Sediments contain an abundance of microorganisms. However, the diversity and distribution of microorganisms associated with sediments are poorly understood, particularly in lacustrine environments. We ...

Holocene changes in terrestrial provenance and processes of sediment transport and deposition are tracked along a fjord-to-shelf transect adjacent to Vestfirdir, Iceland, using the magnetic properties ...

"This special publication is a contribution to IGCP 374."--P. 4 of cover. Seasonal sedimentation : a framework for reconstructing climatic and environmental change / R.Y. Anderson -- Laminated ...

June 3 (UPI) --With the help of giant sediment cores, scientists have extended the record of Singapore sea levels by 10,000 years. The research, published Friday in the journal The Holocene, will help ...

The glaciated high arctic study site in west Spitsbergen is located at 78 o at the northern end of the North Atlantic current, a sensitive area for detecting and monitoring changes in the cryosphere, ...

The seriousness of current global warming is underlined by a reconstruction of climate at Maxwell Bay in the South Shetland Islands of the Antarctic Peninsula over approximately the last 14,000 years, ...

Oct. 29 (UPI) --New research suggests human activities resulted in accelerated soil erosion some 4,000 years ago. At millennial time scales, rock weathering and soil erosion is dictated by the ...

Integration of proxy records with ocean-climate modeling reveals that early Holocene ice-shelf retreat in East Antarctica was ...