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Posted on November 6, 2018
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The 2018 edition of the University of Amsterdam masters course “Environments Through Time” is now up and running. The course sits at the interface between ecology, physical geography and archaeology and seeks to provide students with a better understanding of how long-term (>100’s years)…
Category: Reports, Teaching, William GoslingTags: archaeology, chronology, climate, ecology, Environments through time, Global Charcoal Database, land use, land-use change, MSc Biological Sciences, MSc Earth Sciences, multi-proxy, Neotoma, NOAA, Pangea, past environmental change, physical geography, time-series analysis, vegetation
Posted on August 30, 2018
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Nolan, C., Overpeck, J.T., Allen, J.R.M., Anderson, P.M., Betancourt, J.L., Binney, H.A., Brewer, S., Bush, M.B., Chase, B.M., Cheddadi, R., Djamali, M., Dodson, J., Edwards, M.E., Gosling, W.D., Haberle, S., Hotchkiss, S.C., Huntley, B., Ivory, S.J., Kershaw, A.P., Kim, S., Latorre, C., Leydet, M.,…
Category: Journal articles, Publications, William GoslingTags: biodiversity, Climate change, community climate system model, composition, direct observations, emission scenario, expert assessment, Future, glacial-to-interglacial, global change, greenhouse gas, high emissions scenario, Holocene, Jackson, last glacial maximum, LGM, macrofossil, models, Nolan, Overpeck, palaeoecology, paleoecology, past, planetry-scale, pollen, structure, temperature, terrestrial ecosystems, transformation, vegetation
Posted on July 20, 2018
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AFQUA: The African Quaternary environments, ecology and humans 2ndInternational Conference and Workshops 14-22 July 2018-07-15 National Museum, Nairobi, Kenya Day 6 The final day of talks at AFQUA 2018 took a more applied approach in the first session “Applying the Quaternary: The role of…
Category: Meeting, News, Reports, William GoslingTags: 2018, AFQUA, age vs. depth, applied, aquifers, baysean, charcoal, dating, dongas, East Africa, Fire, forests, Kenya Vision 2030, Lake Victoria, landcover, Landcover6k, landuse, Madagascar, ostrich eggs, PAGES, Paleofire, Past Global Changes, pollen, Quaternary, Radiocarbon, rivers, tree rings, U-Th, UN Sustainable Development Goal 15, University of Nairobi, vegetation, wetlands, working group
Posted on March 2, 2018
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Hi all! My name is Britte Heijink and I’m doing my MSc Biological Science thesis research project with Crystal McMichael and William Gosling. I travelled with Veerle Vink and Crystal to the Colombian part of Amazonia to collect samples for my project. At Amacayacu…
Category: NewsTags: Amacayacu National Park, Amazonia, Beta gamma, BSc, BSc Bèta-Gamma, charcoal, Colombia, fire history, Liberal Arts and Sciences, microscope, MSc, MSc Biological Sciences, Oerknal, palaeoecology, Panama, Phytoliths, plots, project, rainforest, research, soil, Thesis, tropical, tropics, University of Amsterdam, vegetation, vegetation history
Posted on February 20, 2018
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Open access: Montoya, E., Keen, H.F., Luzuriaga, C.X. & Gosling, W.D. (2018) Long-term vegetation dynamics in a megadiverse hotspot: The Ice-Age record of a pre-montane forest of central Ecuador. Frontiers in Plant Science 9, 196. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2018.00196
Category: Encarni Montoya, Hayley Keen, Journal articles, Publications, William GoslingTags: Amazon, Andes, diversity, dynamics, Ecuador, forest, glacial, hotspot, Ice Age, Laguna Pindo, last glacial maximum, long-term, megadiverse, pollen, pre-montane, vegetation
Posted on October 11, 2017
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Goni, M.F.S., Desprat, S., Daniau, A., Bassinot, F.C., Polanco-Martinez, J.M., Harrison, S.P., Allen, J.R.M., Anderson, R.S., Behling, H., Bonnefille, R., Burjachs, F., Carrion, J.S., Cheddadi, R., Clark, J.S., Combourieu-Nebout, N., Mustaphi, C.J.C., Debusk, G.H., Dupont, L.M., Finch, J.M., Fletcher, W.J., Giardini, M., Gonzalez, C.,…
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
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