Paleoclimate Reconstruction (3rd Edition)

Dear Colleagues,

Change is the one constant in Earth’s climate history. Contemporary changes in the climate system—driven in part by human activities—continue to raise important questions regarding how ‘unusual’ the observed climate changes of the last century are relative to a longer view of Earth’s climate. Advances in paleoclimatic reconstruction have already provided some valuable context about Earth’s natural climate variability during the pre-instrumental period. However, questions remain surrounding many paleoclimate issues, including, for example, solar irradiance, atmospheric composition, and the specific mechanisms of certain internal feedbacks such as volcanism. Further work is needed in the area of paleoclimate reconstructions, especially work that uses preserved biological and/or geological proxy data sources to enhance our understanding of the climate system in general and ongoing changes in the system in particular.

After successfully launching the first and second volumes of this Special Issue (“Paleoclimate Reconstruction”: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/atmosphere/special_issues/Paleoclimate_Reconstruction; “Paleoclimate Reconstruction (2nd Edition)”: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/atmosphere/special_issues/VS0QLX8D8A), we have decided to publish a third volume of this Special Issue.

The first two volumes include paleoclimate reconstruction research that uses both geological and biological proxies, with applications of tree-ring isotope analysis, standard dendrochronological techniques, and lake sediment data. The third volume will retain the same focus on paleoclimate research that furthers our knowledge of prehistoric climatic variability—both spatial and temporal—and improves our understanding of regional- or global-scale patterns of prehistoric climate change, especially as they relate to contemporary planetary warming. Published papers will reconstruct and analyze (some aspect of) the prehistoric climate from the perspective of proxy data sources such as tree rings, preserved pollen records, ice cores, speleothems, ocean floor sediments, or any other paleoclimate indicators and may include indirect reconstructions (e.g., reconstructions of large-scale atmospheric flow, such as ENSO variability, using tree rings, based on the observed relationship between tree growth and large-scale atmospheric variability).

Prof. Dr. Jason T. Ortegren
Guest Editor

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