Global and Planetary Change November 2025
Environmental and cultural transformations in the Lake Baikal Region reflect hemispheric-scale changes in temperature and atmospheric circulation over the past 8800 years
Tarasov PE, Kobe K, Leipe C, Shchetnikov AA, Bezrukova EV, Habermann L-H, Hoelzmann P, Nykamp M, Gliwa J, Krikunova AI, Kostrova SS, Long T, Wagner M
Characterised by heterogeneous microclimatic conditions, a sharp vegetation gradient and a rich archaeological record, Olkhon Island offers a unique setting to investigate past climate change and its potential influence on cultural trajectories in the Lake Baikal Region (LBR). Palynological and geochemical analyses of the uppermost 556 cm section of the 750 cm long, radiocarbon-dated sediment core (Nur-II) from Lake Nurskoye (53°3'N, 106°58'E; 456 m a.s.l.) at the western end of Olkhon Island reveal several long- and short-term climate [...]
