1. introduction the zagros mountains present a great potential for paleo-environmental studies for the reconstruction climates of the late-pleistocene and holocene. iranian zagros mountains form the northeastern boundary of the fertile crescent and separating the mesopotamian lowlands from the iranian plateau. it is postulated that near east was a place for the domestication of plants and anima...

A five meter sediment core was taken from Old Woman Creek National Estuarine Research Reserve and State Natural Area and Preserve along the western basin of Lake Erie, U.S.A., to determine the historical biogeochemistry of the wetland. Analysis of pollen and sediment chemistry revealed that the area has remained a wetland since ca. 5,500 yr BP, despite changing lake levels. Pollen stratigraphy ...

The rise in temperature during the 21st century is expected to increase tree growth high-latitude boreal forests more than southern (Kellomäki et al., 2018; Ruiz-Pérez & Vico, 2020). However, there evidence that climate change also increases probability of occurrence extreme natural disturbance events such as large and severe wildfires, leading increased mortality (Bright 2014; Gaboriau 2020; K...