Zhuo Zheng

TL;DR: A well-dated, pollen-based, ~20-yr-resolution quantitative precipitation reconstruction from an alpine lake in North China, which provides for the first time a direct record of EASM evolution since 14.7 ka, points to strong internal feedback processes driving the EASm, and may aid the understanding of future monsoon behaviour under ongoing anthropogenic climate change.

TL;DR: The combined pollen and speleothems proxy data indicate that this montane rainforest expansion during Heinrich Stadial 1 Event was triggered mainly by a less seasonal rainfall regime from the subtropics to the equatorial region.

TL;DR: In this article, a set of 658 modern pollen samples spanning all biomes and regions were used to reconstruct palaeovegetation patterns, using complete taxon lists and a biomization procedure that entailed the assignment of 645 pollen taxa to plant functional types.

TL;DR: The results indicate that terrestrial ecosystems are highly sensitive to temperature change and suggest that, without major reductions in greenhouse gas emissions to the atmosphere, terrestrial ecosystems worldwide are at risk of major transformation, with accompanying disruption of ecosystem services and impacts on biodiversity.

TL;DR: In this paper, an atmospheric pollen sampling was performed weekly during one year (August 1989 to August 1990) and 18 dust flux samples were obtained in the same region which covers three geographical units: the western margin of the Taklimakan desert, the northern Karakorum and the northwestern Kunlun mountains.