Biomarker approaches for reconstructing terrestrial environmental change

GN Inglis, T Bhattacharya… - Annual Review of …, 2022 - annualreviews.org
The response of the terrestrial biosphere to warming remains one of the most poorly
understood and quantified aspects of the climate system. One way to test the behavior of the …

The potential of biomarker proxies to trace climate, vegetation, and biogeochemical processes in peat: A review

BDA Naafs, GN Inglis, J Blewett, EL McClymont… - Global and Planetary …, 2019 - Elsevier
Molecular fossils (biomarkers) are abundant in organic rich natural archives such as peats
and lignites (fossilized peat), where their distribution is governed by their biological source …

The production of diverse brGDGTs by an Acidobacterium providing a physiological basis for paleoclimate proxies

Y Chen, F Zheng, H Yang, W Yang, R Wu, X Liu… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2022 - Elsevier
Microbial lipid biomarkers preserved in geological archives can be used to explore past
climate changes. Branched glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraethers (brGDGTs) are unique …

A global Bayesian temperature calibration for lacustrine brGDGTs

P Martínez-Sosa, JE Tierney, IC Stefanescu… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2021 - Elsevier
Despite widespread use of branched glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraethers (brGDGTs) for
paleo-temperature reconstruction, no global calibration for their application in lakes has …

[HTML][HTML] Identification of a protein responsible for the synthesis of archaeal membrane-spanning GDGT lipids

Z Zeng, H Chen, H Yang, Y Chen, W Yang… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Glycerol dibiphytanyl glycerol tetraethers (GDGTs) are archaeal monolayer membrane lipids
that can provide a competitive advantage in extreme environments. Here, we identify a …

[HTML][HTML] The DeepMIP contribution to PMIP4: Methodologies for selection, compilation and analysis of latest Paleocene and early Eocene climate proxy data …

CJ Hollis, T Dunkley Jones… - Geoscientific Model …, 2019 - gmd.copernicus.org
The early Eocene (56 to 48 million years ago) is inferred to have been the most recent time
that Earth's atmospheric CO 2 concentrations exceeded 1000 ppm. Global mean …

[HTML][HTML] BayMBT: A Bayesian calibration model for branched glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraethers in soils and peats

ED Crampton-Flood, JE Tierney, F Peterse… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2020 - Elsevier
Accurate temperature records for the deep geological past are a vital component of
paleoclimate research. Distributional changes of branched glycerol dialkyl glycerol …

[HTML][HTML] Revised fractional abundances and warm-season temperatures substantially improve brGDGT calibrations in lake sediments

JH Raberg, DJ Harning, SE Crump, G de Wet… - …, 2021 - bg.copernicus.org
Distributions of branched glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraethers (brGDGTs) are frequently
employed for reconstructing terrestrial paleotemperatures from lake sediment archives …

Lipid biomarker temperature proxy responds to abrupt shift in the bacterial community composition in geothermally heated soils

C De Jonge, D Radujković, BD Sigurdsson… - Organic …, 2019 - Elsevier
Specific soil bacterial membrane lipids, branched glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraethers
(brGDGTs), are used as an empirical proxy for past continental temperatures. Their …

Production of diverse brGDGTs by Acidobacterium Solibacter usitatus in response to temperature, pH, and O2 provides a culturing perspective on brGDGT proxies …

TA Halamka, JH Raberg, JM McFarlin… - …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Branched glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraethers (brGDGTs) are bacterial membrane lipids that
are frequently employed as paleoenvironmental proxies because of the strong empirical …