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| adam_text | Preamble and acknowledgements
CHAPTER 1. CLIMATE, ENVIRONMENT AND SOCIETY: GLOBAL AND
REGIONAL PERSPECTIVES 1
1.1. Global climate, environment and society over the past 5,000 years 2
1.1.1. Climate change during the late Holocene 3
1.1.2. Environmental change during the late Holocene 4
1.1.3. Societal change during the late Holocene 7
1.2. The approach to the last millennium 9
1.3. Dividing the last millennium 10
1.4. Medieval Warm Period 12
1.5. The a.D. 1300 Event (the transition between the Medieval Warm Period and the
Little Ice Age) 13
1.6. Little Ice Age 15
1.7. Recent Warming 16
1.8. The Pacific Basin 17
18.1 Climate of the Pacific Basin and its evolution 19
1.8.2. Environments of the Pacific Basin and their evolution 20
18.3. Societies of the Pacific Basin and their evolution 20
1.9. Organization of this book 23
Key points 23
CHAPTER 2. ARRIVAL AND SPREAD OF HUMANS IN THE PACIFIC BASIN 25
2.1 Human beginnings 25
2.2. Humans on the Pacific Rim 27
2.2.1. Crossing the Wallace Line: from Southeast Asia to Australasia 29
2.2.2. Eastwards and northwards along the western Pacific Rim 29
2.2.3. Into the Americas 30
2.3. Colonization of the Pacific Islands 31
Key points 33
CHAPTER 3. INFLUENCES OF CUMATE AND SEA-LEVEL CHANGES ON HUMANS 35
3.1 Climate change and human evolution 35
3.2. Human adaptation to late Pleistocene climate and sea-level changes 36
3.2.1. Adaptation to rapid climate change: the Younger Dryas and agriculture 37
3.2.2. Latest Pleistocene large-mammal extinctions: climate or humans? 38
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3.3. Effects of Holocene climate changes on humans 39
3.3.1. Climate change and societal collapse 40
3.3.2. Climatic control of long-distance voyaging 42
3.4. Effects of Holocene sea-level changes on humans 44
3.4.1 Human response to early Holocene sea-level rise 45
3.4.2. Lowland agriculturalists displaced from East Asia by early Holocene
sea-level rise 46
3.4.3. Human response to middle Holocene sea-level stability 49
3.4.4. Human response to late Holocene sea-level fall 51
3.4.4.1. Sea-level fall and delta occupation 52
3.4.4.2. Sea-level fall and the shift from uplands to lowlands 53
3.4.4.3. Sea-level fall and island colonization 53
3.4.4.4. The role of sea-level fall in rendering atolls habitable 57
Key points 58
CHAPTER 4. THE MEDIEVAL WARM PERIOD (a.D. 750-1250) IN THE PACIFIC
BASIN 59
4.1. Climates during the Medieval Warm Period in the Pacific Basin 59
4.1.1. Climates of the eastern Pacific Rim (including Antarctica) 60
4.1.2. Climates of the western Pacific Rim 66
4.1.3. Climates of the Pacific Islands and Ocean 68
4.1.4. ENSO frequency and storminess 69
4.2. Environments during the Medieval Warm Period in the Pacific Basin 70
4.2.1. Sea-level changes 71
4.2.2. Environmental change driven by sea-level rise in the Kurile and Komandar
Island groups, northwest Pacific 72
4.2.3. Lake salinity changes driven by sea-level rise: Nakaumi Lagoon, Honshu
Island, Japan 73
4.2.4. Evidence for higher sea level from the Pacific Islands during the terminal
Medieval Warm Period 75
4.3. Societies during the Medieval Warm Period in the Pacific Basin 77
4.3.1. Societies of the eastern Pacific Rim 77
4.3.2. Climate change and culture, Jequetepeque Valley, coastal Peru 79
4.3.3. Collapse of the complex Tiwanaku society, Andean South America 80
4.3.4. Drought impacts on the Chumash people of coastal Southern
California 80
4.3.5. Societies of the western Pacific Rim 81
4.3.6. Societies of the Pacific Islands 82
4.3.7. Long-distance voyaging across the Pacific Ocean 84
Key points 86
CHAPTER 5. THE a.D. 1300 EVENT (a.d. 1250-1350) IN THE PACIHC BASIN 87
5.1. The nature of the a.d. 1300 Event 88
