The use of lake sedimentary DNA to track the long-term changes in both terrestrial and
aquatic biota is a rapidly advancing field in paleoecological research. Although largely …

There is a growing recognition that adaptation to climate change requires an understanding
of social processes that unfold across extended temporal trajectories. Yet, despite a move to …

Understanding and managing the susceptibility of lakes to anthropogenic eutrophication has
been a primary goal of limnological research for decades. To achieve United Nations' …

Despite the potential emissions of heavy metal pollution in Lake Caizi due to extensive
agriculture, urban growth and fishing activities, the risk posed by metal concentrations to …

ABSTRACT Quaternary (last 2.6 million years) botany involves studying plant megafossils
(eg tree stumps), macrofossils (eg seeds, leaves), and microfossils (eg pollen, spores) …

Understanding how human societies interacted with environmental changes is a major goal
of archaeology and other socio-natural sciences. In this paper, we assess the human …

Due to recent outbreaks of native bark beetles, forest ecosystems have experienced
substantial changes in landscape structure and function, which also affect nearby human …

In the context of accelerating environmental change, there is an urgent need to identify
ecosystem conservation, restoration, and management strategies likely to support …

Sustainability in the provision of ecosystem services requires understanding of the
vulnerability of social-ecological systems (SES) to tipping points (TPs). Assessing SES …

This paper concerns the way in which environmental sociologists might approach the
concept of 'the Anthropocene'. As our title suggests, we extend in the paper a cautious …