Prolonged California aridity linked to climate warming and Pacific sea surface temperature

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Macdonald, Glen M ^a   Moser, Katrina A ^b   Bloom, Amy M ^c   Potito, Aaron P ^d   Porinchu, David F ^e   Holmquist, James R ^f   Hughes, Julia ^g   Kremenetski, Konstantine V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^f SMITHSONIAN ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^g Charring Cross and Westminster Medical School   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; CALIFORNIA; CASE REPORT; CLIMATE CHANGE; COOLING; DROUGHT; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LAKE SEDIMENT; MEDIEVAL WARM PERIOD; NEVADA; RADIATIVE FORCING; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; WARMING;

EID: 84988349791     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep33325     Document Type: Review

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