Long-term expansion of Mediterranean forests and increase in precipitation (IMAGE)

Heidelberg University

Long-term expansion of Mediterranean forests and increase in precipitation

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Long-term expansion of Mediterranean forests and increase in precipitation as well as an enhanced East Asian summer monsoon associated with the increase and northward migration of the Atlantic moisture source. Paradoxically, the glacial was warmer and wetter than the preceding interglacial.

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André Bahr

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