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A Holocene history of climate, fire, landscape evolution, and human activity in northeastern Iceland
Nicolò Ardenghi
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Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research (INSTAAR), University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309, USA
David J. Harning
Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research (INSTAAR), University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309, USA
Jonathan H. Raberg
Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research (INSTAAR), University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309, USA
Brooke R. Holman
Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research (INSTAAR), University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309, USA
Thorvaldur Thordarson
Faculty of Earth Sciences, University of Iceland, 102 Reykjavík, Iceland
Áslaug Geirsdóttir
Faculty of Earth Sciences, University of Iceland, 102 Reykjavík, Iceland
Gifford H. Miller
Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research (INSTAAR), University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309, USA
Department of Geological Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309, USA
Julio Sepúlveda
Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research (INSTAAR), University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309, USA
Department of Geological Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309, USA
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Plant waxes are an important tool for inferring past changes in vegetation and the water cycle. However, the mechanisms governing the production of plant waxes and their stable isotopes are not well understood in Arctic plants. We found that terrestrial Arctic plant waxes are not significantly influenced by environmental parameters including temperature, precipitation, humidity, and elevation. These findings agree with our understanding of plant wax production in other regions of the world.
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David J. Harning, Brooke Holman, Lineke Woelders, Anne E. Jennings, and Julio Sepúlveda
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Analysing a sediment record from Stóra Viðarvatn (NE Iceland), we reveal how natural factors and human activities influenced environmental changes (erosion, wildfires) over the last 11 000 years. We found increased fire activity around 3000 and 1500 years ago, predating human settlement, likely driven by natural factors like precipitation shifts. Declining summer temperatures increased erosion vulnerability, exacerbated by farming and animal husbandry, which in turn may have reduced wildfires.
Analysing a sediment record from Stóra Viðarvatn (NE Iceland), we reveal how natural factors and...
