Lake sediments constitute natural archives of past environmental changes. Historically,
research has focused mainly on generating regional climate records, but records of human …

We have compiled 223 sedimentary charcoal records from Australasia in order to examine
the temporal and spatial variability of fire regimes during the Late Quaternary. While some of …

The condition of many wetlands across Australia has deteriorated due to increased water
regulation and the expansion and intensification of agriculture and increased urban and …

Understanding social-ecological system dynamics is a major research priority for
sustainable management of landscapes, ecosystems and resources. But the lack of multi …

Climatic extremes capture imaginations and provide a fundamental premise for biologists—
that ecosystems are adapted to natural variability. Hence, understanding past extremes …

Eutrophication is perhaps the most pervasive form of pollution. Here we first review its effects
on lake ecosystems based largely on modern ecological investigation. The longer time scale …

An analysis of the evolution of sedimentation rates and disasters caused by surface geologic
processes during the last century, at a global scale, is presented. Results show that …

Landscapes change over time in response to multiple interacting drivers, including climate,
disturbance, and land-use, which all leave a lasting legacy on ecosystem structure and …

Historically, limnological and paleolimnological research has focused on large and typically
deep lakes but in the last two decades there has been a growing interest in smaller and …

Hydrological connections between river channels and their adjacent floodplains facilitate the
flux of organisms and nutrients and access to increased habitat and new resources …