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Quaternary Discussion Group (QDG)
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A series of 50 minute lectures, followed by discussion, on the broad topic of environmental evolution, climate, ecological and human change during the Quaternary (the last ~2.6 million years). The lectures are aimed at a broad audience (including geoscientists, glaciologists, environmental scientists, atmospheric chemists, biologists, anthropologists and archaeologists). Seminars are usually on Wednesdays in the Department of Geography Small Lecture Theatre (Downing Site), starting at 17:30. Refreshments are served after the talks and there is time for discussion over drinks and/or dinner. QDG is currently organised by Witold Bagniewski and Svetlana Radionovskaya, supported by David Hodell, Christine Lane and Francesco Muschitiello. Please feel free to contact us with queries and suggestions. To sign up to the QDG mailing list, follow this link: https://lists.cam.ac.uk/sympa/subscribe/soc-qdg-quaternary-disc-reminder If you have a question about this list, please contact: Geography/SPRI Webmaster; David Hodell; Christine Lane; km612; Francesco Muschitiello; sr632; wb350. If you have a question about a specific talk, click on that talk to find its organiser. 4 upcoming talks and 115 talks in the archive. Polar bear's range dynamics in the Holocene
Deeper and Stronger North Atlantic Gyre During the Last Glacial Maximum
Do look back – what can the palaeo record tell us about Antarctica’s Doomsday glacier(s)?This talk is run in association with the Cambridge Centre for Climate Science (CCfCS).
Why was the Arctic sea ice free 127 000 years ago?
Palaeoecological Insights into the Causes and Consequences of Mid-Late Quaternary Megafauna Extinction in Asia and AustraliaBuilding doors are card operated, so latecomers may not be able to access the venue.
(CANCELLED) Extreme glacial implies discontinuity of early human occupation of EuropeBuilding doors are card operated, so latecomers may not be able to access the venue.
Radiocarbon dating and conspiracy theoriesBuilding doors are card operated, so latecomers may not be able to access the venue.
Natural and forced behaviour of the Pacific Walker Circulation over the past 800 yearsBuilding doors are card operated, so latecomers may not be able to access the venue.
50,000 years of turnover and extinction in high-latitude megafauna communitiesBuilding doors are card operated, so latecomers may not be able to access the venue.
Microplastics from geologists' perspectiveBuilding doors are card operated, so latecomers may not be able to access the venue.
The West Antarctic Ice Sheet and sea level in the last interglacialBuilding doors are card operated, so latecomers may not be able to access the venue.
Pantastic archaeology in the northern Namib Sand SeaBuilding doors are card operated, so latecomers may not be able to access the venue.
The Greenland Speleothem Record of Past Hydroclimate and Vegetation ChangesBuilding doors are card operated, so latecomers may not be able to access the venue.
The Pleistocene Evolution of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current: An Interglacial PerspectiveBuilding doors are card operated, so latecomers may not be able to access the venue.
Vacuuming the Atlantic, Paepalology and getting things ‘wrong, wrong, wrong!’ – pollen tales from the archivesBuilding doors are card operated, so latecomers may not be able to access the venue.
Understanding Aboriginal-constructed landscapes in SE Australia, the impact of colonisation, and implications for land management under changing climateBuilding doors are card operated, so latecomers may not be able to access the venue.
Squaring the circle: a coherent reconstruction of past species responses from multiple lines of evidenceBuilding doors are card operated, so latecomers may not be able to access the venue.
Holocene palaeoclimate reconstruction from a varved lake in East AngliaBuilding doors are card operated, so latecomers may not be able to access the venue.
The Hominin Sites Paleolakes Drilling Project (HSPDP): applications and challenges of paleomagnetism in human evolutionary studiesBuilding doors are card operated, so latecomers may not be able to access the venue.
Constraining ash dispersal from historical eruptionsBuilding doors are card operated, so latecomers may not be able to access the venue.
North-West Saharan Holocene rainfall driven by interhemispheric temperature differences (with climatic and archaeological considerations)Building doors are card operated, so latecomers may not be able to access the venue.
Stable Southern Hemisphere westerly winds throughout the Holocene until intensification in the last two millenniaBuilding doors are card operated, so latecomers may not be able to access the venue.
Embracing uncertainty: developing methods that take advantage of itBuilding doors are card operated, so latecomers may not be able to access the venue.
