FN Archimer Export Format PT J TI Contrasting northern and southern European winter climate trends during the Last Interglacial BT AF Salonen, J. Sakari Sánchez-Goñi, Maria Fernanda Renssen, Hans Plikk, Anna AS 1:1,2;2:2,3;3:4;4:5; FF 1:;2:;3:;4:; C1 Department of Geosciences and Geography, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 64, FI-00014 Helsinki, Finland Environnements et Paléoenvironnements Océaniques et Continentaux (EPOC), UMR 5805, University of Bordeaux, F-33615 Pessac, France Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, Paris Sciences et Lettres University (EPHE, PSL), F-33615 Pessac, France Department of Natural Sciences and Environmental Health, University of South-Eastern Norway, 3800 Bø i Telemark, Norway The Archaeologists, National Historical Museums, P.O. Box 5428, SE-11484 Stockholm, Sweden C2 UNIV HELSINKI, FINLAND UNIV BORDEAUX, FRANCE EPHE, FRANCE UNIV SOUTH EASTERN NORWAY, NORWAY NHM SWEDEN, SWEDEN IF 6.324 TC 4 UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00702/81425/85822.pdf https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00702/81425/85823.xlsx https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00702/81425/85824.xlsx https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00702/81425/85825.pdf LA English DT Article CR IMAGES 1-MD101 IMAGES V LEG 1-MD114 IMAGES V LEG 4-MD114 IMAGES V LEG 5 MD 142 / ALIENOR 2 BO Marion Dufresne AB The Last Interglacial (LIG; 130–115 ka) is an important test bed for climate science as an instance of significantly warmer than preindustrial global temperatures. However, LIG climate patterns remain poorly resolved, especially for winter, affected by a suite of strong feedbacks such as changes in sea-ice cover in the high latitudes. We present a synthesis of winter temperature and precipitation proxy data from the Atlantic seaboard of Europe, spanning from southern Iberia to the Arctic. Our data reveal distinct, opposite latitudinal climate trends, including warming winters seen in the European Arctic while cooling and drying occurred in southwest Europe over the LIG. Climate model simulations for 130 and 120 ka suggest these contrasting climate patterns were affected by a shift toward an atmospheric circulation regime with an enhanced meridional pressure gradient and strengthened midlatitude westerlies, leading to a strong reduction in precipitation across southern Europe. PY 2021 PD OCT SO Geology SN 0091-7613 PU Geological Society of America VL 49 IS 10 UT 000705084600013 BP 1220 EP 1224 DI 10.1130/G49007.1 ID 81425 ER EF