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Area of Science:

  • Paleoclimatology
  • Biogeochemistry
  • Environmental Science

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  • Understanding climate's influence on soil dissolved organic carbon (DOC) export is crucial for accurate global carbon models.
  • Limited long-term data and confounding factors hinder precise climate-DOC export relationship assessments.
  • Alpine catchments offer valuable archives for reconstructing past environmental changes.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To reconstruct past dissolved organic carbon (DOC) leaching over ~14,000 years in alpine environments.
  • To investigate the relationship between past climate variability and DOC export.
  • To improve constraints on global carbon models by understanding long-term DOC dynamics.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized paleoenvironmental archives: two speleothems and one lake sediment core from Aotearoa New Zealand.
  • Focused on mountainous catchments with minimal anthropogenic impact before ~1200 C.E.
  • Reconstructed DOC leaching trends across approximately 4° of latitude.

Main Results:

  • Warmer temperatures during the Holocene, particularly the Holocene Climatic Optimum (HCO), correlated with increased allochthonous DOC export.
  • DOC export during the HCO (1.5-2.5°C warmer than late pre-industrial) doubled to tripled compared to cooler periods.
  • DOC export decreased during the cooler mid-Holocene.

Conclusions:

  • Temperature was the primary driver of increased soil DOC export during the HCO, likely through vegetation and microbial responses.
  • Future climate warming may enhance DOC export from mountainous regions.
  • Increased DOC export has significant implications for the global carbon cycle and freshwater quality.