5.2. Climates during the a.d. 1300 Event in the Pacific Basin 90
5.2.1. Climates of the eastern Pacific Rim (including Antarctica) 90
5.2.2. Climates of the western Pacific Rim 93
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5.2.3. Abrupt change in the Asian summer monsoon 96
5.2.4. Climates of the Pacific Islands and Ocean 96
5.2.5. ENSO frequency and storminess 98
5.2.6. Increased storminess on Tahiti, French Polynesia 101
5.3. Environments during the a.d. 1300 Event in the Pacific Basin 102
5.3.1. Sea-level change: continental versus island records 103
5.3.2. Direct measurements of sea-level fall 104
5.3.3. Coastal-environmental evidence for sea-level fall 105
5.3.4. Coastal changes on Tikopia, Solomon Islands 109
5.4. Societies during the a.d. 1300 Event in the Pacific Basin 112
5.4.1. Societies of the eastern Pacific Rim 113
5.4.2. Societies of the western Pacific Rim 115
5.4.3. Nearshore subsistence at Bass Point, New South Wales, Australia 116
5.4.4. Societies of the Pacific Islands 117
Key points 120
CHAPTER 6. THE LITTLE ICE AGE (a.D. 1350-1800) IN THE PACIFIC BASIN 121
6.1. Climates of the Little Ice Age in the Pacific Basin 121
6.1.1. Climates of the eastern Pacific Rim (including Antarctica) 122
6.1.2. Climates of the western Pacific Rim 124
6.1.3. Storm erosion in New Zealand 125
6.1.4. Climates of the Pacific Islands and Ocean 126
6.1.5. ENSO variability and a two-phase Little Ice Age 127
6.2. Environments of the Little Ice Age in the Pacific Basin 128
6.2.1. Coastal-environmental change 128
6.2.2. Offshore environmental change 132
6.2.3. Inland environmental change 133
6.3. Societies of the Little Ice Age in the Pacific Basin 135
6.3.1. Overview of societal change along the Pacific Rim 136
6.3.2. Crisis in New Zealand 137
6.3.3. Overview of societal change in the Pacific Islands 139
6.3.4. Population dispersal 140
6.3.4.1. Occupation of inland areas 141
6.3.4.2. Occupation of drier and/or less fertile areas 142
6.3.4.3. Occupation of smaller islands 143
6.3.4.4. Creation of artificial islands 144
6.3.4.5. Population dispersal on atolls 145
6.3.5. Changing patterns of resource utilization 147
6.3.6. Reduced interaction 149
6.3.6.1. End of long-distance voyaging 150
6.3.6.2. Abandonment of remote islands 152
6.3.7. Conflict 153
6.3.7.1. Fortifications in the Pacific Islands 155
6.3.7.2. Cannibalism 157
6.3.7.3. Warfare in Fiji 158
6.3.8. Other societal responses to resource depletion 160
6.4. The end of the Little Ice Age 161
Key points 163
Contents
CHAPTER 7. THE a.D. 1300 EVENT: AN EXPLANATORY MODEL FOR SOCIETAL
RESPONSE TO CLIMATE CHANGE DURING THE LAST
MILLENNIUM IN THE PACIFIC BASIN 165
7.1. Outline of the model of the a.D. 1300 Event 167
7.2. Alternative models 169
7.3. Cause-effect linkages for climate change in the a.d. 1300 Event model 171
7.3.1. Linking temperature change to sea-level change 172
7.3.2. Climatic effects of increased Ei Nino frequency 173
7.4. Cause-effect linkages for environmental change in the a.d. 1300 Event model 174
7.5. Cause-effect linkages for societal change during and after the a.d. 1300 Event 175
7.5.1. Population dispersal 175
7.5.2. Changing patterns of resource utilization 177
7.5.3. Reduced interaction 178
7.5.4. Conflict 179
7.6. Case studies of the a.d. 1300 Event along the Pacific Rim 181
7.6.1. Case study: upland and lowland Peru, east Pacific Rim 181
7.6.2. Case study: southern California, east Pacific Rim 183
7.6.3. Case study: east Australia and New Zealand, southwest Pacific Rim 184
7.7. Case studies of the a.d. 1300 Event in the Pacific Islands 186
7.7.1. Case study: Nuku Hiva and Tahuata Islands, Marquesas Islands, French
Polynesia 186
7.7.2. Case study: Lakeba Island, Fiji 188
7.7.3. Case study: Palau Islands, Micronesia 189
