The frequency of large-scale heavy precipitation events in the European Alps is expected to
undergo substantial changes with current climate change. Hence, knowledge about the past …

Two well-dated ca Holocene-long sedimentary sequences from deepest parts of Lake
Bourget provide new insights onto the evolution of erosion patterns at a regional scale in …

Environmental DNA (eDNA) refers to DNA that can be extracted from environmental
samples (such as soil, water, feces, or air) without the prior isolation of any target organism …

Soil erosion is a threat to food security, especially in regions where the area of arable land is
shrinking dramatically because of soil degradation. Research on soil erosion expanded …

Over the last decade, an increasing number of studies have used lake sediment DNA to
trace past landscape changes, agricultural activities or human presence. However, the …

The reconstruction of human-driven, Earth-shaping dynamics is important for understanding
past human/environment interactions and for helping human societies that currently face …

We review the scientific efforts over the last decades to reconstruct erosion from continuous
alpine lake sediment records. We focused both on methodological issues, showing the …

Records of the frequency and magnitude of floods are needed on centennial or millennial
timescales to place increases in their occurrence and intensity into a longer-term context …

A key problem in explaining the mountain landscapes of the Mediterranean region is the
relationship between the development of transhumance (seasonal movement of livestock …

Paleoenvironmental studies are essential to understand biodiversity changes over long
timescales and to assess the relative importance of anthropogenic and environmental …