A review of speleothems as archives for paleofire proxies, with Australian case studies

M Campbell, L McDonough, PC Treble… - Reviews of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Wildfires affect 40% of the earth's terrestrial biome, but much of our knowledge of wildfire
activity is limited to the satellite era. Improved understanding of past fires is necessary to …

Influence of climatic factors on lightning fires in the primeval forest region of the Northern Daxing'an Mountains, China

Y Shu, C Shi, B Yi, P Zhao, L Guan, M Zhou - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
Forest fires lead to permafrost degradation and localized drought, and regional droughts
increase the probability of forest fires, leading to a positive feedback loop between climate …

Australia's 2019/20 Black Summer fire weather exceptionally rare over the last 2000 years

DG Udy, TR Vance, AS Kiem, NJ Holbrook… - Communications Earth & …, 2024 - nature.com
Abstract Australia's record-breaking 2019/20 Black Summer fire weather resulted from a
combination of natural and anthropogenic climate factors, but the full range of natural …

The impact of climate change and wildfire on decadal alpine vegetation dynamics

B Verrall, P Norman, B Mackey… - Australian Journal of …, 2023 - CSIRO Publishing
Context Climate-induced changes of alpine vegetation diversity, cover and composition
have been recorded globally, but most insights have been gleaned from field studies over …

A case study for the recovery of authentic microbial ancient DNA from soil samples

V Pérez, Y Liu, MB Hengst, LS Weyrich - Microorganisms, 2022 - mdpi.com
High Throughput DNA Sequencing (HTS) revolutionized the field of paleomicrobiology,
leading to an explosive growth of microbial ancient DNA (aDNA) studies, especially from …

Isolated on sky islands: genetic diversity and population structure of an endangered mountain lizard

R Hartley, N Clemann, Z Atkins, BC Scheele… - Conservation …, 2023 - Springer
Sky island species face climate-driven and anthropogenic habitat loss and population
fragmentation, and are therefore vulnerable to genetic erosion. We conducted a genetic …

Red Queen in Australia

P Hiscock, K Sterelny - Journal of Anthropological Archaeology, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Change in Holocene Australia is typically depicted as establishing greater control
over the environment, with heightened prosperity, growth of social complexity, status …

[HTML][HTML] Long-term mercury accumulation and climate reconstruction of an Australian alpine lake during the late Quaternary

MA Schneider, L Schneider, H Cadd… - Global and Planetary …, 2024 - Elsevier
Mercury (Hg) is a volatile metal of international concern due to its toxicity, with a large
atmospheric emission and transport capacity. The biogeochemical cycle of Hg is sensitive to …

Assessing changes in high-intensity fire events in south-eastern Australia using Fourier Transform Infra-red (FITR) spectroscopy

R Ryan, Z Thomas, I Simkovic, P Dlapa… - … Journal of Wildland …, 2024 - CSIRO Publishing
Background: As fire regimes continue to evolve in response to climate change,
understanding how fire characteristics have responded to changes in the recent past is vital …

Lake pigment characteristics and their applicability in reconstructing phytoplankton communities under irregular hydrological regulation in a floodplain lake system

Z Li, Y Gao, S Wang, K Zhang, Q Lin, J Jia, Y Lu - Journal of Hydrology, 2022 - Elsevier
The strong hydrological characteristics and complex biochemical environment of floodplain
lake systems make it difficult to obtain accurate, convincing results from sediment pigments …