7.7.4. Case study: Kaua i Island, Hawaii group 190
7.7.5. Case study: Easter Island 192
7.7.6. Case study: the mystery islands of Polynesia 194
7.8. Key issues concerning cause and effect 195
7.8.1. Predictability of system responses 196
7.8.2. Lag times 196
7.8.3. Spatial variations in climate forcing as an explanation for variations in the
timing of human response 197
7.8.4. Why island environments and societies are more sensitive than those of
continents 198
7.9. Verifying the a.d. 1300 Event model 199
Key points 200
CHAPTER 8. RECENT WARMING AND SEA-LEVEL RISE (SINCE a.D. 1800) IN THE
PACIFIC BASIN 201
8.1. Climate change during the period of Recent Warming in the Pacific Basin 201
8.1.1. Climates of the eastern Pacific Rim (including Antarctica) 202
8.12. Climates of the western Pacific Rim 204
8.1.3. Climates of the Pacific Islands and Ocean 206
8.1.4. ENSO, PDO/IPO and Pacific Basin climate change 207
8.1.5. Tropical cyclones (hurricanes) 207
8.2. Climate-linked environmental change during the period of Recent Warming in the
Pacific Basin 208
8.2.1. Climate-linked environmental change along the Pacific Rim 211
8.2.2. Climate-linked environmental change in the Pacific Islands 212
8.2.3. Effects of changed tropical-cyclone regime 213
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8.3, Climate-linked societal change during the period of Recent Warming in the
Pacific Basin 214
8.3.1. Climate-linked societal changes along the Pacific Rim 215
8.3.2. Climate-linked societal changes on Pacific Islands 215
8.4. Future climate change and its effects on Pacific Basin environments and societies 217
8.4.1. Effects of future climate change on Pacific environments 219
8.4.2. Effects of future climate and environmental change on Pacific societies 220
8.4.3. Effects of future changes in Pacific societies on climate and environment 221
Key points 223
CHAPTER 9. TELECONNECTtONS AND GLOBAL CLIMATE TRENDS 225
9.1. Climate change outside the Pacific Basin during the last millennium 226
9.1.1. Environmental proxies for last-millennium climate change 229
9.1.2. Direct measurements of recent climate change 231
9.1.3. Societal proxies of last-millennium climate change 233
9.1.4. Climate change during the a.d. 1300 Event beyond the Pacific Basin 233
9.2. Environmental change outside the Pacific Basin during the last millennium 234
9.2.1. Sea-level changes a.d. 750-1800 234
9.2.2. Sea-level rise during the period of Recent Warming (a.d. 1800 to present) 238
9.3. Societal change outside the Pacific Basin during the last millennium 238
9.3.1. Middle last-millennium changes in subsistence agriculture, central United
States 239
9.3.2. The calamitous fourteenth century in Europe and its aftermath 239
9.3.3. The history of Norse exploration and settlement of the northernmost
Atlantic 240
9.4. Global climate trends during the last millennium 242
Key points 244
CHAPTER 10. CAUSES OF LAST-MILLENNIUM CLIMATE CHANGE 245
10.1. Ultimate causes of last-millennium climate change 246
10.1.1. Solar irradiance variations 247
10.1.2. Contribution of volcanic forcing to climate change 249
10.1.3. Contribution of anthropogenic forcing to recent climate change 252
10.2. Ultimate causes of last-millennium sea-level change 253
10.3. Proximate causes of last-millennium climate and sea-level changes in
the Pacific Basin 255
10.3.1. Regional climate modifiers of global climate forcing 256
10.3.2. Oceanic influences on climate change 257
10.3.3. Proximate causes of last-millennium sea-level change 258
10.4. Abrupt climate change 258
10.4.1. Abrupt climate-change events during the late Quaternary 259
10.4.2. Amplification of the a.d. 1300 Event signal in the Pacific? 261
10.5. A last word 261
Key points 262
References 263
Index 299
