Alpine ecosystems on the Tibetan Plateau are being threatened by ongoing climate
warming and intensified human activities. Ecological time-series obtained from sedimentary …

Analyses of sedimentary DNA (sedDNA) have increased exponentially over the last decade
and hold great potential to study the effects of anthropogenic stressors on lake biota over …

Antarctica is one of the most vulnerable regions to climate change on Earth and studying the
past and present responses of this polar marine ecosystem to environmental change is a …

Cyanobacterial blooms pose a significant threat to water security, with anthropogenic forcing
being implicated as a key driver behind the recent upsurge and global expansion of …

Sedimentary ancient DNA (seda DNA) offers a novel retrospective approach to
reconstructing the history of marine ecosystems over geological timescales. Until now, the …

Abstract Analysis of microbial data from archaeological samples is a growing field with great
potential for understanding ancient environments, lifestyles, and diseases. However, high …

Environmental DNA studies have proliferated over the last decade, with promising data
describing the diversity of organisms inhabiting aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems. The …

The study of well-preserved organic matter (OM) within mineral concretions has provided
key insights into depositional and environmental conditions in deep time. Concretions of …

Subsurface microorganisms make up the majority of Earth's microbial biomass, but
ecological processes governing surface communities may not explain community patterns at …

One of the most promising areas of research in palaeomicrobiology is the study of the
human microbiome. In particular, ancient dental calculus helps to reconstruct a substantial …