Abstract Lake Butrint (39° 47 N, 20° 1 E) is a ca. 21 m deep, coastal lagoon located in SW
Albania where finely-laminated sediments have been continuously deposited during the last …

The Mediterranean region contains a diverse and interesting climate ranging from areas
with permanent glaciers to areas of subtropical, semiarid regions. The region is potentially …

The Levant constitutes an important region for assessing linkages between climate and
societal changes throughout the course of human history. However, large uncertainties …

This article analyses high-quality hydroclimate proxy records and spatial reconstructions
from the Central and Eastern Mediterranean and compares them with two Earth System …

Abstract The Medieval Climate Anomaly (MCA) is a preindustrial phase of pronounced
natural climate variability with a core period from 1000 to 1200 CE. The paper presents a …

Chemical, sedimentological and micropaleontological records were used to track recent
climatic and ecological events recorded in eastern Mediterranean shelf sediments. By …

Scientists, historians and archaeologists are at last beginning to collaborate seriously on
studies of the long-term history of the environment. The fruit of an international conference …

A common belief is that, unlike today, ancient urban areas developed in a sustainable way
within the environmental limits of local natural resources and the ecosystem's capacity to …

Intense rain can trigger flashfloods in Arabia. Torrential rains in 2024 sowed widespread
chaos in the region. Sediment-loaded plumes discharged by flashfloods deposit onto the …

Pollen and clay mineralogical analyses of a Holocene sequence from Sebkha Boujmel
(southern Tunisia) trace the climatic and environmental dynamics in the lower arid …