When did humans first alter atmospheric CO2? Constraining the Holocene CO2 conundrum with new ice core dataBuilding doors are card operated, so latecomers may not be able to access the venue.
Dansgaard-Oeschger events and their impact on atmospheric carbon dioxideBuilding doors are card operated, so latecomers may not be able to access the venue.
How high and how fast? Improving future predictions of long-term sea-level rise through studying the Last InterglacialBuilding doors are card operated, so latecomers may not be able to access the venue.
Unravelling the legacy of 7000 years of metal pollution in south-eastern EuropeBuilding doors are card operated, so latecomers may not be able to access the venue
Examining glacial-interglacial climate changes by water isotope modelling effortsBuilding doors are card operated, so latecomers may be unable to access the venue
Middle Pleistocene Tephrochronology in the Ethiopian Rift: implications for the paleoanthropological and paleoclimatic records
Integrating northern and southern hemisphere stalagmites: what they can tell us about tropical climate dynamics and civilization collapse at the 4.2 kyr event
Abrupt CO2 release to the atmosphere under glacial and early interglacial climate conditions
Talk 1 of 2: Speleothem records of abrupt warming events during the last glacial periodThis is part I of a two part seminar dedicated to synchronising climate archives. Second talk is being given by Raimund Muscheler (Lund University): "Synchronising climate records via the cosmic ray signal in environmental archives"
Talk 2 of 2: Synchronising climate records via the cosmic ray signal in environmental archivesThis is part 2 of a two part seminar dedicated to synchronising climate archives
Evading problems of IRD in palaeocurrent estimation: Glacial to Recent changes in flows around Greenland
Beyond mean climate change: Using paleoclimate archives to better constrain climate variability.
The IntCal20 radiocarbon calibration curve - composition and consequences
Antarctic climate of the last 115,000 years from ice cores
Aerosols and Ancient History in Arctic and Alpine Ice
Does climate change really cause collapse? Insights from the Land, Water and Settlement and TwoRains projects
Global Estimates of Marine Nitrogen Fixation based on a Non-Redfield Inverse Model
A comprehensive climate history of the last 800,000 years and its application to ecological modelling
Re-thinking the boundaries of dendrochronology
Record of abrupt changes of last climate cycle in European glacial dust deposits
Recent developments and debates in East Asian monsoon palaeoclimatology
Modeling and understanding of Quaternary climate cyclesNormal time and place
Reconstructing deep ocean circulation pathway and strength using sediment dispersion
On the role of the Southern Ocean in modulating (past) climate variabilityPlease note different time/venue
Reconstructing the extent, timing and palaeoclimatic significance of Quaternary glaciations in the Mediterranean regionPlease note different venue
North Atlantic variability and its link to European climate and history over the last 3000 yearsQuaternary Discussion Group seminar
Climatic controls on peatland carbon accumulation during the last millennium
MIS 7, The "Ebbsfleet Interglacial": sub-stage structure and recognition in the UK record
Volcanic eruptions, climate and humans: How lessons from the past can help us to prepare for the future
The timing of cirque glaciation in western North America revisited: No Neoglacial in the U.S. Cordillera?
How ice sheets collapse: a lesson from the Laurentide Ice Sheet
Causes of ice-age intensification across the Mid-Pleistocene Transition, insights from a new boron isotope CO2 record
MIS 7, the "Ebbsfleet Interglacial": sub-stage structure and recognition in the UK record
Modelling the Last Glacial-Interglacial Cycle: How sensitive are past climates?
Late Quaternary tephrostratigraphies from East African lakes
From Cambridge to Cuzco and back again: 4000 years of environmental history from the heart of the Inca Empire
Archaeological insights into the 8.2 ka event
The separation of Britain from mainland Europe in the late Quaternary
Silicon cycling and opal production in the Atlantic: lessons from the last deglaciation
Large CO2 emissions from pre-industrial land use change – Does the carbon budget add up?
A formal subdivision of the Holocene Series/Epoch
1 million years of Pacific Ocean paleoceanography viewed from IODP Exp350 sites 1436C and 1437B foraminifers' records recovered near the IZU subduction Arc
North Atlantic annually resolved temperatures for the last millennium: the Arctica islandica record.
Ice sheet, atmosphere, and ocean dynamics in the Atlantic sector of Antarctica – past reconstruction and future course.
