edu.ucar.opensky::articles:26944 UCAR/NCAR - Library OpenSky Support PO Box 3000 Boulder CO 80307-3000 opensky@ucar.edu http://opensky.ucar.edu/ homepage pointOfContact 2025-12-24T18:56:22.876074 ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata - Part 2: Extensions for Imagery and Gridded Data ISO 19115-2:2009(E) https://n2t.org/ark:/85065/d7f47t8q https://doi.org/10.17864/1947.256 https Related Dataset #1 SISAL (Speleothem Isotopes Synthesis and AnaLysis Working Group) database version 2.0 Last Glacial Maximum cooling induced positive moisture balance and maintained stable human populations in Australia 2024-01-25T00:00:00Z publication https://n2t.org/ark:/85065/d7f47t8q https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-024-01204-1 Cadd, H. author Williams, A. N. author Saktura, W. M. author Cohen, T. J. author Mooney, S. D. author He, C. author Otto-Bliesner, Bette author Turney, C. S. M. author UCAR/NCAR - Library publisher Long-standing interpretations of the Last Glacial Maximum (21,000 +/- 2000 years ago) in Australia suggest that the period was extremely cold and arid, during which the Indo-Australian summer monsoon system collapsed, and human populations declined and retreated to ecological refuges to survive. Here, we use transient iTRACE simulations, combined with palaeoclimate proxy records and archaeological data to re-interpret the late Last Glacial Maximum and terminal Pleistocene (21,000 - 11,000 years) in Australia. The model suggests climates during the peak Last Glacial Maximum were cooler than present (-4 to -11 degrees C), but there is no evidence of monsoon collapse or substantial decreases in moisture balance across Australia. Kernel Density Estimates of archaeological ages show relatively stable and persistent human activity across most regions throughout the late Last Glacial Maximum and terminal Pleistocene, consistent with genetic evidence. Spatial coverage of archaeological sites steadily increased across the terminal Pleistocene; however, substantial population change is not evident. UCAR/NCAR - Library OpenSky Support PO Box 3000 Boulder CO 80307-3000 opensky@ucar.edu http://opensky.ucar.edu/ homepage pointOfContact PDF Text theme Resource Type 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z publication Copyright author(s). This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. None eng geoscientificInformation