Palaeoclimate Haberleri

Tied the prehistoric times to the global future

Tied the prehistoric times to the global future

Research in ecology and biogeography often assumes that ecological communities are shaped primarily by recent drivers, such as current climate and human activity. Geographically divergent evolutionary and ecological legacies shape mammal…

Puzzle of Ice Age ocean chemistry

Puzzle of Ice Age ocean chemistry

New research into the chemistry of the oceans during ice ages is helping to solve a puzzle that has engaged scientists for more than two decades. New study show that an Fe-induced stimulation of dinitrogen (N2) fixation can induce a low latitude…

The mystery of the 55.500-year-old ash layer Z2

The mystery of the 55.500-year-old ash layer Z2

It is the 55,500 year old ash layer Z2 that one of the most distinct ash layers in the Greenland ice cores which is believed to originate from an enormous eruption in Iceland. The same ash layers is also found in many sediment cores from the North…