A new sediment core from Padul, Padul-15-05, provides a long and continuous sedimentary
and paleoenvironmental record of the last∼ 200 kyr. Here we present a detailed …

The iconic climate archive of Tenaghi Philippon (TP), NE Greece, allows the study of short-
term palaeoclimatic and environmental change throughout the past 1.3 Ma. To provide high …

The extent of vegetation openness in past European landscapes is widely debated. In
particular, the temperate forest biome has traditionally been defined as dense, closed …

There is growing concern on the survival of Mediterranean forests under the projected near-
future droughts as a result of anthropogenic climate change. Here we determine the …

The seafloor contains valuable mineral resources, including polymetallic (or manganese)
nodules that form on offshore abyssal plains. The largest and most commercially attractive …

Large herbivorous mammals strongly influence vegetation structure by creating and
maintaining open areas and causing disturbance within closed woody habitats. The …

Abstract The Mousterian of the Grotta Grande (Southern Italy) is here subject to new dating,
which provide a surprisingly high-resolution on the stratigraphic sequence. Overall, the …

Abstract The Central Balkans are a key biogeographical region in Southern Europe,
influenced by a central European-Mediterranean climate, which acted as a refugium for flora …

Controversy persists about why so many large‐bodied mammal species went extinct around
the end of the last ice age. Resolving this is important for understanding extinction …

Explosive activity preceding the~ 40 ka Campanian Ignimbrite (CI) eruption in the
Neapolitan volcanic area, Southern Italy, has long been speculated based on the …