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Environmental and cultural transformations in the Lake Baikal Region reflect hemispheric-scale changes in temperature and atmospheric circulation over the past 8800 years

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 [...]

Andrea Hiob2025-11-24T12:04:53-07:00Categories: Journal Articles, Publications|Tags: Kobe, Long, Habermann, Bezrukova, Hoelzmann, Shchetnikov, Krikunova, Gliwa, Wagner, Tarasov, Leipe|

New BAP publication from Dr. Pavel Tarasov and team!

Dr. Pavel Tarasov shares some great BAP news below!: The article on Lake Nurskoye from Olkhon Island has been published open access. We would like to share it with the rest of the BAP Team. Title: "Environmental and cultural transformations in the Lake Baikal Region reflect hemispheric-scale changes in temperature and atmospheric circulation over the past 8800 years" by Pavel E. Tarasov, Franziska Kobe, Christian Leipe, Aleksandr A. Shchetnikov, Elena V. Bezrukova, Linda-Helen Habermann, Philipp Hoelzmann, Moritz Nykamp, [...]

Andrea Hiob2025-11-24T11:51:20-07:00Categories: News|Tags: Kobe, Leipe, Tarasov, Long, Habermann, Bezrukova, Hoelzmann, Shchetnikov, Krikunova, Gliwa, Wagner|

Pavel Tarasov, Christian Leipe and Franziska Kobe article published in Quaternary Environments and Humans! Plus MORE!

Great News from Dr. Pavel Tarasov and the Freie Universität Berlin team! Thank you to Pavel for sharing the fantastische news below: The final open access version of our article "Reflections of Late Neolithic–Early Bronze Age environments, land use and pile dwelling activities in a new palynological record from the varved sediments of Lake Mondsee, Austria" is now available online and published in Quaternary Environments and Humans. Pavel Tarasov, Christian Leipe, Franziska Kobe are the co-authors. See buttons [...]

Andrea Hiob2025-07-08T12:12:38-06:00Categories: News|Tags: Leipe, Bezrukova, Shchetnikov, Krikunova, Gliwa, Wagner, Tarasov, Kobe|

Vegetation and fire history of the Lake Baikal Region since 32 ka BP reconstructed through microcharcoal and pollen analysis of lake sediment from Cis- and Trans-Baikal

With the increase in global wildfire activity in response to global climate warming, the reconstruction of long-term fire histories and their links to environmental and anthropogenic factors has recently become an important focus of palaeoenvironmental research. Here we compare the precisely radiocarbon (14C) dated long-term histories of vegetation change and fire activity from lakes Ochaul (Cis-Baikal) and Kotokel (Trans-Baikal) in the Lake Baikal Region (LBR) of Siberia, a known source region of wildfires whose past and future relationships [...]

Andrea Hiob2024-11-05T13:51:37-07:00Categories: Journal Articles, Publications|Tags: Bezrukova, Shchetnikov, Krikunova, Gliwa, Wagner, Tarasov, Kobe, Leipe|

Aleksandra Krikunova article published in Quaternary Science Reviews!

Congratulations to Aleksandra Krikunova and co-authors on the recent publication of their article in Quaternary Science Reviews! Title: Vegetation and fire history of the Lake Baikal Region since 32 ka BP reconstructed through microcharcoal and pollen analysis of lake sediment from Cis- and Trans-Baikal Authors: Krikunova AI, Kobe F, Long T, Leipe C, Gliwa J, Shchetnikov AA, Olschewski P, Hoelzmann, P, Wagner M, Bezrukova EV, Tarasov, PE. Abstract: With the increase in global wildfire activity in response to global climate [...]

