Executive summary The health of the planet and its people are at risk. The deterioration of
the global commons—ie, the natural systems that support life on Earth—is exacerbating …

Based on pollen data from 30 sequences reviewed here, we reconstruct the spatial and
temporal variations in temperature and in aridity that occurred during the Holocene in the …

A comprehensive database of paleoclimate records is needed to place recent warming into
the longer-term context of natural climate variability. We present a global compilation of …

The effective humidity, resulting from the balance between evapotranspiration and
precipitation, largely controls the environmental conditions under the highly continental …

The isotopic compositions of total organic carbon (TOC) in lakes have been widely used to
interpret paleoclimatic changes and the depositional environments of lake sediments …

Regime shifts in lake ecosystems can occur in response to both abrupt and continuous
climate change, and the imprints they leave in paleolimnological records allow us to …

Abstract West and East Siberian data sets and 55 new sites were merged based on the high
taxonomic similarity, and the strong relationship between mean July air temperature and the …

The freshwater lakes in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River (MLYR) have
been affected by a multitude of factors, including climate change and human activities, and …

Abstract At present, East Taihu Lake has been profoundly affected by human interventions.
However, the earlier limnological conditions such as the occurrence of temporal nodes and …

Glacier highstands since the Last Glacial Maximum are well documented for many regions,
but little is known about glacier fluctuations and lowstands during the Holocene. This is …