Perspectives on the linkage between typhoon activity and global warming from recent research advances in paleotempestology

Fan, Daidu; Liu, Kam‐biu

doi:10.1007/s11434-008-0341-2

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“…Paleotempestology, the study of ancient storm deposits, is a discipline gaining awareness in recent years in light of global climate change, sea-surface warming, and increasing hurricane frequencies and intensities over the late Holocene (Donnelly and Woodruff, 2007;Emanuel, 2005;Fan and Liu, 2008;Goldenberg et al, 2001;Kossin et al, 2007;Saunders and Lea, 2008;Smith et al, 2010). Understanding past and present spatiotemporal storm patterns is important for developing forecasting models to help with predicting future event frequencies and magnitudes under various climate-change scenarios (Frappier et al, 2007;Nott, 2004).…”

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Paleotempestite Distribution across an Isolated Carbonate Platform, San Salvador Island, Bahamas

Mattheus

Fowler

2015

Journal of Coastal Research

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Mattheus, C.R. and Fowler, J.K., 2015. Paleotempestite distribution across an isolated carbonate platform, San Salvador Island, Bahamas. Journal of Coastal Research, 31(4), 842-858. Coconut Creek (Florida), ISSN 0749-0208. Sediment cores were collected from coastal ponds across San Salvador Island, an isolated Bahamian carbonate platform, and integrated with aerial photographs and field-survey data to provide insight into how spatially variable storm records are at the island scale and what drives this variance. A better understanding of local tempestite generation and preservation potential is crucial for correlating events across more regional scales. Sandy storm layers, products of beach overwash and/or high-energy aeolian transport from the shore into coastal ponds, are easily distinguished from flocculated carbonate muds, microbial mats, and other organics that ordinarily sequester in the stagnant, low-energy coastal water bodies. Interpreted paleotempestites do not correlate well between studied ponds using a strictly stratigraphic approach, although all sites investigated are situated within 150 m of a sandy beach, are similar in size and morphology, and coastal terrains across the small island are comparable. While wrack lines show that individual storms produce surges that vary in height along the island's 60 km-long coastline, differences in the spatial distribution of storm deposits cannot be explained solely as a function of variable surge heights, storm trajectories, and shore aspect; they also reflect intrinsic, biogeomorphic variables such as pond-fringing vegetation characteristics and coastal geomorphic configuration. A complete storm chronology for the island is not generated in any single pond location, and diagenetic processes compound this variance, producing a high degree of spatial heterogeneity of storm records. Nonetheless, the Caribbean-wide Hurricane Hyperactivity Period is distinguished in core from the modern period of relative inactivity by an up-core transition from sandy, stratified pond deposits containing storm layers to heavily bioturbated sediments indicative of low-E deposition. This facies transition, recognized across the island, provides a regional correlation tool for evaluating the distribution of paleotempestites within context of major climate regimes. ADDITIONAL INDEX WORDS:Coastal pond, washover fan, carbonate, Hurricane Frances, storm deposit.

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Paleotempestite Distribution across an Isolated Carbonate Platform, San Salvador Island, Bahamas

Mattheus

Fowler

2015

Journal of Coastal Research

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“…As can be seen from Table 6, in study area the average relative humidity from May to August tended to increase, which confirms our speculation. The effects of global warming are very broad [29][30][31][32][33]. It is the general consensus that permafrost degradation is a cause of global climate change [25].…”

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Global warming accelerates the upfreezing of permafrost in arid middle Tianshan Mountains

Chen

Nie

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Chin. Sci. Bull.

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Upfreezing is an important geomorphic process in the periglacial environment. It is a product of cold climate and thus an important part of the cryospheric processes. Based on the long-term positioning observations in the source area of the Urumqi River, this article represents an in-depth discussion of the characteristics of sorted circles and upfreezing mechanisms in the Tianshan Mountains. In the source area of the Urumqi River, the intensity of upfreezing is the highest within the top 25 cm near the surface, while targets with a diameter of 3 cm are least affected by upfreezing. There is no distinct difference between the centre with fine grains and the margin with coarse debris within the same sorted circle in terms of the intensity of upfreezing. The correlation analysis demonstrates that temperature plays an important role in upfreezing and the development of sorted circles. A long-time positioning observation of sorted circles reveals that periglacial landforms are sensitive to regional climate change and respond quickly to the temperature increase of the recent two decades. Enhanced upfreezing was found to be due to increased soil moisture content.

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“…These changes of varied magnitude can be traced over different spatiotemporal scales. The best known issue of course is global warming due to rapidly increasing emissions of CO 2 and other greenhouse gases into Earth's atmosphere since the Industrial Revolution, responsible for more frequent extreme weather events (e.g., heavy rainfall on land and super typhoons in the ocean) (Fan and Liu 2008;Sobel et al 2016). Rapid population growth and technological advancement in the past centuries have enabled humans to alter landscapes, habitats, and ecosystems through urbanization and industrial and agricultural activities (Price et al 2011;Hooke et al 2012).…”

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Coastal environmental changes under increasing anthropogenic impacts: an introduction

2019

Anthropocene Coasts

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Perspectives on the linkage between typhoon activity and global warming from recent research advances in paleotempestology

Cited by 29 publications

References 57 publications

Paleotempestite Distribution across an Isolated Carbonate Platform, San Salvador Island, Bahamas

Paleotempestite Distribution across an Isolated Carbonate Platform, San Salvador Island, Bahamas

Global warming accelerates the upfreezing of permafrost in arid middle Tianshan Mountains

Coastal environmental changes under increasing anthropogenic impacts: an introduction

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