Finding the magnitude of human-induced Northern Hemisphere land-cover transformation between 6 and 0.2 ka BP

Andria Dawson (1) , X. Cao (2) , M Chaput (3) , E Hopla (4) , F Li (5) , M Edwards (4) , R. Fyfe (6) , K Gajewski (3) , S. J. Goring (7) , U Herzschuh (8) , Florence Mazier (9) , S. Sugita (10) , Jw Williams (7) , Q Xu (11) , M.-J Gaillard (5)

1 Mount Royal University
2 AWI - Alfred-Wegener-Institut, Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung
3 University of Ottawa [Ottawa]
4 University of Southampton
5 Linnaeus University
6 SoGEES - School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences [Plymouth]
7 University of Wisconsin-Madison
8 University of Potsdam = Universität Potsdam
9 GEODE - Géographie de l'environnement
10 Tallinn University
11 Hebei Normal University

A spatially explicit pollen-based reconstruction of Northern Hemisphere land cover suggests open land increases of 10 to 100% across large parts of the study area over the period 6 and 0.2 ka BP. This change may have influenced past climate.

Keywords: pollen; vegetation; Northern Hemisphere

Domains: Geography; Climatology; Global Changes

Andria Dawson, X. Cao, M Chaput, E Hopla, F Li, et al.. Finding the magnitude of human-induced Northern Hemisphere land-cover transformation between 6 and 0.2 ka BP. Past Global Changes Magazine, 2018, 26 (1), pp.34-35. ⟨10.22498/pages.26.1.34⟩. ⟨hal-02096374⟩