That assumption conflicts with studies finding that the Northern Hemisphere was warmer than present for several
decades during the Medieval Warm Period and Roman Warm Period and for thousands of years during Holocene Optimum.
Not exact matches
Warmest decades of the
Medieval Warm Period, and coolest decades of the Little Ice Age, after re-centering each reconstruction to match the instrumental temperature record during the period of ov
Period, and coolest
decades of the Little Ice Age, after re-centering each reconstruction to match the instrumental temperature record
during the
period of ov
period of overlap.
There were no globally synchronous multi-decadal
warm or cold intervals that define a worldwide Medieval Warm Period or Little Ice Age, but all reconstructions show generally cold conditions between AD 1580 and 1880, punctuated in some regions by warm decades during the eighteenth cent
warm or cold intervals that define a worldwide
Medieval Warm Period or Little Ice Age, but all reconstructions show generally cold conditions between AD 1580 and 1880, punctuated in some regions by warm decades during the eighteenth cent
Warm Period or Little Ice Age, but all reconstructions show generally cold conditions between AD 1580 and 1880, punctuated in some regions by
warm decades during the eighteenth cent
warm decades during the eighteenth century.
Thus there is a back and forth in global cloudiness as the Sun's activity level changes over the
decades and centuries — such as
during the
period covering the Medieval Warm Period, the Little Ice Age, and the current warm period — through latitudinal shifting of the jet stream tracks and permanent climate
period covering the
Medieval Warm Period, the Little Ice Age, and the current warm period — through latitudinal shifting of the jet stream tracks and permanent climate zo
Warm Period, the Little Ice Age, and the current warm period — through latitudinal shifting of the jet stream tracks and permanent climate
Period, the Little Ice Age, and the current
warm period — through latitudinal shifting of the jet stream tracks and permanent climate zo
warm period — through latitudinal shifting of the jet stream tracks and permanent climate
period — through latitudinal shifting of the jet stream tracks and permanent climate zones.
In particular,
during the
medieval period, ∼ AD 900 — 1300, the Northern Hemisphere experienced temperatures
warmer than all but the most recent
decades.
One thousand years ago
during the
Medieval Warm Period, coral thrived in Pacific water masses that were ~ 0.65 °
warmer than in recent
decades, then cooled ~ 0.9 °C by the 1700s.