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Preamble and acknowledgements
CHAPTER 1. CLIMATE, ENVIRONMENT AND SOCIETY: GLOBAL AND
REGIONAL PERSPECTIVES 1
1.1. Global climate, environment and society over the past 5,000 years 2
1.1.1. Climate change during the late Holocene 3
1.1.2. Environmental change during the late Holocene 4
1.1.3. Societal change during the late Holocene 7
1.2. The approach to the last millennium 9
1.3. Dividing the last millennium 10
1.4. Medieval Warm Period 12
1.5. The a.D. 1300 Event (the transition between the Medieval Warm Period and the
Little Ice Age) 13
1.6. Little Ice Age 15
1.7. Recent Warming 16
1.8. The Pacific Basin 17
18.1 Climate of the Pacific Basin and its evolution 19
1.8.2. Environments of the Pacific Basin and their evolution 20
18.3. Societies of the Pacific Basin and their evolution 20
1.9. Organization of this book 23
Key points 23
CHAPTER 2. ARRIVAL AND SPREAD OF HUMANS IN THE PACIFIC BASIN 25
2.1 Human beginnings 25
2.2. Humans on the Pacific Rim 27
2.2.1. Crossing the Wallace Line: from Southeast Asia to Australasia 29
2.2.2. Eastwards and northwards along the western Pacific Rim 29
2.2.3. Into the Americas 30
2.3. Colonization of the Pacific Islands 31
Key points 33
CHAPTER 3. INFLUENCES OF CUMATE AND SEA-LEVEL CHANGES ON HUMANS 35
3.1 Climate change and human evolution 35
3.2. Human adaptation to late Pleistocene climate and sea-level changes 36
3.2.1. Adaptation to rapid climate change: the Younger Dryas and agriculture 37
3.2.2. Latest Pleistocene large-mammal extinctions: climate or humans? 38
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3.3. Effects of Holocene climate changes on humans 39
3.3.1. Climate change and societal collapse 40
3.3.2. Climatic control of long-distance voyaging 42
3.4. Effects of Holocene sea-level changes on humans 44
3.4.1 Human response to early Holocene sea-level rise 45
3.4.2. Lowland agriculturalists displaced from East Asia by early Holocene
sea-level rise 46
3.4.3. Human response to middle Holocene sea-level stability 49
3.4.4. Human response to late Holocene sea-level fall 51
3.4.4.1. Sea-level fall and delta occupation 52
3.4.4.2. Sea-level fall and the shift from uplands to lowlands 53
3.4.4.3. Sea-level fall and island colonization 53
3.4.4.4. The role of sea-level fall in rendering atolls habitable 57
Key points 58
CHAPTER 4. THE MEDIEVAL WARM PERIOD (a.D. 750-1250) IN THE PACIFIC
BASIN 59
4.1. Climates during the Medieval Warm Period in the Pacific Basin 59
4.1.1. Climates of the eastern Pacific Rim (including Antarctica) 60
4.1.2. Climates of the western Pacific Rim 66
4.1.3. Climates of the Pacific Islands and Ocean 68
4.1.4. ENSO frequency and storminess 69
4.2. Environments during the Medieval Warm Period in the Pacific Basin 70
4.2.1. Sea-level changes 71
4.2.2. Environmental change driven by sea-level rise in the Kurile and Komandar
Island groups, northwest Pacific 72
4.2.3. Lake salinity changes driven by sea-level rise: Nakaumi Lagoon, Honshu
Island, Japan 73
4.2.4. Evidence for higher sea level from the Pacific Islands during the terminal
Medieval Warm Period 75
4.3. Societies during the Medieval Warm Period in the Pacific Basin 77
4.3.1. Societies of the eastern Pacific Rim 77
4.3.2. Climate change and culture, Jequetepeque Valley, coastal Peru 79
4.3.3. Collapse of the complex Tiwanaku society, Andean South America 80
4.3.4. Drought impacts on the Chumash people of coastal Southern
California 80
4.3.5. Societies of the western Pacific Rim 81
4.3.6. Societies of the Pacific Islands 82
4.3.7. Long-distance voyaging across the Pacific Ocean 84
Key points 86
CHAPTER 5. THE a.D. 1300 EVENT (a.d. 1250-1350) IN THE PACIHC BASIN 87
5.1. The nature of the a.d. 1300 Event 88
