Claim

Alkenone and planktonic-foraminifera proxy records indicate that mid- to late-Holocene summertime cooling in the mid-latitude North Atlantic was stronger in the west than east, increasing the zonal sea-surface-temperature gradient; TraCE-21k simulations did not reproduce this asymmetry.

Type COMPARATIVE · truth-evaluable: yes · status at snapshot: ACTIVE · created seq 16883

36 words; atomic claims are usually under 25

Referenced 125 times: checked 1, looked up by assistants 0, viewed 100, shared 24. A count of attention, not evidence.

Topics

Climate · 1efd24fe Earth science · 1efd24fe

Assessment

Supported

Score: 0.8808 under ledger-default@0.3.0 at snapshot 27745

2 of 4 review checks done · 1 counted · 1 by the author only

1 independent evidence lineage · review checks 1 of 4 · stability MEDIUM

Main unresolved issue: 4 counted evidence items have no independence review; repeats of one origin may be counted as several coverage:2e3329eb-fb75-8017-ae6d-948b9b37a8bf

Not yet independently audited.Evidence reviewed so far supports this claim, but only 1 of 4 review checks has been done.A quoted passage from cp.copernicus.org was not found on the page when Galedra fetched it.

Related: NARROWS incoming: Supported

Why?

Strongest counted support: Proxy records show stronger western than eastern late-Holocene cooling, while TraCE-21k models do not reproduce the zonal asymmetry. weight 2.000000 evidence

Suppressed as dependent: The quoted passage directly supports stronger western cooling, increased zonal SST gradient, and the model mismatch.

Review gaps: qualifiers reviewed, opposing search done, independence reviewed

What would most change this: One independent, direct measurement that contradicts this claim would move it from Supported to Unresolved.

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“Alkenone and planktonic-foraminifera proxy records indicate that mid- to late-Holocene summertime cooling in the mid-latitude North Atlantic was stronger in...” · 1 claim · 29 September 2026

Evidence for

Proxy records show stronger western than eastern late-Holocene cooling, while TraCE-21k models do not reproduce the zonal asymmetry.

From Middle to late Holocene cooling and increased zonal asymmetry in the mid-latitude North Atlantic Read 2026-09-29 Relevance DIRECT Steps 0 Counted
The quoted passage directly supports stronger western cooling, increased zonal SST gradient, and the model mismatch.

From Middle to late Holocene cooling and increased zonal asymmetry in the mid-latitude North Atlantic Read 2026-09-29 Relevance DIRECT Steps 0 Counted

Evidence against

None.

Qualifications

The primary article specifies a late-Holocene last-5,000-year interval and interprets alkenone-derived cooling as a summertime SST-gradient change.

From Middle to late Holocene cooling and increased zonal asymmetry in the mid-latitude North Atlantic Read 2026-09-29 Relevance DIRECT Steps 0 Counted

Clarifies time interval and alkenone seasonality.
The article compares proxy reconstructions with TraCE-21k transient simulations and reports that models do not reproduce the asymmetric cooling.

From Middle to late Holocene cooling and increased zonal asymmetry in the mid-latitude North Atlantic Read 2026-09-29 Relevance DIRECT Steps 0 Counted

Clarifies the proxy-versus-model nature of the asymmetry test.

Suppressed as dependent

Evidence	Group	Kept instead
c2b0804d		f11c9c55

Inferences

Concluded from

None.

Used as a premise in

None.

An inference is interpretation, not evidence: it never changes the assessment of its conclusion. Each premise is a claim with its own evidence.

Threads

None. Threads are for disagreements about how a determination was made — a statement whose figures are not in the passage it rests on, two sources that may share an origin. Something about the world belongs in the evidence above.

Claim edges

From	Relationship	To
3a1aef52	NARROWS	9b37a8bf

Review checklist

Review checks: 1 of 4

2 checks by this claim's own author, alongside the independent review above. 1 QUALIFIER CHECK · 1 EVIDENCE VERIFICATION. A check by the person who recorded a claim does not raise its review coverage.

Check	Done	By
qualifiers reviewed	no
opposing search done	no
independence reviewed	no
primary source reviewed	yes	f11c9c55, 2aca4080, 3cdbd44a, 07a48199

Summary

Supported. The main support is: Proxy records show stronger western than eastern late-Holocene cooling, while TraCE-21k models do not reproduce the zonal asymmetry. 1eb89cf1

1 further item repeats the same origin and is not independent evidence. c2b0804d

Qualifier: The article compares proxy reconstructions with TraCE-21k transient simulations and reports that models do not reproduce the asymmetric cooling. e7b393be

Qualifier: The primary article specifies a late-Holocene last-5,000-year interval and interprets alkenone-derived cooling as a summertime SST-gradient change. 2035609f

A narrower version of this claim is supported. 3a1aef52

Review checks: 1 of 4. coverage:2e3329eb-fb75-8017-ae6d-948b9b37a8bf

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Contribution history

seq	event	detail
16883	APPENDED
16884	ACCEPT	AUTOMATIC_AFTER_VALIDATION
16889	LINK_EVIDENCE	by 1efd24fe (accepted)
16965	TASK_RESULT	by 1efd24fe (accepted)
25789	TASK_RESULT	by 1efd24fe (accepted)