To reconstruct past environmental changes, a range of indirect or proxy approaches can be
applied to Quaternary archives. Here, we review the complementary and novel insights that …

Environmental DNA is increasingly being used to reconstruct past and present biodiversity
including from freshwater ecosystems. Macrophytes are especially good environmental …

Ecosystem response to climate change is complex. In order to forecast ecosystem dynamics,
we need high-quality data on changes in past species abundance that can inform process …

In the last 5 decades, paleontological research has exploded where fossils have enabled
robust dating of rocks, improved understanding of origination/extinction rates or mass …

Over the last two millennia, European Alpine ecosystems have experienced major changes
in response to the important, yet fluctuating, impact of human activities. This study aims to …

Molecular biomarkers preserved in lake sediments are increasingly used to develop records
of past organism occurrence. When linked with traditional paleoecological methods …

Durrington Walls was a large Neolithic settlement in Britain dating around 2500 BCE,
located very close to Stonehenge and likely to be the campsite where its builders lived …

For over two decades, ancient DNA (aDNA) from various organisms has been successfully
recovered from lake sediments from all over the world, ranging from decades to hundreds of …

Abstract Lagore, Co. Meath, has long been a type-site for artificial lake dwellings known as
crannogs since excavation in the 1930s by the Harvard Expedition. Renowned for rich finds …

Lake settlements, particularly crannogs, pose several contradictions—visible yet
inaccessible, widespread yet geographically restricted, persistent yet vulnerable. To further …