@article{PAR00010528, title = {{C}ontinental-scale temperature variability during the past two millennia}, author = {{A}hmed, {M}. and {A}nchukaitis, {K}. {J}. and {A}srat, {A}. and {B}orgaonkar, {H}. {P}. and {B}raida, {M}. and {B}uckley, {B}. {M}. and {B}untgen, {U}. and {C}hase, {B}. {M}. and {C}hristie, {D}. {A}. and {C}ook, {E}. {R}. and {C}urran, {M}. {A}. {J}. and {D}iaz, {H}. {F}. and {E}sper, {J}. and {F}an, {Z}. {X}. and {G}aire, {N}. {P}. and {G}e, {Q}. {S}. and {G}ergis, {J}. and {G}onzalez-{R}ouco, {J}. {F}. and {G}oosse, {H}. and {G}rab, {S}. {W}. and {G}raham, {N}. and {G}raham, {R}. and {G}rosjean, {M}. and {H}anhijarvi, {S}. {T}. and {K}aufman, {D}. {S}. and {K}iefer, {T}. and {K}imura, {K}. and {K}orhola, {A}. {A}. and {K}rusic, {P}. {J}. and {L}ara, {A}. and {L}ezine, {A}nne-{M}arie and {L}jungqvist, {F}. {C}. and {L}orrey, {A}. {M}. and {L}uterbacher, {J}. and {M}asson-{D}elmotte, {V}. and {M}c{C}arroll, {D}. and {M}c{C}onnell, {J}. {R}. and {M}c{K}ay, {N}. {P}. and {M}orales, {M}. {S}. and {M}oy, {A}. {D}. and {M}ulvaney, {R}. and {M}undo, {I}. {A}. and {N}akatsuka, {T}. and {N}ash, {D}. {J}. and {N}eukom, {R}. and {N}icholson, {S}. {E}. and {O}erter, {H}. and {P}almer, {J}. {G}. and {P}hipps, {S}. {J}. and {P}rieto, {M}. {R}. and {R}ivera, {A}. and {S}ano, {M}. and {S}everi, {M}. and {S}hanahan, {T}. {M}. and {S}hao, {X}. {M}. and {S}hi, {F}. and {S}igl, {M}. and {S}merdon, {J}. {E}. and {S}olomina, {O}. {N}. and {S}teig, {E}. {J}. and {S}tenni, {B}. and {T}hamban, {M}. and {T}rouet, {V}. and {T}urney, {C}. {S}. {M}. and {U}mer, {M}. and van {O}mmen, {T}. and {V}erschuren, {D}. and {V}iau, {A}. {E}. and {V}illalba, {R}. and {V}inther, {B}. {M}. and von {G}unten, {L}. and {W}agner, {S}. and {W}ahl, {E}. {R}. and {W}anner, {H}. and {W}erner, {J}. {P}. and {W}hite, {J}. {W}. {C}. and {Y}asue, {K}. and {Z}orita, {E}.}, editor = {}, language = {{ENG}}, abstract = {{P}ast global climate changes had strong regional expression. {T}o elucidate their spatio-temporal pattern, we reconstructed past temperatures for seven continental-scale regions during the past one to two millennia. {T}he most coherent feature in nearly all of the regional temperature reconstructions is a long-term cooling trend, which ended late in the nineteenth century. {A}t multi-decadal to centennial scales, temperature variability shows distinctly different regional patterns, with more similarity within each hemisphere than between them. {T}here were no globally synchronous multi-decadal warm or cold intervals that define a worldwide {M}edieval {W}arm {P}eriod or {L}ittle {I}ce {A}ge, but all reconstructions show generally cold conditions between {AD} 1580 and 1880, punctuated in some regions by warm decades during the eighteenth century. {T}he transition to these colder conditions occurred earlier in the {A}rctic, {E}urope and {A}sia than in {N}orth {A}merica or the {S}outhern {H}emisphere regions. {R}ecent warming reversed the long-term cooling; during the period {AD} 1971-2000, the area-weighted average reconstructed temperature was higher than any other time in nearly 1,400 years.}, keywords = {}, booktitle = {}, journal = {{N}ature {G}eoscience}, volume = {6}, numero = {5}, pages = {339--346}, ISSN = {1752-0894}, year = {2013}, DOI = {10.1038/ngeo1797}, URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/{PAR}00010528}, }