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Landscape Development and Climate Change in Southwest Bulgaria (Pirin Mountains)

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Abstract

Historical climate records gathered in our study area have been researched, checked and statistically examined. The mountainous climate has been characterized, and trends in the evolution of temperature and precipitation since 1931 have been outlined. There is objective evidence for an increasing annual mean temperature, longer vegetative periods and local droughts in spring and autumn. The research suggests that these climate changes could have long-term effects on the region’s eco-systems.

Glacierets and their surroundings, used as archives in eastern and southeastern Europe, provide instructive information about climatic and environmental properties of the past. Ice cores from the glacieret Snezhnika in the Pirin Mountains – currently the southernmost in Europe – have been drilled. Small glacier features such as this respond quickly to climatic extremes. However, despite the trend toward warmer years since the late 1970s, some glacier patches still survive – even after some of the hottest summers on record.

Coniferous trees at the subalpine forest and timberline are excellent archives for climate proxies. The results on dendroclimatology and dendroecology provide an initial insight into the potential of the Pinus heldreichii and its high mountains chronology in the northern Pirin Mountains.

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