Columbu, AAColumbuSpotl, CCSpotlFohlmeister, JJFohlmeisterHu, HMHMHuChiarini, VVChiariniHellstrom, JJHellstromCheng, HHChengCHUAN-CHOU SHENDe Waele, JJDe Waele2023-01-062023-01-062022-122662-4435https://scholars.lib.ntu.edu.tw/handle/123456789/626990Similarly to the effects of current climate change, the last deglaciation (Termination I) rapidly altered northern latitude temperatures and ice-sheet extent, as well as the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation. However, it is still unclear how these changes propagated and impacted the central Mediterranean continental rainfall variability. This prevents a full understanding on how global warming will affect Mediterranean areas in the future. Here, we present a high-resolution reconstruction of rainfall changes in the central Mediterranean across Termination I, based on a novel δ18O time series from a southern Italian stalagmite. Across Termination I the availability of Atlantic moisture varied in response to northern latitude temperature increases (decreases) and ice-sheet decreases (increases), promoting a higher (lower) intensity of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, and resulting in a relatively wetter (drier) climate in the Mediterranean. In the light of future warming, this study emphasises the role of high-latitude climate changes in causing rainfall variation in highly populated Mediterranean areas.CLIMATE VARIABILITY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; GLACIAL MAXIMUM; SOUTHERN ALPS; RECORD; GREENLAND; SPELEOTHEMS; WATER; EVENTS; RECONSTRUCTION[SDGs]SDG13journal article10.1038/s43247-022-00509-32-s2.0-85136138297WOS:000842208100001https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85136138297