{"id":330502,"date":"2024-05-29T17:55:13","date_gmt":"2024-05-29T15:55:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=330502"},"modified":"2024-05-29T17:55:15","modified_gmt":"2024-05-29T15:55:15","slug":"new-study-chinas-loess-plateau-7-8c-warmer-than-today-for-much-of-the-last-4000-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=330502","title":{"rendered":"New Study: China\u2019s Loess Plateau 7-8\u00b0C Warmer Than Today For Much Of The Last 4000 Years"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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From NoTricksZone<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By\u00a0Kenneth Richard<\/a>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scientists refer to the Middle and Late Holocene\u2019s much warmer and wetter regional climate as \u201cfavorable,\u201d \u201coptimal\u201d and \u201cthe best.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

New research<\/a><\/strong> from a Loess Plateau study site identifies mean annual temperatures as 9.86\u00b0C today, while annual precipitation averages 531 mm. These values are shown to be among the coldest and driest of the last 5000 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In contrast, for the period extending from 2700 years ago to the last few centuries the mean annual temperatures were 17.02\u00b0C. This is 7.16\u00b0C warmer than present. The mean annual precipitation was 903 mm for this Late Holocene period, which is about 70% higher than today\u2019s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From about 4700 to 3900 years ago there were periods when mean annual temperatures varied up to 18.46\u00b0C, which is 8.6\u00b0C warmer than present.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The authors of this temperature and precipitation reconstruction note that the naturally warmer and wetter Middle and Late Holocene millennia were \u201cthe best,\u201d most \u201cfavorable,\u201d and \u201coptimal\u201d climate period when compared to the drier and colder climates of recent centuries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Image Source:\u00a0Guo et al., 2024<\/a><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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