The eastern Mediterranean, with its long archaeological and historical records, provides a
unique opportunity to study human responses to climate variability. We review paleoclimate …

A stable isotope record from a stalagmite collected from Antro del Corchia cave (Apuan Alps,
Central Italy), supported by 17 uranium-series ages, indicates enhanced regional rainfall …

Lateglacial and Holocene faunal and stable-isotope records from benthic foraminifers in the
eastern Mediterranean Sea (EMS) suggest a high spatiotemporal variability of deep-water …

New micropaleontological, palynological, and geochemical results from a relatively shallow
(∼ 500 m) sediment core (NS-14) in the south-eastern Aegean Sea provide a detailed …

Pollen records and pollen-based climate reconstructions from the Italian peninsula (central
Mediterranean) show clear signals of vegetation change linked to variations in water …

Human-induced carbon emissions are altering the modern climate, with severe
repercussions on ecosystems. Among others, anthropogenic pressure is causing …

Pliocene–Quaternary sapropels of the Mediterranean Sea and mid-Cretaceous black shales
share many distinctive properties. Organic carbon concentrations that often exceed 5% in …

High-resolution palaeoenvironmental changes, corresponding to a mean time interval of
450 years covering the last 48,000 years, were examined in a core from the Cretan Basin in …

The enhanced accumulation of organic matter in Eastern Mediterranean sapropels and their
unusually low δ 15 N values have been attributed to either enhanced nutrient availability …

Continuous sedimentary records from an eastern Mediterranean cold-water coral ecosystem
thriving in intermediate water depths (∼ 600m) reveal a temporary extinction of cold-water …