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Posted on July 6, 2017
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I discovered what I think is the first colour pollen diagram this week. Published in 1948 and still looks beautiful. Selling, O.H. (1948) On the late Quaternary history of the Hawaiian vegetation. PhD thesis, University of Stockholm, Honolulu, Hawaii. Images of the copy held…
Category: Comments, Reading, William GoslingTags: 1948, colour, fossil pollen, Hawaiian, palynology, PhD thesis, pollen, pollen diagram, Selling, tropics, University of Stockholm, vegetation
Posted on May 8, 2017
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My second pair articles from Vegetation History & Archaeobotany that I would like to highlight look at the impacts of volcanoes and climate on vegetation change. Specifically these explore: The impact of past volcanic events on vegetation in Iceland (Eddudóttir et al., 2017). The effect of climate and fire…
Category: News, William GoslingTags: Brazil, Humans, Iceland, palaeoecology, pollen, spores, vegetation, Vegetation History & Archaeobotany, Volcanic eruption, volcanoes
Posted on February 12, 2017
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I am delighted to report that I have recently been appointed as an Associate Editor for the journal Vegetation History & Archaeobotany (VHA). The journals scope is global and covers Quaternary environmental and climatic change, with a specific focus on the Holocene and pre-historic…
Category: News, William GoslingTags: Amazonia, archaeology, Argentina, Brazil, dry forest, glacial, Holocene, Humans, interglacial, last glacial maximum, modern pollen, orbital, palaeoecology, paleoecology, Pleistocene, pollen, pre-historic, precipitation, Quaternary, research articles, review articles, short articles, South America, temperature, vegetation, Vegetation History & Archaeobotany, VHA
Posted on July 21, 2016
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Shanahan, T.M., Hughen, K.A., McKay, N.P., Overpeck, J.T., Scholz, C.A., Gosling, W.D., Miller, C.S., Peck, J.A., King, J.W. & Heil, C.W. (2016) CO2 and fire influence tropical ecosystem stability in response to climate change. Scientific Reports 6, 29587. DOI: 10.1038/srep29587
Category: Charlotte Miller, Journal articles, Publications, William GoslingTags: Africa, charcoal, climate, Climate change, CO2, Fire, Ghana, Lake Bosumtwi, stability, tropics, vegetation
Posted on July 8, 2016
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The Palynologische Kring (Palynological Association) Tropical palynology meeting 14 July 2016 Hosted by: Palaeoecology & Landscape Ecology, Institute for Biodiversity & Ecosystem Dynamics, University of Amsterdam Located: Science Park 904 Organised: Carina Hoorn (if you want to attend please contact Carina for further details)…
Category: News, Suzette Flantua, William GoslingTags: Andes, Climate change, Dutch and Belgian Palynology meeting, El Nino Southern Oscillation, ENSO, IBED, Institute for Biodiversity & Ecosystem Dynamics, irradience, LAPD, Latin America Pollen Database, millennial, orbital, palynology, Palynology Kring, pollen, Science Park 904, sporopollenin, subtropical, tropical, ultraviolet-B, University of Amsterdam, University of Exeter, Utrecht University, UV-B, vegetation
Posted on May 24, 2016
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Miller, C.S., Leroy, S.A.G., Collins, P.E.F. & Lahijani, H.A.K. (2016) Late Holocene vegetation and ocean variability in the Gulf of Oman. Quaternary Science Reviews 143, 120-132. DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2016.05.010
Category: Charlotte Miller, Journal articlesTags: Dinoflagellates, Gulf of Oman, Holocene, Iran, Little Ice Age, Medieval Climate Anomaly, Oman, pollen, Sassanid period, vegetation
Posted on February 12, 2016
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Bush, M.B., de Oliveira, P.E., Raczka, M.F., Gosling, W.D., Mayle, F.E., McMichael, C.H. & Urrego, D.H. (2014) Paleoclimates of Amazonia: An ice-age view. IN: Ribeiro F. & Carvalho, I. (eds.) Paleontologia: Cenários de Vida – Paleoclimas Volume 5. Editora Interciência Ltda., Brazil, pp. 353-368….
Category: Alice Kennedy, Bryan Valencia, Carina Hoorn, Charlotte Miller, Crystal McMichael, Hayley Keen, Macarena Cardenas, Phil Jardine, Summary by year, Wesley FraserTags: Amazon, Amazonia, assemblage, chemistry, creative, diversity, environmental change, forest, freeze–thaw, Ice Age, Lake Bosumtwi, lowland, maturity, microfossils, mudrocks, palaeoclimate, Paleoclimate, pollen, Public Engagement, Quaternary, Sex & Bugs & Rock n Roll, spore, statistical, sub-sampling, tool, tropics, vegetation, West Africa
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Pollen diagrams in colour!
