An ashy septingentenarian: the Kaharoa tephra turns 700 (with notes on its volcanological, archaeological, and historical importance) [PDF]
, 2014 Most of us are aware of the basaltic Tarawera eruption on 10th June 1886: the high toll on life (~120 people), landscape devastation, and loss of the Pink and White Terraces.
Lowe, David J., Pittari, Adrian
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Model simulations and comparison with pollen-based reconstructions [PDF]
, 2013 This study is concerned with vegetation modelling in northern Asia and its comparison with pollen-based vegetation and climate reconstructions. With the help of BIOME1, a global biogeographic equilibrium vegetation model, vegetation dynamics during the ...
Bergemann, Martin, Müller, Stefanie
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Late Quaternary Montane Forest Dynamics From Equatorial East Africa: A Biome Perspective
Journal of Biogeography, Volume 52, Issue 9, September 2025.ABSTRACT Aim Understanding environmental change over large spatial and temporal scales requires working at a broad ecological scale to enable cross‐site comparisons. This allows data‐based comparisons to dynamic vegetation model outputs, with utility for climate and land cover modelling.
Esther N. Githumbi +8 more
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Ecosystem effects of CO2 concentration: evidence from past climates [PDF]
, 2009 Atmospheric CO2 concentration has varied from minima of 170-200 ppm in glacials to maxima of 280-300 ppm in the recent interglacials. Photosynthesis by C-3 plants is highly sensitive to CO2 concentration variations in this range.
Harrison, Sandy P., Prentice, I. C.
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Journal of Quaternary Science, Volume 40, Issue 6, Page 1070-1096, August 2025.ABSTRACT The first high‐resolution reconstruction of the vegetation and environmental changes during the last ca 13 300 cal a BP in the central part of the Kola Peninsula (NW Russia) was reconstructed based on sedimentary ancient DNA (sedaDNA) metabarcoding on sediment core Co1410 from Lake Imandra.
Anastasia Poliakova +5 more
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The Miocene Bükkábrány Fossil Forest in Hungary – field observations and project outline [PDF]
, 2008 The oldest, standing forest preserved as wood has been found at Bükkábrány, Hungary. An open-pit mine working Upper Miocene (Pannonian) lignite revealed sixteen stumps, 1.8 to 3.6 m diameter at base, preserved up to 6 m height, standing on top of the ...
Kázmér, Miklós
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Masked millennial-scale climate variations in South West Africa during the last glaciation [PDF]
, 2012 To address the connection between tropical African vegetation development and high-latitude climate change we present a high-resolution pollen record from ODP Site 1078 (off Angola) covering the period 50–10 ka BP.
A. Paul +5 more
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The Role of Migration in the Change of Northern Hemisphere Vegetation for the Past 50,000 Years
Journal of Biogeography, Volume 52, Issue 6, June 2025.ABSTRACT Aim Our primary aim was to assess how dispersal limitation affected forest changes in the Northern Hemisphere during the last glacial cycle, and especially after the last deglaciation. Location Northern Hemisphere (between 20°N and 80°N). Time Period 50,000–0 years before present. Major Taxa Studied Angiosperms and gymnosperms. Methods We used
Deborah Zani +4 more
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The biogeographical status of Alnus crispa (Ait.) Pursch in sub-Arctic southern Greenland : Do pollen records indicate local populations during the past 1500 years? [PDF]
, 2015 The Leverhulme Trust is thanked for financial support.
Edwards, Kevin J. +2 more
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Sedimentary ancient DNA from caves: Challenges and opportunities
Journal of Quaternary Science, Volume 40, Issue 4, Page 565-578, May 2025.Abstract Caves are unique depositional environments that hold great potential for long‐term preservation of DNA due to their typically cool and stable internal climates, buffered from external climate extremes. Bones from caves have long been recognised as an excellent source of ancient DNA, yet the potential for DNA preservation in cave sediments ...
Siobhan Evans +2 more
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