomaly (900–1300 CE) is particularly relevant since it is not certain whether the southern European glaciers just experienced significant ice loss or whether they actually disappeared. We present here the first chronological study of a glacier located in the Central Pyrenees (NE Spain), Monte Perdido Glacier (MPG), carried out by different radiochronological techniques and a comparison with geochemical proxies from neighbouring palaeoclimate records. The chronological model evidences that the glacier persisted during the Roman period and the Medieval Climate Anomaly. The apparent absence of ice in the past ∼ 600 years suggests that any ice accumulated during the Little Ice Age has since ablated. This interpretation is supported by measured concentrations of anthropogenic metals, including Zn, Se, Cd, Hg and Pb, which have concentrations well below those typical of industrial-age ice measured at other glaciers in Europe. This study strengthens the general understanding that warming of the past few decades has been exceptional for the past 2 millennia.

Lacustrine stable isotope record of precipitation changes in Nicaragua during the Little Ice Age and Medieval Climate Anomaly

Geology ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 41 (2) ◽  
pp. 151-154 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nathan D. Stansell ◽  
Byron A. Steinman ◽  
Mark B. Abbott ◽  
Michael Rubinov ◽  
Manuel Roman-Lacayo
Keyword(s):  
Stable Isotope ◽  
Little Ice Age ◽  
Ice Age ◽  
Medieval Climate Anomaly ◽  
Climate Anomaly ◽  
Isotope Record ◽  
Precipitation Changes ◽  
Stable Isotope Record

The medieval climate anomaly and the little Ice Age in coastal Syria inferred from pollen-derived palaeoclimatic patterns

2011 ◽  
Vol 78 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 178-187 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Kaniewski ◽  
E. Van Campo ◽  
E. Paulissen ◽  
H. Weiss ◽  
J. Bakker ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Little Ice Age ◽  
Ice Age ◽  
Medieval Climate Anomaly ◽  
Climate Anomaly
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