The ACER pollen and charcoal database: a global resource to document vegetation and fire response to abrupt climate changes during the last glacial period

Sánchez Goñi, María Fernanda; Desprat, Stéphanie; Daniau, Anne-Laure; Bassinot, Frank C.; Polanco-Martínez, Josué M.; Harrison, Sandy P.; Allen, Judy R. M.; Anderson, R. Scott; Behling, Hermann; Bonnefille, Raymonde; Burjachs, Francesc; Carrión, José S.; Cheddadi, Rachid; Clark, James S.; Combourieu-Nebout, Nathalie; Mustaphi, Colin. J. Courtney; Debusk, Georg H.; Dupont, Lydie M.; Finch, Jemma M.; Fletcher, William J.; Giardini, Marco; González, Catalina; Gosling, William D.; Grigg, Laurie D.; Grimm, Eric C.; Hayashi, Ryoma; Helmens, Karin; Heusser, Linda E.; Hill, Trevor; Hope, Geoffrey; Huntley, Brian; Igarashi, Yaeko; Irino, Tomohisa; Jacobs, Bonnie; Jiménez-Moreno, Gonzalo; Kawai, Sayuri; Kershaw, A. Peter; Kumon, Fujio; Lawson, Ian T.; Ledru, Marie-Pierre; Lézine, Anne-Marie; Liew, Ping Mei; Magri, Donatella; Marchant, Robert; Margari, Vasiliki; Mayle, Francis E.; McKenzie, G. Merna; Moss, Patrick; Müller, Stefanie; Müller, Ulrich C.; Naughton, Filipa; Newnham, Rewi M.; Oba, Tadamichi; Pérez-Obiol, Ramón; Pini, Roberta; Ravazzi, Cesare; Roucoux, Katy H.; Rucina, Stephen M.; Scott, Louis; Takahara, Hikaru; Tzedakis, Polichronis C.; Urrego, Dunia H.; van Geel, Bas; Valencia, B. Guido; Vandergoes, Marcus J.; Vincens, Annie; Whitlock, Cathy L.; Willard, Debra A.; Yamamoto, Masanobu

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-9-679-2017

Articles | Volume 9, issue 2

Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 9, 679–695, 2017

https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-9-679-2017

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Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 9, 679–695, 2017

https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-9-679-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 9, issue 2

Review article

11 Sep 2017

Review article | 11 Sep 2017

The ACER pollen and charcoal database: a global resource to document vegetation and fire response to abrupt climate changes during the last glacial period

María Fernanda Sánchez Goñi et al.

Supplement

https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-9-679-2017-supplement

Data sets

The ACER pollen and charcoal database: a global resource to document vegetation and fire response to abrupt climate changes during the last glacial period M. F. Sánchez Goñi, S. Desprat, A.-L. Daniau, F. C. Bassinot, J. M. Polanco-Martínez, S. P. Harrison, J. R. M. Allen, R. S. Anderson, H. Behling, R. Bonnefille, F. Burjachs, J. S. Carrión, R. Cheddadi, J. S. Clark, N. Combourieu-Nebout, C. J. Courtney-Mustaphi, G. H. Debusk, L. M. Dupont, J. M. Finch, W. J. Fletcher, M. Giardini, C. González, W. D. Gosling, L. D. Grigg, E. C. Grimm, R. Hayashi, K. Helmens, L. E. Heusser, T. Hill, G. Hope, B. Huntley, Y. Igarashi, T. Irino, B. Jacobs, G. Jiménez-Moreno, S. Kawai, P. Kershaw, F. Kumon, I. T. Lawson, M.-P. Ledru, A.-M. Lézine, P. M. Liew, D. Magri, R. Marchant, V. Margari, F. E. Mayle, M. McKenzie, P. Moss, S. Müller, U. C. Müller, F. Naughton, R. M. Newnham, T. Oba, R. Pérez-Obiol, R. Pini, C. Ravazzi, K. H. Roucoux, S. M. Rucina, L. Scott, H. Takahara, P. C. Tzedakis, D. H. Urrego, B. van Geel, B. G. Valencia, M. J. Vandergoes, A. Vincens, C. L. Whitlock, D. A. Willard, and M. Yamamoto https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.870867

Short summary

The ACER (Abrupt Climate Changes and Environmental Responses) global database includes 93 pollen records from the last glacial period (73–15 ka) plotted against a common chronology; 32 also provide charcoal records. The database allows for the reconstruction of the regional expression, vegetation and fire of past abrupt climate changes that are comparable to those expected in the 21st century. This work is a major contribution to understanding the processes behind rapid climate change.