They could be all sorts, most likely Holocene. Fingers crossed one of the ten turns out to have some continuous growth across the Neolithic (6-4 kyr BP ish).

Correction. Not the first time above 100. Must have missed that milestone!

Good to know!

Paper available here: doi.org/10.5194/cp-2....

We created time-slice maps to compare our work with BritIce-Chrono. Our results largely agree with the ‘optimal’ reconstruction but some differences, especially with the ‘maximum’ reconstruction, show utility in including speleothem data in future reconstructions of ice-sheet extent.

In detail, we compiled all published ages from nearly fifty years of speleothem research. Using the principle that stalagmites tend not to grow underneath ice-sheets and permafrost, we compared peaks and troughs in the age probability distributions with interglacial-glacial climate variability.

Very cool. I love this. Congratulations on a great paper Sophie!

It is AI generated in Canva. Alt text is the approximate prompt. AI is useful for a social media splash, but would generally prefer an artist for more major work (once I have the grant money that pays!)

Sounds interesting. Looking forward to reading it. Though, in my opinion, I would say the two are not one asynchronous event, rather they are two different climate events.

I just discovered @alexkjames.bsky.social is on here. He's the lead author. Go Alex!