@article{fdi:010067795, title = {{P}aradoxical cold conditions during the medieval climate anomaly in the {W}estern {A}rctic}, author = {{J}omelli, {V}. and {L}ane, {T}. and {F}avier, {V}. and {M}asson-{D}elmotte, {V}. and {S}wingedouw, {D}. and {R}interknecht, {V}. and {S}chimmelpfennig, {I}. and {B}runstein, {D}. and {V}erfaillie, {D}. and {A}damson, {K}. and {L}eanni, {L}aetitia and {M}okadem, {F}. and {A}ster {T}eam}, editor = {}, language = {{ENG}}, abstract = {{I}n the {N}orthern {H}emisphere, most mountain glaciers experienced their largest extent in the last millennium during the {L}ittle {I}ce {A}ge (1450 to 1850 {CE}, {LIA}), a period marked by colder hemispheric temperatures than the {M}edieval {C}limate {A}nomaly (950 to 1250 {CE}, {MCA}), a period which coincided with glacier retreat. {H}ere, we present a new moraine chronology based on 36{C}l surface exposure dating from {L}yngmarksbraeen glacier, {W}est {G}reenland. {C}onsistent with other glaciers in the western {A}rctic, {L}yngmarksbraeen glacier experienced several advances during the last millennium, the first one at the end of the {MCA}, in similar to 1200 {CE}, was of similar amplitude to two other advances during the {LIA}. {I}n the absence of any significant changes in accumulation records from {S}outh {G}reenland ice cores, we attribute this expansion to multi-decadal summer cooling likely driven by volcanic and/or solar forcing, and associated regional sea-ice feedbacks. {S}uch regional multi-decadal cold conditions at the end of the {MCA} are neither resolved in temperature reconstructions from other parts of the {N}orthern {H}emisphere, nor captured in last millennium climate simulations.}, keywords = {{ARCTIQUE}}, booktitle = {}, journal = {{S}cientific {R}eports - {N}ature}, volume = {6}, numero = {}, pages = {art. 32984 [9 p.]}, ISSN = {2045-2322}, year = {2016}, DOI = {10.1038/srep32984}, URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010067795}, }