Search Results - "MAYEWSKI, P. A."

Importance and vulnerability of the world’s water towers by Immerzeel, W. W., Lutz, A. F., Andrade, M., Bahl, A., Biemans, H., Bolch, T., Hyde, S., Brumby, S., Davies, B. J., Elmore, A. C., Emmer, A., Feng, M., Fernández, A., Haritashya, U., Kargel, J. S., Koppes, M., Kraaijenbrink, P. D. A., Kulkarni, A. V., Mayewski, P. A., Nepal, S., Pacheco, P., Painter, T. H., Pellicciotti, F., Rajaram, H., Rupper, S., Sinisalo, A., Shrestha, A. B., Viviroli, D., Wada, Y., Xiao, C., Yao, T., Baillie, J. E. M.

“…Mountains are the water towers of the world, supplying a substantial part of both natural and anthropogenic water demands 1 , 2 . They are highly sensitive and…”
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Recent increase in black carbon concentrations from a Mt. Everest ice core spanning 1860-2000 AD by Kaspari, S. D., Schwikowski, M., Gysel, M., Flanner, M. G., Kang, S., Hou, S., Mayewski, P. A.

“…A Mt. Everest ice core spanning 1860–2000 AD and analyzed at high resolution for black carbon (BC) using a Single Particle Soot Photometer (SP2) demonstrates…”
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Dramatic loss of glacier accumulation area on the Tibetan Plateau revealed by ice core tritium and mercury records by Kang, S, Wang, F, Morgenstern, U, Zhang, Y, Grigholm, B, Kaspari, S, Schwikowski, M, Ren, J, Yao, T, Qin, D, Mayewski, P. A

“…Two ice cores were retrieved from high elevations (~5800 m a.s.l.) at Mt. Nyainqêntanglha and Mt. Geladaindong in the southern and central Tibetan Plateau…”
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Paleodust variability since the Last Glacial Maximum and implications for iron inputs to the ocean by Albani, S., Mahowald, N. M., Murphy, L. N., Raiswell, R., Moore, J. K., Anderson, R. F., McGee, D., Bradtmiller, L. I., Delmonte, B., Hesse, P. P., Mayewski, P. A.

“…Changing climate conditions affect dust emissions and the global dust cycle, which in turn affects climate and biogeochemistry. In this study we use…”
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Observed 20th century desert dust variability: impact on climate and biogeochemistry by Mahowald, N. M., Kloster, S., Engelstaedter, S., Moore, J. K., Mukhopadhyay, S., McConnell, J. R., Albani, S., Doney, S. C., Bhattacharya, A., Curran, M. A. J., Flanner, M. G., Hoffman, F. M., Lawrence, D. M., Lindsay, K., Mayewski, P. A., Neff, J., Rothenberg, D., Thomas, E., Thornton, P. E., Zender, C. S.

“…Desert dust perturbs climate by directly and indirectly interacting with incoming solar and outgoing long wave radiation, thereby changing precipitation and…”
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Twelve thousand years of dust: the Holocene global dust cycle constrained by natural archives by Albani, S, Mahowald, N. M, Winckler, G, Anderson, R. F, Bradtmiller, L. I, Delmonte, B, François, R, Goman, M, Heavens, N. G, Hesse, P. P, Hovan, S. A, Kang, S. G, Kohfeld, K. E, Lu, H, Maggi, V, Mason, J. A, Mayewski, P. A, McGee, D, Miao, X, Otto-Bliesner, B. L, Perry, A. T, Pourmand, A, Roberts, H. M, Rosenbloom, N, Stevens, T, Sun, J

“…Mineral dust plays an important role in the climate system by interacting with radiation, clouds, and biogeochemical cycles. In addition, natural archives show…”
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Influence of regional precipitation patterns on stable isotopes in ice cores from the central Himalayas by Pang, H, Hou, S, Kaspari, S, Mayewski, P. A

“…Several ice cores have been recovered from the Dasuopu (DSP) Glacier and the East Rongbuk (ER) Glacier in the central Himalayas since the 1990s. Although the…”
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Evidence for an extraterrestrial impact 12,900 years ago that contributed to the megafaunal extinctions and the Younger Dryas cooling by Firestone, R.B, West, A, Kennett, J.P, Becker, L, Bunch, T.E, Revay, Z.S, Schultz, P.H, Belgya, T, Kennett, D.J, Erlandson, J.M, Dickenson, O.J, Goodyear, A.C, Harris, R.S, Howard, G.A, Kloosterman, J.B, Lechler, P, Mayewski, P.A, Montgomery, J, Poreda, R, Darrah, T, Hee, S.S. Que, Smith, A.R, Stich, A, Topping, W, Wittke, J.H, Wolbach, W.S

“…A carbon-rich black layer, dating to [almost equal to]12.9 ka, has been previously identified at [almost equal to]50 Clovis-age sites across North America and…”
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An independently dated 2000-yr volcanic record from Law Dome, East Antarctica, including a new perspective on the dating of the 1450s CE eruption of Kuwae, Vanuatu by Plummer, C. T, Curran, M. A. J, van Ommen, T D, Rasmussen, S. O, Moy, A. D, Vance, T. R, Clausen, H. B, Vinther, B. M, Mayewski, P. A

“…Volcanic eruptions are an important cause of natural climate variability. In order to improve the accuracy of climate models, precise dating and magnitude of…”
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Twentieth century dust lows and the weakening of the westerly winds over the Tibetan Plateau by Grigholm, B., Mayewski, P. A., Kang, S., Zhang, Y., Morgenstern, U., Schwikowski, M., Kaspari, S., Aizen, V., Aizen, E., Takeuchi, N., Maasch, K. A., Birkel, S., Handley, M., Sneed, S.

