Infographic -- Climate Variability (IMAGE)

University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science

Infographic -- Climate Variability

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Climate variability during the past 5,000 years as told by the concentration of titanium (Ti) in sediment core from Neor Lake, NW Iran. The vertical orange bands denote periods of dry and dusty condition, which correlate with historical records of drought and famine in Iranian Plateau, Mesopotamia and Eastern Mediterranean (brown and black horizontal bars respectively). Transition between ruling dynasties (gray arrows) in Iran and North Mesopotamia coincides with the episodes of dry and dusty condition in the region (peaks in Ti intensities).

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Arash Sharifi

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