5.2. Climates during the a.d. 1300 Event in the Pacific Basin 90
5.2.1. Climates of the eastern Pacific Rim (including Antarctica) 90
5.2.2. Climates of the western Pacific Rim 93
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5.2.3. Abrupt change in the Asian summer monsoon 96
5.2.4. Climates of the Pacific Islands and Ocean 96
5.2.5. ENSO frequency and storminess 98
5.2.6. Increased storminess on Tahiti, French Polynesia 101
5.3. Environments during the a.d. 1300 Event in the Pacific Basin 102
5.3.1. Sea-level change: continental versus island records 103
5.3.2. Direct measurements of sea-level fall 104
5.3.3. Coastal-environmental evidence for sea-level fall 105
5.3.4. Coastal changes on Tikopia, Solomon Islands 109
5.4. Societies during the a.d. 1300 Event in the Pacific Basin 112
5.4.1. Societies of the eastern Pacific Rim 113
5.4.2. Societies of the western Pacific Rim 115
5.4.3. Nearshore subsistence at Bass Point, New South Wales, Australia 116
5.4.4. Societies of the Pacific Islands 117
Key points 120
CHAPTER 6. THE LITTLE ICE AGE (a.D. 1350-1800) IN THE PACIFIC BASIN 121
6.1. Climates of the Little Ice Age in the Pacific Basin 121
6.1.1. Climates of the eastern Pacific Rim (including Antarctica) 122
6.1.2. Climates of the western Pacific Rim 124
6.1.3. Storm erosion in New Zealand 125
6.1.4. Climates of the Pacific Islands and Ocean 126
6.1.5. ENSO variability and a two-phase Little Ice Age 127
6.2. Environments of the Little Ice Age in the Pacific Basin 128
6.2.1. Coastal-environmental change 128
6.2.2. Offshore environmental change 132
6.2.3. Inland environmental change 133
6.3. Societies of the Little Ice Age in the Pacific Basin 135
6.3.1. Overview of societal change along the Pacific Rim 136
6.3.2. Crisis in New Zealand 137
6.3.3. Overview of societal change in the Pacific Islands 139
6.3.4. Population dispersal 140
6.3.4.1. Occupation of inland areas 141
6.3.4.2. Occupation of drier and/or less fertile areas 142
6.3.4.3. Occupation of smaller islands 143
6.3.4.4. Creation of artificial islands 144
6.3.4.5. Population dispersal on atolls 145
6.3.5. Changing patterns of resource utilization 147
6.3.6. Reduced interaction 149
6.3.6.1. End of long-distance voyaging 150
6.3.6.2. Abandonment of remote islands 152
6.3.7. Conflict 153
6.3.7.1. Fortifications in the Pacific Islands 155
6.3.7.2. Cannibalism 157
6.3.7.3. Warfare in Fiji 158
6.3.8. Other societal responses to resource depletion 160
6.4. The end of the Little Ice Age 161
Key points 163
Contents
CHAPTER 7. THE a.D. 1300 EVENT: AN EXPLANATORY MODEL FOR SOCIETAL
RESPONSE TO CLIMATE CHANGE DURING THE LAST
MILLENNIUM IN THE PACIFIC BASIN 165
7.1. Outline of the model of the a.D. 1300 Event 167
7.2. Alternative models 169
7.3. Cause-effect linkages for climate change in the a.d. 1300 Event model 171
7.3.1. Linking temperature change to sea-level change 172
7.3.2. Climatic effects of increased Ei Nino frequency 173
7.4. Cause-effect linkages for environmental change in the a.d. 1300 Event model 174
7.5. Cause-effect linkages for societal change during and after the a.d. 1300 Event 175
7.5.1. Population dispersal 175
7.5.2. Changing patterns of resource utilization 177
7.5.3. Reduced interaction 178
7.5.4. Conflict 179
7.6. Case studies of the a.d. 1300 Event along the Pacific Rim 181
7.6.1. Case study: upland and lowland Peru, east Pacific Rim 181
7.6.2. Case study: southern California, east Pacific Rim 183
7.6.3. Case study: east Australia and New Zealand, southwest Pacific Rim 184
7.7. Case studies of the a.d. 1300 Event in the Pacific Islands 186
7.7.1. Case study: Nuku Hiva and Tahuata Islands, Marquesas Islands, French
Polynesia 186
7.7.2. Case study: Lakeba Island, Fiji 188
7.7.3. Case study: Palau Islands, Micronesia 189
