Recent summer warming over the western Mediterranean region is unprecedented since medieval times

• Published in: Global and planetary change Vol. 232; p. 104336
• Main Authors: Büntgen, Ulf, Reinig, Frederick, Verstege, Anne, Piermattei, Alma, Kunz, Marcel, Krusic, Paul, Slavin, Philip, Štěpánek, Petr, Torbenson, Max, del Castillo, Edurne Martinez, Arosio, Tito, Kirdyanov, Alexander, Oppenheimer, Clive, Trnka, Mirek, Palosse, Audrey, Bebchuk, Tatiana, Camarero, J. Julio, Esper, Jan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V 01.01.2024
• Subjects: Anthropogenic warming; climate; Climate change; cold; ecotones; Human history; humans; Iberian Peninsula; latewood; Mediterranean region; Paleoclimate; Pinus uncinata; Proxy reconstructions; summer; temperature; Tree rings; treeline; Volcanic eruptions; wheat; Wood density; Mediterranean region; Iberian Peninsula; Tree rings; Climate change; Iberian Peninsula; Anthropogenic warming; Paleoclimate; Human history; Proxy reconstructions; Wood density; Volcanic eruptions

Contextualising anthropogenic warming and investigating linkages between past climate variability and human history require high-resolution temperature reconstructions that extend before the period of instrumental measurements. Here, we present maximum latewood density (MXD) measurements of 534 livi...