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. 2021 Nov 26;12:6935. doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-27054-5

Fig. 4. Compiled records of Asian and global climate change across the MPB.

Fig. 4

a–c Total organic carbon (TOC), carbonate δ18O, and lightness records from the Tarim Basin48,49. d ODP Site 1146 planktic δ18O record7. e Al/Na from the Shilou red clay section (this study). f Compiled proxy record of atmospheric CO2 concentrations from different methods, with error bars representing one-sigma uncertainties8–10. g Gradient between planktic and benthic foraminiferal δ13C at ODP Site 1146, South China Sea7. h–l Sea surface temperature (SST) reconstructions6,39 from DSDP Site 594 (South Pacific Ocean) and ODP Sites 1088 (South Atlantic Ocean), 907 (Norwegian Sea), 846 (tropical eastern Pacific Ocean), and 763 A (subtropical southeastern Indian Ocean). m ODP Site 849 benthic foraminiferal δ18O record, tropical eastern Pacific Ocean41. The red smoothed curve is fitted using the locally weighted least squares error (LOWESS) method with Matlab. n Modelled global eustatic sea level changes5. The compiled data indicate increased moisture in Asian monsoon areas and aridification in arid Central Asia, as CO2 and temperature increased across the MPB (shaded).