Peat, especially from acidic mires (bogs), is a natural archive of past environmental change.
Reconstructions of past climate from bogs commenced in the 19th Century through …

Palaeoenvironmental and archaeological data from several regions around the world show
evidence of a multi-centennial climatic event occurring approximately 4200ácal yr BP (4.2 …

Peatlands form important landscape elements in many parts of the world and play significant
roles for biodiversity and global carbon balance. This new edition has been fully revised and …

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 …

Quantitative palaeostudies of climate change and carbon dynamics are reliant on precise
and accurate laboratory measurements. Here we present laboratory protocols for the …

Humans have made such dramatic and permanent changes to Earth's landscapes that much
of it is now substantially and irreversibly altered from its preanthropogenic state. Remote …

Northern peatlands are a major component of the global carbon (C) cycle. Widespread
climate‐driven ecohydrological changes in these ecosystems can have major …

Peatlands in northern permafrost regions store a significant proportion of global soil carbon.
Recent warming is accelerating peatland permafrost thaw and thermokarst collapse …

Palaeobotany and palynology are the main direct sources of evidence for studying
vegetation diversity dynamics through geological time. However, plant fossil diversity is …

Reanalysis data show an increasing trend in Arctic precipitation over the 20th century, but
changes are not homogenous across seasons or space. The observed hydroclimate …