Orbital wobbles, ice sheets, CO2, and the deep sea: a model-informed perspective on the ocean’s role in Quaternary climate.
Climate and Society: Examples of the climate impact on civilizations
Using the Land-Ocean Transition to understand coastal landscapes
Landscape Retreat and 'Jumping': Late Prehistoric Fenland Environmental Adaption/Response
The last 1000 years in East Antarctica: insights from a new temperature proxy.
Stalagmites as excellent recorders of major volcanic eruptions
Boron isotopes as pH proxy: a critical evaluation
Retreat of the last British-Irish Ice Sheet; landforms, sediments, dates and the BRITICE-CHRONO project
New DNA approaches to understanding Late-Quaternary and recent biodiversity changes – potential and problems
El Niño and El Padre: a deep equatorial Pacific thermocline during the Pliocene warm period
The role of the ocean and the atmosphere in the expression of D-O and AIM events in Antarctica: new evidence from the WAIS Divide Ice Core
Cryptotephrochronology in the North Atlantic Region: Linking North Atlantic Marine Sediments to the Greenland ice-cores
The North American deglaciation: linking rapid climate change, ice sheet retreat and sea level rises
Changes in the Global Carbon Cycle over the last 800,000 years - an ice core perspective
Top-down and bottom-up evidence for the early anthropogenic hypothesis
Fracking the fjords: Earthquakes and glacial erosion, with some additional thoughts about stability of the West Antarctic Ice SheetPeople should be aware that 7th July is Tour de France day, but we hope things will have become accessible by 5.00 pm.
Benthic foraminiferal assemblages as proxies of paleoceanographic changes across Pleistocene glacial terminations in the NE AtlanticCHANGE OF DATE: now on Wednesday Nov. 27th
Interglacials of the last 800,000 years
The paleoceanography frontier: proxies, new technologies and novel questionsNote unusual time
Taking a closer look at the last glacial sedimentsCanceled
Evidence for enhanced Antarctic climate variability during the last interglacial period
The Bytham river story - key evidence for understanding pre-glacial environmental change and early human occupance in Britain
Testing the Bytham river hypothesis
Late Quaternary loess records from northern China and central Asia: implications for variations in monsoon and westerly circulation
Modern human adaptations to Pleistocene rainforest: the archaeology of the Niah Caves, Sarawak, Borneo
The release of Δ14C and δ18O-depleted water from the Arctic Ocean upon glacial termination
New estimates of tropical ice age temperature
Using nitrogen isotopes to constrain the age of the air extracted from antarctic ice coresPlease note change of speaker
Precipitation changes in the Amazon Basin during the last 240 ka
Decoupled ocean circulation and carbon cycling during glaciations: Implications for the dynamics of glacial cycles
Carbon isotopes and glacial-interglacial CO2: the curious case of Marine Isotope Stage 12
The Moravian Gate project: new insights into the human food quest in Stage 3 Central Europe
A bipolar seesaw in Atlantic deep-water ventilation: Wally was right
Quaternary palaeoclimate changes from the margins of the Indian Thar Desert
Lessons from the High Arctic: new results from late Quaternary studies in Nordaustlandet, Svalbard
Genetic diversity, global phylogeography and seasonality of the planktonic foraminifera G. bulloides: implication for palaeoproxies
Role of the Tropical Pacific in Millennial-Scale Climate Events
Traces of the Baltic Ice Lake drainage in the northern Baltic Sea and southern Finland
Evolution of ocean temperature and ice volume from the Mid Pleistocene Climate Transition
New insights on old questions concerning Quaternary northern hemisphere glaciation
A special set of QDG talks
Orbital forcing of Late Pleistocene climate variability - From the global monsoon to glacial terminations
Pleistocene Fleuve Manche palaeoriver discharges : Response to glacial oscillations and climate changes
Quaternary glaciation in the Mediterranean mountains: new results from North Africa and the Balkans
The History of Quaternary Research at Cambridge University
Glacial Chronologies Spanning the Past 450 ka Around the Margins of the Southern North Sea and implications for the age of the Strait of DoverCanceled
The carbon cycle during the Pleistocene
A humid corridor across the Sahara for the migration "Out of Africa" of early modern humans 120,000 years ago.
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Wednesday 04 December 2024, 17:30-19:00