FN Archimer Export Format PT J TI Central Mediterranean rainfall varied with high northern latitude temperatures during the last deglaciation BT AF Columbu, Andrea Spötl, Christoph Fohlmeister, Jens Hu, Hsun-Ming Chiarini, Veronica Hellstrom, John Cheng, Hai Shen, Chuan-Chou De Waele, Jo AS 1:1,2;2:3;3:4;4:5,6;5:7;6:8;7:9;8:5,6;9:7; FF 1:;2:;3:;4:;5:;6:;7:;8:;9:; C1 Department of Chemistry, Life Sciences and Environmental Sustainability. Earth Sciences Division, University of Parma, Parma, Italy Department of Earth Sciences, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy Institute of Geology, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria German Federal Office for Radiation Protection (BfS), Berlin, Germany High-Precision Mass Spectrometry and Environment Change Laboratory (HISPEC), Department of Geosciences, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan ROC Research Center for Future Earth, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan ROC Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy School of Earth Sciences, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia Institute of Global Environmental Change, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, China C2 UNIV PARMA, ITALY UNIV PISA, ITALY UNIV INNSBRUCK, AUSTRIA BFS, GERMANY UNIV NATL TAIWAN, TAIWAN UNIV NATL TAIWANH, TAIWAN UNIV BOLOGNA, ITALY UNIV MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA UNIV XI AN JIAO TONG, CHINA IN DOAJ IF 7.9 TC 6 UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00789/90049/95640.pdf https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00789/90049/95641.pdf https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00789/90049/95642.pdf https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00789/90049/95643.xlsx https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00789/90049/95644.xlsx LA English DT Article CR IMAGES 1-MD101 BO Marion Dufresne AB Similarly to the effects of current climate change, the last deglaciation (Termination I) rapidly altered northern latitude temperatures and ice-sheet extent, as well as the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation. However, it is still unclear how these changes propagated and impacted the central Mediterranean continental rainfall variability. This prevents a full understanding on how global warming will affect Mediterranean areas in the future. Here, we present a high-resolution reconstruction of rainfall changes in the central Mediterranean across Termination I, based on a novel δ18O time series from a southern Italian stalagmite. Across Termination I the availability of Atlantic moisture varied in response to northern latitude temperature increases (decreases) and ice-sheet decreases (increases), promoting a higher (lower) intensity of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, and resulting in a relatively wetter (drier) climate in the Mediterranean. In the light of future warming, this study emphasises the role of high-latitude climate changes in causing rainfall variation in highly populated Mediterranean areas. PY 2022 PD AUG SO Communications Earth & Environment SN 2662-4435 PU Springer Science and Business Media LLC VL 3 IS 1 UT 000842208100001 DI 10.1038/s43247-022-00509-3 ID 90049 ER EF