Andrea Hiob2024-09-05T12:23:51-06:00Categories: News|Tags: Bezrukova, Shchetnikov, Krikunova, Gliwa, Wagner, Tarasov, Kobe, Leipe|

Team Berlin paper is top 10 most-cited papers published by Journal of Quaternary Science

Congratulations to Team Berlin as their paper is one of the top 10 most-cited papers published by Journal of Quaternary Science! Title: Not herbs and forbs alone: pollen-based evidence for the presence of boreal trees and shrubs in Cis-Baikal (Eastern Siberia) derived from the Last Glacial Maximum sediment of Lake Ochaul Authors: Kobe, F., Leipe, C., Shchetnikov, A.A., Hoelzmann, P., Gliwa, J., Olschewski, P., Goslar, T., Wagner, M., Bezrukova, E.V., Tarasov, P.E. This work was published as part of [...]

Andrea Hiob2024-04-29T11:04:58-06:00Categories: News|Tags: Hoelzmann, Bezrukova, Shchetnikov, Gliwa, Wagner, Tarasov, Kobe, Leipe|

Aleksandra Krikunova article published in Journal of Quaternary International!

Congratulations to Aleksandra Krikunova and co-authors on the recent publication of their article in Journal of Quaternary International! Title: Postglacial vegetation and climate change in the lake Onega region of eastern Fennoscandia derived from a radiocarbon-dated pollen record Authors: Krikunova, AI, Savelieva LA, Long T, Leipe C, Kobe F, Kostromina, NA, Vasilyeva AV, Tarasov, PE. Abstract: With its numerous environmental archives stored in lake and peat sediments and relatively low human pressure, the Lake Onega region in eastern Fennoscandia [...]

Andrea Hiob2024-04-24T13:05:52-06:00Categories: News|Tags: Kobe, Leipe, Tarasov, Vasilyeva, Savelieva, Krikunova|

Postglacial vegetation and climate change in the Lake Onega region of eastern Fennoscandia derived from a radiocarbon-dated pollen record

With its numerous environmental archives stored in lake and peat sediments and relatively low human pressure, the Lake Onega region in eastern Fennoscandia is regarded as a particularly promising area for studying past changes in vegetation and climate since the Lateglacial period. The 885-cm-long sediment core RZ19 (62◦27′53″N, 34◦26′4″E) was collected from Razlomnoe Peat on the northern shore of Lake Onega in 2019, radiocarbon-dated and analysed for pollen and cryptogam spores. The age-depth model suggests continuous sedimentation since [...]

Erin2024-04-24T13:03:01-06:00Categories: Journal Articles, Publications|Tags: Savelieva, Krikunova, Tarasov, Kobe, Leipe|

Aleksandra Krikunova article published in Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology!

Congratulations to Aleksandra Krikunova (BAP PhD student Freie Universitaet Berlin) and co-authors, many of whom are BAP team members. This is Alexandra’s first paper as leading author! Title: Late- and postglacial vegetation and climate history of the central Kola Peninsula derived from a radiocarbon-dated pollen record of Lake Kamenistoe Authors: Krikunova, A.I., Kostromina, N.A., Savelieva, L.A., Tolstobrov, D.S., Petrov, A.Y., Long, T., Kobe, F., Leipe, C., Tarasov, P.E. Abstract: A radiocarbon-dated sediment core collected from the small freshwater [...]

Andrea Hiob2022-10-18T10:41:40-06:00Categories: News|Tags: Savelieva, Krikunova, Tarasov, Kobe, Leipe|

Late- and postglacial vegetation and climate history of the central Kola Peninsula derived from a radiocarbon-dated pollen record of Lake Kamenistoe

A radiocarbon-dated sediment core collected from the small freshwater Lake Kamenistoe, in the central part of the Kola Peninsula, provides a pollen record of vegetation and climate history of this part of Fennoscandia and the European Arctic during the past ca. 13,000 years. In contrast to existing Scandinavian Ice Sheet reconstructions, the record shows that the study site was ice-free at 13 cal. kyr BP, thus allows to improve our knowledge on deglaciation dynamics in North Europe. The [...]

Erin2023-08-02T09:16:17-06:00Categories: Journal Articles, Publications|Tags: Krikunova, Tarasov, Kobe, Leipe|