Study: Warming Periods Over Last 8,000 Years Linked To Fewer Droughts, Less Famine
In Contrast, Centuries of Cooling Caused Megadroughts and Ecological Hardship
by Kenneth Richard Dec 9, 2024
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Paleoclimate evidence affirms warmth reduces drought frequency and intensity. [emphasis, links added]
A new study utilizing Asian tree pollen records affirms that for the last 8,000 years, centennial-scale warming periods were associated with reductions in drought, famines, and crop failures.
“…warm periods were associated with increased precipitation along with relatively short-lived drought events.”
In contrast, centuries of cooling (e.g., the Little Ice Age) induced “extreme drought conditions,” or megadroughts, and thus widespread ecological hardship.
“…a cooling trend in the Northern Hemisphere may result in persistent extreme drought conditions in arid tropical regions.”
https://climatechangedispatch.com/study-warming-periods-over-last-8000-years-linked-to-fewer-droughts-less-famine/
