Chronology

Marine Isotope Stages

Climate Timeline and Correlating Periods of Human and Earth History

Relations, Correlations and the Sequence of the Events
Year Marine Isotope Stage 1, Holocene, 14 ka - today
2015 - The globally averaged temperature over land and ocean surfaces for 2015 was the highest among all years since record keeping began in 1880 [https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/news/global-climate-201712, on 08.04.2020, at 12:37 AM].
2014 - 2014 Earth's warmest year on record. [https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/news/global-climate-201712, on 08.04.2020, at 12:37 AM].
2013 - 2013 global temperature ties as 4th warmest on record since 1880 [https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/news/global-climate-201712, on 08.04.2020, at 12:46 AM].
2012 - Over the period 12–15 July 2012, an exceptional heat wave over Greenland ice sheet [NEEM community members, 2013, DOI: 10.1038/nature11789].
1920 - A period of cooler global temperatures, referred to as the Little Ice Age between AD 1440–1920 [M.J. Owens et al., https://doi.org/10.1051/swsc/2017034].
1816 - Temperature decrease (c. 0.8°C) in the NH (Sadler and Grattan., 1999; Ogle et al., 2005; Stoffel et al., 2015) [E.A. Kasatkina et al., 2018, DOI: 10.22201/igeof.00167169p.2018.57.1.1823].
1700 - 1250–1700 CE, the 'Little Ice Age’ (LIA) [J. Luterbacher et al., 2016, DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/11/2/024001].
- In the European and North American proxy records, the coldest summer was either 1698, 1699 or 1700 [R. D'Arrigo et al., 2020, DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2019.106746].
1675 CE - Post-volcanic (?) cooling (JJA temperature anomaly), -1.78°C [M. Sigl et al., 2015, DOI: 10.1038/nature14565, Extended Data Table 5].
1633 CE - Post-volcanic cooling (JJA temperature anomaly), -1.56°C [M. Sigl et al., 2015, DOI: 10.1038/nature14565, Extended Data Table 5].
1601 CE - Post-volcanic cooling (JJA (June, July, August) temperature anomaly), -1.82°C [M. Sigl et al., 2015, DOI: 10.1038/nature14565, Extended Data Table 5].
1453 CE - Post-volcanic cooling (JJA temperature anomaly), -1.57°C [M. Sigl et al., 2015, DOI: 10.1038/nature14565, Extended Data Table 5].
1250 - 1250–1700 CE, the 'Little Ice Age’ (LIA) [J. Luterbacher et al., 2016, DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/11/2/024001].
1200 CE - 900–1200 CE, 'Medieval Climate Anomaly’ (MCA) [J. Luterbacher et al., 2016, DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/11/2/024001].
1109 CE - Post-volcanic cooling (JJA temperature anomaly), -1.56°C [M. Sigl et al., 2015, DOI: 10.1038/nature14565, Extended Data Table 5].
900 CE - 900 – 1200 CE, 'Medieval Climate Anomaly’ (MCA) [J. Luterbacher et al., 2016, DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/11/2/024001].
- The medieval warming period between 900 – 1200 [V. V. Zharkova et al., 2019, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-45584-3].
800 CE - Post-volcanic cooling (JJA temperature anomaly), -1.66°C ["M. Sigl et al., 2015, DOI: 10.1038/nature14565, Extended Data Table 5].
775 CE - The 775 CE global event (March 775 ± 6 month) with 14C increase with debated cause (cosmogenic 14C radiocarbon time marker) [M. Sigl et al., 2015, DOI: 10.1038/nature14565].