7.7.4. Case study: Kaua'i Island, Hawaii group 190
7.7.5. Case study: Easter Island 192
7.7.6. Case study: the mystery islands of Polynesia 194
7.8. Key issues concerning cause and effect 195
7.8.1. Predictability of system responses 196
7.8.2. Lag times 196
7.8.3. Spatial variations in climate forcing as an explanation for variations in the
timing of human response 197
7.8.4. Why island environments and societies are more sensitive than those of
continents 198
7.9. Verifying the a.d. 1300 Event model 199
Key points 200
CHAPTER 8. RECENT WARMING AND SEA-LEVEL RISE (SINCE a.D. 1800) IN THE
PACIFIC BASIN 201
8.1. Climate change during the period of Recent Warming in the Pacific Basin 201
8.1.1. Climates of the eastern Pacific Rim (including Antarctica) 202
8.12. Climates of the western Pacific Rim 204
8.1.3. Climates of the Pacific Islands and Ocean 206
8.1.4. ENSO, PDO/IPO and Pacific Basin climate change 207
8.1.5. Tropical cyclones (hurricanes) 207
8.2. Climate-linked environmental change during the period of Recent Warming in the
Pacific Basin 208
8.2.1. Climate-linked environmental change along the Pacific Rim 211
8.2.2. Climate-linked environmental change in the Pacific Islands 212
8.2.3. Effects of changed tropical-cyclone regime 213
Contents xi
8.3, Climate-linked societal change during the period of Recent Warming in the
Pacific Basin 214
8.3.1. Climate-linked societal changes along the Pacific Rim 215
8.3.2. Climate-linked societal changes on Pacific Islands 215
8.4. Future climate change and its effects on Pacific Basin environments and societies 217
8.4.1. Effects of future climate change on Pacific environments 219
8.4.2. Effects of future climate and environmental change on Pacific societies 220
8.4.3. Effects of future changes in Pacific societies on climate and environment 221
Key points 223
CHAPTER 9. TELECONNECTtONS AND GLOBAL CLIMATE TRENDS 225
9.1. Climate change outside the Pacific Basin during the last millennium 226
9.1.1. Environmental proxies for last-millennium climate change 229
9.1.2. Direct measurements of recent climate change 231
9.1.3. Societal proxies of last-millennium climate change 233
9.1.4. Climate change during the a.d. 1300 Event beyond the Pacific Basin 233
9.2. Environmental change outside the Pacific Basin during the last millennium 234
9.2.1. Sea-level changes a.d. 750-1800 234
9.2.2. Sea-level rise during the period of Recent Warming (a.d. 1800 to present) 238
9.3. Societal change outside the Pacific Basin during the last millennium 238
9.3.1. Middle last-millennium changes in subsistence agriculture, central United
States 239
9.3.2. The "calamitous fourteenth century" in Europe and its aftermath 239
9.3.3. The history of Norse exploration and settlement of the northernmost
Atlantic 240
9.4. Global climate trends during the last millennium 242
Key points 244
CHAPTER 10. CAUSES OF LAST-MILLENNIUM CLIMATE CHANGE 245
10.1. Ultimate causes of last-millennium climate change 246
10.1.1. Solar irradiance variations 247
10.1.2. Contribution of volcanic forcing to climate change 249
10.1.3. Contribution of anthropogenic forcing to recent climate change 252
10.2. Ultimate causes of last-millennium sea-level change 253
10.3. Proximate causes of last-millennium climate and sea-level changes in
the Pacific Basin 255
10.3.1. Regional climate modifiers of global climate forcing 256
10.3.2. Oceanic influences on climate change 257
10.3.3. Proximate causes of last-millennium sea-level change 258
10.4. Abrupt climate change 258
10.4.1. Abrupt climate-change events during the late Quaternary 259
10.4.2. Amplification of the a.d. 1300 Event signal in the Pacific? 261
10.5. A last word 261
Key points 262
References 263
Index 299 |
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