Did the Bronze Age deforestation of Europe affect its climate? A regional climate model study using pollen-based land cover reconstructions

Abstract ∘ C warmer than the PI period. In summer, the difference between the simulated 2.5 ka and PI climates is smaller (0–3 ∘ C), with the smallest differences in southern Europe. Differences in seasonal precipitation are mostly within ± ∘ C higher temperature in parts of northern Europe in winter and up to 1.5 ∘ C warmer in southern Europe in summer than simulations with potential land cover. Although the results are model dependent, the relatively strong response implies that anthropogenic land cover changes that had occurred during the Neolithic and Bronze Age could have affected the European climate by 2.5 ka.

Location
Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
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Online-Ressource
Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Did the Bronze Age deforestation of Europe affect its climate? A regional climate model study using pollen-based land cover reconstructions ; volume:19 ; number:7 ; year:2023 ; pages:1507-1530 ; extent:24
Climate of the past ; 19, Heft 7 (2023), 1507-1530 (gesamt 24)

Creator
Strandberg, Gustav
Chen, Jie
Fyfe, Ralph
Kjellström, Erik
Lindström, Johan
Poska, Anneli
Zhang, Qiong
Gaillard, Marie-José

DOI
10.5194/cp-19-1507-2023
URN
urn:nbn:de:101:1-2023080304352628172250
Rights
Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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  • Strandberg, Gustav
  • Chen, Jie
  • Fyfe, Ralph
  • Kjellström, Erik
  • Lindström, Johan
  • Poska, Anneli
  • Zhang, Qiong
  • Gaillard, Marie-José

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