Neotropical human–landscape interactions, fire, and atmospheric CO 2 during European conquest
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8049166 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Richard J Nevle (0000-0001-5971-5420, Bellarmine University), D K Bird (Stanford University), William F Ruddiman (University of Virginia), Robert A Dull (0000-0003-3309-6267, The University of Texas at Austin) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 853-864 |
| Publication date | 2011-06-13 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Holocene (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0959-6836 • E-ISSN: 1477-0911 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0959683611404578 |
| OpenAlex | W2089754114 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 27 |
| References cited | 130 |
Neotropical biomass burning reconstructions synthesized from soil and sedimentary charcoal records indicate a period of reduced biomass burning sustained for several centuries after ~500 cal. yr BP. Proxy records of solar irradiance, El Niño events, temperature, and precipitation document regionally variable climate-related trends that do not account for the uniform reduction in burning across the Neotropics. Decreased human ignition resulting from pandemic-induced mortality offers an alternative, geographically comprehensive explanation. In addition, natural (solar-volcanic) factors can explain only ~1.3 ppm out of the rapid 6–10 ppm CO 2 decrease between ad 1525 and the early 1600s. Reforestation following land abandonment due to population collapse has the potential to account for the rest of this CO 2 decline, and variations in the 13 C/ 12 C of atmospheric CO 2 and CH 4 are consistent with both a major reduction in Neotropical landscape management by fire and massive reforestation. Our findings are demonstrative of the scale at which pre-industrial human activities influenced Earth’s atmospheric greenhouse gas budget
Atmospheric sciences · Charcoal · Climate change · Climatology · Geography · Physical geography · Population · Precipitation · Reforestation · Solar irradiance · Volcano · Amazonian Archaeology and Ethnohistory · Cassava research and cyanide · Environmental Science · Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies · Demography · Ecology · Forestry · Geology
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