Posted on July 6, 2017 by WDG
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I discovered what I think is the first colour pollen diagram this week. Published in 1948 and still looks beautiful. Selling, O.H. (1948) On the late Quaternary history of the Hawaiian vegetation. PhD thesis, University of Stockholm, Honolulu, Hawaii. Images of the copy held…
Category: Comments, Reading, William GoslingTags: 1948, colour, fossil pollen, Hawaiian, palynology, PhD thesis, pollen, pollen diagram, Selling, tropics, University of Stockholm, vegetation
Volcanic, climatic and human ecosystem modification
Posted on May 8, 2017 by WDG
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My second pair articles from Vegetation History & Archaeobotany that I would like to highlight look at the impacts of volcanoes and climate on vegetation change. Specifically these explore: The impact of past volcanic events on vegetation in Iceland (Eddudóttir et al., 2017). The effect of climate and fire…
Category: News, William GoslingTags: Brazil, Humans, Iceland, palaeoecology, pollen, spores, vegetation, Vegetation History & Archaeobotany, Volcanic eruption, volcanoes
Vegetation History & Archaeobotany
Posted on February 12, 2017 by WDG
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I am delighted to report that I have recently been appointed as an Associate Editor for the journal Vegetation History & Archaeobotany (VHA). The journals scope is global and covers Quaternary environmental and climatic change, with a specific focus on the Holocene and pre-historic…
Category: News, William GoslingTags: Amazonia, archaeology, Argentina, Brazil, dry forest, glacial, Holocene, Humans, interglacial, last glacial maximum, modern pollen, orbital, palaeoecology, paleoecology, Pleistocene, pollen, pre-historic, precipitation, Quaternary, research articles, review articles, short articles, South America, temperature, vegetation, Vegetation History & Archaeobotany, VHA
CO2 and fire influence tropical ecosystem stability in response to climate change
Posted on July 21, 2016 by WDG
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Shanahan, T.M., Hughen, K.A., McKay, N.P., Overpeck, J.T., Scholz, C.A., Gosling, W.D., Miller, C.S., Peck, J.A., King, J.W. & Heil, C.W. (2016) CO2 and fire influence tropical ecosystem stability in response to climate change. Scientific Reports 6, 29587. DOI: 10.1038/srep29587
Category: Charlotte Miller, Journal articles, Publications, William GoslingTags: Africa, charcoal, climate, Climate change, CO2, Fire, Ghana, Lake Bosumtwi, stability, tropics, vegetation
Tropical palynology meeting
Posted on July 8, 2016 by WDG
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The Palynologische Kring (Palynological Association) Tropical palynology meeting 14 July 2016 Hosted by: Palaeoecology & Landscape Ecology, Institute for Biodiversity & Ecosystem Dynamics, University of Amsterdam Located: Science Park 904 Organised: Carina Hoorn (if you want to attend please contact Carina for further details)…
Category: News, Suzette Flantua, William GoslingTags: Andes, Climate change, Dutch and Belgian Palynology meeting, El Nino Southern Oscillation, ENSO, IBED, Institute for Biodiversity & Ecosystem Dynamics, irradience, LAPD, Latin America Pollen Database, millennial, orbital, palynology, Palynology Kring, pollen, Science Park 904, sporopollenin, subtropical, tropical, ultraviolet-B, University of Amsterdam, University of Exeter, Utrecht University, UV-B, vegetation
Late Holocene vegetation and ocean variability in the Gulf of Oman
Posted on May 24, 2016 by WDG
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Miller, C.S., Leroy, S.A.G., Collins, P.E.F. & Lahijani, H.A.K. (2016) Late Holocene vegetation and ocean variability in the Gulf of Oman. Quaternary Science Reviews 143, 120-132. DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2016.05.010
Category: Charlotte Miller, Journal articlesTags: Dinoflagellates, Gulf of Oman, Holocene, Iran, Little Ice Age, Medieval Climate Anomaly, Oman, pollen, Sassanid period, vegetation
Publications 2014
Posted on February 12, 2016 by WDG
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Bush, M.B., de Oliveira, P.E., Raczka, M.F., Gosling, W.D., Mayle, F.E., McMichael, C.H. & Urrego, D.H. (2014) Paleoclimates of Amazonia: An ice-age view. IN: Ribeiro F. & Carvalho, I. (eds.) Paleontologia: Cenários de Vida – Paleoclimas Volume 5. Editora Interciência Ltda., Brazil, pp. 353-368….
Category: Alice Kennedy, Bryan Valencia, Carina Hoorn, Charlotte Miller, Crystal McMichael, Hayley Keen, Macarena Cardenas, Phil Jardine, Summary by year, Wesley FraserTags: Amazon, Amazonia, assemblage, chemistry, creative, diversity, environmental change, forest, freeze–thaw, Ice Age, Lake Bosumtwi, lowland, maturity, microfossils, mudrocks, palaeoclimate, Paleoclimate, pollen, Public Engagement, Quaternary, Sex & Bugs & Rock n Roll, spore, statistical, sub-sampling, tool, tropics, vegetation, West Africa