Temperature Trends in the Northwestern Tibetan Plateau Constrained by Ice Core Water Isotopes Over the Past 7,000 Years

Pang, Hongxi; Hou, Shugui; Zhang, Wangbin; Wu, Shuangye; Jenk, Theo M.; Schwikowski, Margit; Jouzel, Jean

doi:10.1029/2020JD032560

Title: Temperature Trends in the Northwestern Tibetan Plateau Constrained by Ice Core Water Isotopes Over the Past 7,000 Years

Journal Article · Fri Oct 09 00:00:00 EDT 2020 · Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1029/2020JD032560· OSTI ID:1786824

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^[2]; Zhang, Wangbin ^[1];

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Key Laboratory of Coast and Island Development of Ministry of Education, School of Geography and Ocean Science Nanjing University Nanjing China
Key Laboratory of Coast and Island Development of Ministry of Education, School of Geography and Ocean Science Nanjing University Nanjing China, School of Oceanography Shanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai China
Department of Geology University of Dayton Dayton OH USA
Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry Paul Scherrer Institute Villigen Switzerland, Oeschger Centre for Climate Change Research University of Bern Bern Switzerland
Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement, UMR8212, CEA‐CNRS‐UVSQ/IPSL Gif‐sur‐Yvette France

Abstract The reasons for the Holocene temperature conundrum, known as the inconsistency between the reconstructed cooling and the inferred warming simulations during the Holocene, remain unclear. Temperature reconstructions from the Tibetan Plateau (TP) provide important insights for understanding the Holocene temperature conundrum due to enhanced sensitivity to climate at high altitudes. Given the significant positive correlation between air temperature and δ ¹⁸ O in precipitation over the northern TP, the stable isotopic records of ice cores recovered from this area are widely used for paleotemperature reconstruction. Here we present a new high‐resolution δ ¹⁸ O record from the Chongce ice cores to bedrock, dated back to 7 ka BP by the accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) ¹⁴ C dating technique. Our reconstructed temperature record shows a long‐term warming trend until ~2 ka BP, followed by an abrupt change to a relatively cool period until the start of the industrial‐era warming. This record challenges the widely recognized Holocene reconstruction from the neighboring Guliya ice core. It is also different from many previous temperature reconstructions, most of which have summer biases and show a long‐term cooling trend over the past two millennia. In addition, our record shows that temperatures during the recent decades are almost the highest during the past 7 ka BP, highlighting the unusual warming forced by anthropogenic greenhouse gases.

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