Large, abrupt, and widespread climate changes with major impacts have occurred
repeatedly in the past, when the Earth system was forced across thresholds. Although abrupt …

Fifteen years after the discovery of major glacial/interglacial cycles in the CO2 concentration
of the atmosphere, it seems that all of the simple mechanisms for lowering pCO2 have been …

This third edition of Reconstructing Quaternary Environments has been completely revised
and updated to provide a new account of the history and scale of environmental changes …

The evidence for the Little Ice Age, the most important fluctuation in global climate in
historical times, is most dramatically represented by the advance of mountain glaciers in the …

This introductory textbook introduces the basics of dating, the range of techniques available
and the strengths and limitations of each of the principal methods. Coverage includes: the …

Libby Robin has carved a successful academic career for herself as an environmental
historian of Australia, whilst serving as a Research Fellow at the acclaimed Centre for …

There are eight chapters entitled:(1) climate change: cause and evidence;(2) past
climates;(3) plant physiognomy and physiology;(4) past vegetational changes;(5) forest …

A sequence of long-term and rapid changes during the Holocene appears in a network of 40
well-resolved paleoclimate datasets from mid-latitude North America, including records of …

Macrofossil presence/absence maps and isopoll maps in 3000-year intervals show how
ranges and abundance maxima for 12 eastern North American tree and shrub taxa (Picea …

The rich paleoclimate information preserved in lacustrine sedimentary organic matter can be
difficult to extract because of the mixed terrestrial and aquatic inputs. Herein we demonstrate …