The importance of 'year zero' in interdisciplinary studies of climate and history

0538560 - ÚVGZ 2021 RIV US eng J - Článek v odborném periodiku
Büntgen, Ulf - Oppenheimer, C.
The importance of 'year zero' in interdisciplinary studies of climate and history.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. Roč. 117, č. 52 (2020), s. 32845-32847. ISSN 0027-8424. E-ISSN 1091-6490
Grant CEP: GA MŠMT(CZ) EF16_019/0000797
Institucionální podpora: RVO:86652079
Klíčová slova: tree-ring * paleoclimate * year zero * climate reconstructions * dating precision * geoscience
Obor OECD: Climatic research
Impakt faktor: 11.205, rok: 2020
Způsob publikování: Open access
https://www.pnas.org/content/117/52/32845

The mathematical aberration of the Gregorian chronology's missing 'year zero' retains enduring potential to sow confusion in studies of paleoclimatology and environmental ancient history. The possibility of dating error is especially high when pre-Common Era proxy evidence from tree rings, ice cores, radiocarbon dates, and documentary sources is integrated. This calls for renewed vigilance, with systematic reference to astronomical time (including year zero) or, at the very least, clarification of the dating scheme(s) employed in individual studies.
Trvalý link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0316349