The Mediterranean region and the Levant have returned some of the clearest evidence of a
climatically dry period occurring around 4200 years ago. However, some regional evidence …

The present geomorphology of the Mediterranean's coasts is largely a product of an intricate
long-term relationship between Nature and human societies. A cradle of ancient …

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 …

Two cores were drilled on rock glacier Lazaun in the southern Ötztal Alps (N Italy). The
average ice content of core Lazaun I is 43 vol.% and of core Lazaun II is 22 vol …

Past trajectories of alpine agroecosystems are legacies that we should consider to improve
our understanding of current responses to global environmental changes. By integrating …

Global aquatic ecosystems are under increasing threat from anthropogenic activity, as well
as being exposed to past (and projected) climate change, however, the nature of how …

Although it is generally assumed that the internal structure of a slope (eg lithology and rock
mass properties, inherited faults and heterogeneities, etc.) is preponderant for the …

Purpose Natural rates of soil production or a target soil thickness that allows unrestricted
land use can serve as a basis for defining tolerable soil erosion rates. Guidelines for …

Soils are key to ecosystems and human societies, and their critical importance requires a
better understanding of how they evolve through time. However, identifying the role of …

Lake La Thuile, in the Northern French Prealps (874 m asl), provides an 18-m long
sedimentary sequence spanning the entire Lateglacial/Holocene period. The high …