The present interglacial, the Holocene, spans the period of the last 11,700 years. It has
sustained the growth and development of modern society. The millennial-scale decreasing …

The glacial-interglacial transitions of ice ages are associated with large, rapid changes in
climate, which potentially can be reconstructed from stratigraphic profiles of the chemical …

Greenland ice-core data have revealed large decadal climate variations over the North
Atlantic that can be related to a major source of low-frequency variability, the North Atlantic …

This report is the first complete assessment of the science of climate change since Working
Group I (WGI) of the IPCC produced its second report Climate Change 1995: The Science of …

Coral reefs drilled offshore of Barbados provide the first continuous and detailed record of
sea level change during the last deglaciation. The sea level was 121±5 metres below …

David Knighton's best-selling book looks at the wide range of forms developed by natural
rivers and the processes responsible for that development. The book combines empirical …

OXYGEN isotope measurements in Greenland ice demonstrate that a series of rapid warm-
cold oscillations—called Dansgaard–Oeschger events—punctuated the last glaciation1 …

It is a widely held belief that a climax vegetation of closed forest systems covered the
lowlands of Central and Western Europe before humans intervened in prehistoric times to …

Wally Broecker is one of the world's leading authorities on abrupt global climate change.
More than two decades ago, he discovered the link between ocean circulation and climate …

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 …