V Brovkin, E Brook, JW Williams, S Bathiany… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
The geological record shows that abrupt changes in the Earth system can occur on
timescales short enough to challenge the capacity of human societies to adapt to …

Climate change, ecosystems and abrupt change: science priorities

MG Turner, WJ Calder… - … of the Royal …, 2020 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Ecologists have long studied patterns, directions and tempos of change, but there is a
pressing need to extend current understanding to empirical observations of abrupt changes …

Abrupt climate change

RB Alley, J Marotzke, WD Nordhaus, JT Overpeck… - science, 2003 - science.org
Large, abrupt, and widespread climate changes with major impacts have occurred
repeatedly in the past, when the Earth system was forced across thresholds. Although abrupt …

Pollen-based continental climate reconstructions at 6 and 21 ka: a global synthesis

PJ Bartlein, SP Harrison, S Brewer, S Connor… - Climate Dynamics, 2011 - Springer
Subfossil pollen and plant macrofossil data derived from 14 C-dated sediment profiles can
provide quantitative information on glacial and interglacial climates. The data allow climate …

[LIVRE][B] The little ice age

JM Grove - 2019 - taylorfrancis.com
The evidence for the Little Ice Age, the most important fluctuation in global climate in
historical times, is most dramatically represented by the advance of mountain glaciers in the …

A unifying framework for studying and managing climate-driven rates of ecological change

JW Williams, A Ordonez, JC Svenning - Nature Ecology & Evolution, 2021 - nature.com
During the Anthropocene and other eras of rapidly changing climates, rates of change of
ecological systems can be described as fast, slow or abrupt. Fast ecological responses …

Global biomass burning: a synthesis and review of Holocene paleofire records and their controls

JR Marlon, PJ Bartlein, AL Daniau, SP Harrison… - Quaternary Science …, 2013 - Elsevier
We synthesize existing sedimentary charcoal records to reconstruct Holocene fire history at
regional, continental and global scales. The reconstructions are compared with the two …

The 8k event: cause and consequences of a major Holocene abrupt climate change

RB Alley, AM Ágústsdóttir - Quaternary Science Reviews, 2005 - Elsevier
A prominent, abrupt climate event about 8200 years ago brought generally cold and dry
conditions to broad northern-hemisphere regions especially in wintertime, in response to a …

Cracking the code of biodiversity responses to past climate change

D Nogués-Bravo, F Rodríguez-Sánchez, L Orsini… - Trends in ecology & …, 2018 - cell.com
How individual species and entire ecosystems will respond to future climate change are
among the most pressing questions facing ecologists. Past biodiversity dynamics recorded …

[PDF][PDF] Ecosystems, their properties, goods and services

A Fischlin, GF Midgley, L Hughs… - Climate change …, 2007 - researchers.mq.edu.au
Ecosystems, their properties, goods and services Page 1 Ecosystems, their properties, goods
and services Coordinating Lead Authors: Andreas Fischlin (Switzerland), Guy F. Midgley …