A Chinese cave links climate change, social impacts, and human adaptation over the last 500 years | |
Tan, Liangcheng1,2; Cai, Yanjun1,3; An, Zhisheng1,3; Cheng, Hai3,4; Shen, Chuan-Chou5; Breitenbach, Sebastian F. M.6; Gao, Yongli7; Edwards, R. Lawrence4; Zhang, Haiwei3; Du, Yajuan1 | |
2015-08-13 | |
发表期刊 | SCIENTIFIC REPORTS |
ISSN | 2045-2322 |
卷号 | 5 |
文章类型 | Article |
摘要 | The collapse of some pre-historical and historical cultures, including Chinese dynasties were presumably linked to widespread droughts, on the basis of synchronicities of societal crises and proxy-based climate events. Here, we present a comparison of ancient inscriptions in Dayu Cave from Qinling Mountains, central China, which described accurate times and detailed impacts of seven drought events during the period of 1520-1920 CE, with high-resolution speleothem records from the same cave. The comparable results provide unique and robust tests on relationships among speleothem delta O-18 changes, drought events, and societal unrest. With direct historical evidences, our results suggest that droughts and even modest events interrupting otherwise wet intervals can cause serious social crises. Modeling results of speleothem delta O-18 series suggest that future precipitation in central China may be below the average of the past 500 years. As Qinling Mountain is the main recharge area of two large water transfer projects and habitats of many endangered species, it is imperative to explore an adaptive strategy for the decline in precipitation and/or drought events. |
WOS标题词 | Science & Technology |
DOI | 10.1038/srep12284 |
关键词[WOS] | Precipitation Variability ; Maya Civilization ; Summer Monsoon ; Speleothems ; Collapse ; Stalagmite ; Records ; Holocene ; System ; Scale |
收录类别 | SCI |
语种 | 英语 |
WOS研究方向 | Science & Technology - Other Topics |
WOS类目 | Multidisciplinary Sciences |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000359407400001 |
出版者 | NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP |
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文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://ir.ieecas.cn/handle/361006/9262 |
专题 | 现代环境研究室 |
通讯作者 | Tan, Liangcheng |
作者单位 | 1.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Earth Environm, State Key Lab Loess & Quaternary Geol, Xian 710061, Peoples R China 2.JCGCS, Beijing 100875, Peoples R China 3.Xi An Jiao Tong Univ, Inst Global Environm Change, Xian 710054, Peoples R China 4.Univ Minnesota, Dept Earth Sci, Minneapolis, MN 55455 USA 5.Natl Taiwan Univ, Dept Geosci, Taipei 106, Taiwan 6.Univ Cambridge, Dept Earth Sci, Cambridge CB2 3EQ, England 7.Univ Texas San Antonio, Dept Geol Sci, Ctr Water Res, San Antonio, TX 78249 USA |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Tan, Liangcheng,Cai, Yanjun,An, Zhisheng,et al. A Chinese cave links climate change, social impacts, and human adaptation over the last 500 years[J]. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS,2015,5. |
APA | Tan, Liangcheng.,Cai, Yanjun.,An, Zhisheng.,Cheng, Hai.,Shen, Chuan-Chou.,...&Du, Yajuan.(2015).A Chinese cave links climate change, social impacts, and human adaptation over the last 500 years.SCIENTIFIC REPORTS,5. |
MLA | Tan, Liangcheng,et al."A Chinese cave links climate change, social impacts, and human adaptation over the last 500 years".SCIENTIFIC REPORTS 5(2015). |
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