“…Understanding past atmospheric dust variability is necessary to put modern atmospheric dust into historical context and assess the impacts of dust on the…”
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State of the Antarctic and Southern Ocean climate system by Mayewski, P. A., Meredith, M. P., Summerhayes, C. P., Turner, J., Worby, A., Barrett, P. J., Casassa, G., Bertler, N. A. N., Bracegirdle, T., Naveira Garabato, A. C., Bromwich, D., Campbell, H., Hamilton, G. S., Lyons, W. B., Maasch, K. A., Aoki, S., Xiao, C., van Ommen, Tas

“…This paper reviews developments in our understanding of the state of the Antarctic and Southern Ocean climate and its relation to the global climate system…”
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Precipitation variability in the winter rainfall zone of South Africa during the last 1400 yr linked to the austral westerlies by Stager, J. C, Mayewski, P. A, White, J, Chase, B. M, Neumann, F. H, Meadows, M. E, King, C. D, Dixon, D. A

“…The austral westerlies strongly influence precipitation and ocean circulation in the southern temperate zone, with important consequences for cultures and…”
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A High-Resolution Record of Atmospheric Dust Composition and Variability since A.D. 1650 from a Mount Everest Ice Core by Kaspari, S., Mayewski, P. A., Handley, M., Kang, S., Hou, S., Sneed, S., Maasch, K., Qin, D.

“…A Mount Everest ice core analyzed at high resolution for major and trace elements (Sr, Cs, Ba, La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb, Lu, Bi, U, Tl,…”
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Evaluation of Reanalysis Temperature and Precipitation for the Andean Altiplano and Adjacent Cordilleras by Birkel, S. D., Mayewski, P. A., Perry, L. B., Seimon, A., Andrade‐Flores, M.

“…This study compares temperature, precipitation, and other climate variables from six widely used climate reanalysis products to inform ice‐core climate proxy…”
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Complexity of Holocene Climate as Reconstructed from a Greenland Ice Core by O'Brien, S. R., Mayewski, P. A., Meeker, L. D., Meese, D. A., Twickler, M. S., Whitlow, S. I.

“…Glaciochemical time series developed from Summit, Greenland, indicate that the chemical composition of the atmosphere was dynamic during the Holocene epoch…”
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Variations in snow and firn chemistry along US ITASE traverses and the effect of surface glazing by Dixon, D. A, Mayewski, P. A, Korotkikh, E, Sneed, S. B, Handley, M. J, Introne, D. S, Scambos, T. A

“…This study provides a baseline from which changes in the chemistry of the atmosphere over Antarctica can be monitored under expected warming scenarios and…”
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Atmospheric soluble dust records from a Tibetan ice core: Possible climate proxies and teleconnection with the Pacific Decadal Oscillation by Grigholm, B., Mayewski, P. A., Kang, S., Zhang, Y., Kaspari, S., Sneed, S. B., Zhang, Q.

“…In autumn 2005, a joint expedition between the University of Maine and the Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research recovered three ice cores from Guoqu Glacier…”
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A 12,000 year record of explosive volcanism in the Siple Dome Ice Core, West Antarctica by Kurbatov, A. V., Zielinski, G. A., Dunbar, N. W., Mayewski, P. A., Meyerson, E. A., Sneed, S. B., Taylor, K. C.

“…Air mass trajectories in the Southern Hemisphere provide a mechanism for transport to and deposition of volcanic products on the Antarctic ice sheet from local…”
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The Greenland Ice Sheet Project 2 depth-age scale: Methods and results by Meese, D. A., Gow, A. J., Alley, R. B., Zielinski, G. A., Grootes, P. M., Ram, M., Taylor, K. C., Mayewski, P. A., Bolzan, J. F.

“…The Greenland Ice Sheet Project 2 (GISP2) depth‐age scale is presented based on a multiparameter continuous count approach, to a depth of 2800 m, using a…”
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West Antarctica's sensitivity to natural and human-forced climate change over the Holocene by Mayewski, P. A., Maasch, K. A., Dixon, D., Sneed, S. B., Oglesby, R., Korotkikh, E., Potocki, M., Grigholm, B., Kreutz, K., Kurbatov, A. V., Spaulding, N., Stager, J. C., Taylor, K. C., Steig, E. J., White, J., Bertler, N. A. N., Goodwin, I., Simões, J. C., Jaña, R., Kraus, S., Fastook, J.

“…The location and intensity of the austral westerlies strongly influence southern hemisphere precipitation and heat transport with consequences for human…”
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