Multiproxy analyses were performed on core MS27PT recovered in hemipelagic sediments
deposited on the Nile margin in order to reconstruct Nile River palaeohydrological …

One of the goals of climate scientists is to understand how climate shifts may have changed
the course of history and influenced culture at millennial timescales. Repeatedly …

Here is the monumental retelling of one of the most consequential chapters of human
history: the fall of the Roman Empire. The Fate of Rome is the first book to examine the …

The precipitation climatology and the underlying climate mechanisms of the eastern
Mediterranean, West Asia, and the Indian subcontinent are reviewed, with emphasis on …

Aim The geological and palaeo‐climatic forces that produced the unique biodiversity in the
Red Sea are a subject of vigorous debate. Here, we review evidence for and against the …

A review of seven outstanding issues on Mediterranean palaeoenvironments is presented.
These are related to the dominant orbital pacing of climate variability, the length of the …

Strontium isotopic and petrologic information, obtained from sediment cores collected in the
Nile delta of Egypt, indicate that paleoclimatic and Nile baseflow conditions changed …

We trace compositional changes of Nile sediments for 7400 km, from their sources in
equatorial rift highlands of Burundi and Rwanda to their sink in the Mediterranean Sea. All …

Rivers are the great shapers of terrestrial landscapes. Very few points on Earth above sea
level do not lie within a drainage basin. Even points distant from the nearest channel are …

Although archaeological findings show the synchronous collapses of major well-
documented Chinese Neolithic cultures around 4000 cal. yr BP, the driving mechanism for …