Exploring the Interface Between Planetary Boundaries and Palaeoecology

L Gillson, A Seddon, O Mottl, K Zhang… - Global Change …, 2025‏ - Wiley Online Library
The concepts of planetary boundaries are influential in the sustainability literature and assist
in delineating the 'safe operating spaces' beyond which critical Earth system processes …

[HTML][HTML] Reconstructing Late Quaternary precipitation and its source on the southern Cape coast of South Africa: A multi-proxy paleoenvironmental record from …

P Strobel, M Bliedtner, AS Carr, J Struck… - Quaternary Science …, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Abstract The Late Quaternary climate history of South Africa and, in particular, potential
changes in atmospheric circulation have been subject to considerable debate. To some …

A high‐resolution record of Holocene climate and vegetation dynamics from the southern Cape coast of South Africa: pollen and microcharcoal evidence from …

LJ Quick, BM Chase, M Wuendsch… - Journal of …, 2018‏ - Wiley Online Library
The southern Cape is a particularly dynamic region of South Africa in terms of climate
change as it is influenced by both temperate and tropical circulation systems. This paper …

[HTML][HTML] The Clay Mineral Alteration Index (CMAI) as an improved indicator of climate change

LN Warr, GH Grathoff, T Haberzettl - Applied Clay Science, 2024‏ - Elsevier
Several indices for measuring the degree of chemical weathering in soils, sediments and
sedimentary rocks based on selective clay minerals have been proposed but quantitative …

A 25,000 year record of climate and vegetation change from the southwestern Cape coast, South Africa

LJ Quick, BM Chase, AS Carr, M Chevalier… - Quaternary …, 2022‏ - cambridge.org
The southwestern Cape of South Africa is a particularly dynamic region in terms of long-term
climate change. We analysed fossil pollen from a 25,000 year sediment core taken from a …

Biome variability in southernmost Africa since the last deglaciation recorded in marine sediments

X Zhao, X Lu, M Meadows, L Dupont, L Mao… - Quaternary Science …, 2024‏ - Elsevier
From a climate perspective, the southern Cape of South Africa is a particularly dynamic
region because it occupies the transition between warm-temperate and subtropical …

[HTML][HTML] Tropical forcing and ENSO dominate Holocene climates in South Africa's southern Cape

BM Chase, A Boom, AS Carr, PJ Reimer - Quaternary Science Reviews, 2024‏ - Elsevier
This paper explores the Holocene climatic dynamics of South Africa's southern Cape, a
region that supports a large proportion of the Greater Cape Floristic Region and contains an …

[HTML][HTML] Holocene fire dynamics and their climatic controls on the southern Cape coast of South Africa-A 7.2 ka multi-proxy record from the peatland Vankervelsvlei

P Strobel, T Henning, M Bliedtner, SG Mosher… - Quaternary Science …, 2024‏ - Elsevier
Fire is a natural phenomenon along South Africa's southern Cape coast, but identifying its
climatic drivers has been a subject of considerable debate. This study investigates the …

[HTML][HTML] Late Quaternary climate variability at Mfabeni peatland, eastern South Africa

C Miller, J Finch, T Hill, F Peterse… - Climate of the …, 2019‏ - cp.copernicus.org
The scarcity of continuous, terrestrial, palaeoenvironmental records in eastern South Africa
leaves the evolution of late Quaternary climate and its driving mechanisms uncertain. Here …

Fire drives major Holocene vegetation shifts between subtropical and Mediterranean‐type ecosystems: a case study from a biodiversity hotspot in South Africa

LJ Quick, BM Chase, M Chevalier, BA Grobler… - …, 2024‏ - Wiley Online Library
Fire plays a pivotal role in driving ecological shifts between Mediterranean‐type vegetation
and subtropical ecosystems in South Africa. This study investigates long‐term environmental …