Charcoal records of two sediment cores off SW Africa

doi:doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.805154

Charcoal records of two sediment cores off SW Africa

We analyze sedimentary charcoal records to show that the changes in fire regime over the past 21,000 yrs are predictable from changes in regional climates. Analyses of paleo- fire data show that fire increases monotonically with changes in temperature and peaks at intermediate moisture levels, and that temperature is quantitatively the most important driver of changes in biomass burning over the past 21,000 yrs. Given that a similar relationship between climate drivers and fire emerges from analyses of the interannual variability in biomass burning shown by remote-sensing observations of month-by-month burnt area between 1996 and 2008, our results signal a serious cause for concern in the face of continuing global warming.

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Daniau, Anne-Laure, Bartlein, Patrick J, Harrison, S P, Prentice, Iain Colin, Brewer, Simon, Friedlingstein, Pierre, Harrison-Prentice, T I, Inoue, J, Izumi, K, Marlon, Jennifer R, Mooney, Scott D, Power, Mitchell J, Stevenson, J, Tinner, Willy, Andric, M, Atanassova, J, Behling, Hermann, Black, M, Blarquez, O, Brown, K J, Carcaillet, C, Colhoun, Eric A, Colombaroli, Daniele, Davis, Basil A S, D'Costa, D, Dodson, John, Dupont, Lydie M, Eshetu, Z, Gavin, D G, Genries, A, Haberle, Simon G, Hallett, D J, Hope, Geoffrey, Horn, S P, Kassa, T G, Katamura, F, Kennedy, L M, Kershaw, A Peter, Krivonogov, S, Long, C, Magri, Donatella, Marinova, E, McKenzie, G Merna, Moreno, P I, Moss, Patrick T, Neumann, F H, Norstrom, E, Paitre, C, Rius, D, Roberts, Neil, Robinson, G S, Sasaki, N, Scott, Louis, Takahara, H, Terwilliger, V, Thevenon, Florian, Turner, R, Valsecchi, V G, Vannière, Boris, Walsh, M, Williams, N, Zhang, Yancheng (2012). Dataset: Charcoal records of two sediment cores off SW Africa. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.805154

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Imported on	November 30, 2024
Last update	November 30, 2024
License	CC-BY-3.0
Source	https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.805154
Author	Daniau, Anne-Laure
Given Name	Anne-Laure
Family Name	Daniau
More Authors	Bartlein, Patrick J Harrison, S P Prentice, Iain Colin Brewer, Simon Friedlingstein, Pierre Harrison-Prentice, T I Inoue, J Izumi, K Marlon, Jennifer R Mooney, Scott D Power, Mitchell J Stevenson, J Tinner, Willy Andric, M Atanassova, J Behling, Hermann Black, M Blarquez, O Brown, K J Carcaillet, C Colhoun, Eric A Colombaroli, Daniele Davis, Basil A S D'Costa, D Dodson, John Dupont, Lydie M Eshetu, Z Gavin, D G Genries, A Haberle, Simon G Hallett, D J Hope, Geoffrey Horn, S P Kassa, T G Katamura, F Kennedy, L M Kershaw, A Peter Krivonogov, S Long, C Magri, Donatella Marinova, E McKenzie, G Merna Moreno, P I Moss, Patrick T Neumann, F H Norstrom, E Paitre, C Rius, D Roberts, Neil Robinson, G S Sasaki, N Scott, Louis Takahara, H Terwilliger, V Thevenon, Florian Turner, R Valsecchi, V G Vannière, Boris Walsh, M Williams, N Zhang, Yancheng
Source Creation	2012
Publication Year	2012
Resource Type	application/zip - filename: Daniau_2012
Subject Areas	Name: Atmosphere Name: Ecology Name: Lithosphere
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