CR 83:57-59 (2021)  -  DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/cr01636

ABSTRACT: Our understanding of natural climate variability rapidly declines over the Common Era (CE) as the pre-instrumental temperature amplitude differs substantially among large-scale reconstructions. Highlighting such differences and emphasizing paleoclimatic findings is crucial for placing anthropogenic climate change in a long-term context. We argue that more proxy records are needed to accurately reconstruct first millennium CE temperature variability and value regional studies producing such data.

KEY WORDS: Temperature reconstruction · Tree rings · Multi-proxy · IPCC · Northern Hemisphere