Chilean socio-cultural complexity

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Published: Wednesday, 22 May 2019 08:44

A paper published yesterday by PAGES' PEOPLE 3000 working group integrates archeological and paleoenvironmental records to test the hypothesis that Chilean societies progressively escalated their capacity to shape national biophysical systems, as socio-cultural complexity and pressures on natural resources increased over the last three millennia.

Authors Eugenia M. Gayo et al. demonstrate that Pre-Columbian societies intentionally transformed Chile’s northern and central regions by continuously adjusting socio-cultural practices and/or incorporating technologies that guaranteed resource access and social wealth. This research provides crucial "baselines" to delineate safe operating spaces for future socio-ecological systems.

Access the Elementa Science of the Anthropocene paper "Geohistorical records of the Anthropocene in Chile" here.

Find out more about PEOPLE 3000 and join their mailing list here.

Read the latest e-news

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Published: Wednesday, 15 May 2019 15:37

Read about the latest PAGES' news, meetings and opportunities from around the world in this month's e-news.

Highlights include the new Past Global Changes Magazine, the new PAGES/WDS-Paleo scientific agreement, PAGES working group news and meeting announcements, ECN updates, IPCC updates and other relevant opportunities.
 

Latest PAGES Magazine

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Published: Monday, 13 May 2019 15:15

Past Global Changes Magazine vol. 27 (1)

The latest issue of Past Global Changes Magazine, titled "Paleo Constraints on Sea-Level Rise" is now available to read and download.

Guest edited by Natasha Barlow, Glenn Milne and Jeremy Shakun, this issue highlights scientific advances made over the last decade of PAGES' PALSEA working group, as well as identifies new challenges for the sea-level, ice-sheet, and broader paleo communities.

The included articles summarize our current understanding of sea-level and ice-sheet changes during past warm periods and the application of this knowledge to infer future sea-level hazard.

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Read the latest e-news

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Published: Wednesday, 17 April 2019 16:37

Read about the latest PAGES' news, meetings and opportunities from around the world in this month's e-news.

Highlights include updates from the PAGES Scientific Steering Committee meeting held in March, new "quick links" for PAGES working groups, working group news and meeting announcements, recent products, ECN updates, the call for Earth Commission nominations, and various funding opportunities.
 

PALSEA QSR special issue

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Published: Wednesday, 10 April 2019 16:31

The PAGES PALeo constraints on SEA level rise (PALSEA) working group special issue of Quaternary Science Reviews is now complete.

The primary aim of this special issue is to use the information contained in the geological record to improve the accuracy of sea-level projections for the coming centuries to millennia.

The 12 papers focus on documenting and synthesizing data on rates, sources, and budgets of sea-level variability during Quaternary/Pliocene warm periods, including the transition into and out of such periods, and assess the ability of models to simulate these observations.

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New workshop reports in Eos

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Published: Wednesday, 10 April 2019 12:13

Two PAGES working groups recently published workshop reports in Eos.

Molly Patterson, Rachael Rhodes and Claire Allen reported on the Cycles of Sea Ice Dynamics in the Earth System (C-SIDE) working group meeting "Developing Data and Modeling Capacity to Understand Past Changes in Sea Ice in the Southern Ocean" held in Vancouver, Canada, in October 2018.

Access the C-SIDE workshop report "Understanding past changes in Southern Ocean sea ice" here.

Carole Adolf, Donna Hawthorne and Daniele Colombaroli reported on the Global Paleofire Working Group 2 (GPWG2) meeting "Diverse knowledge systems for fire policy and biodiversity conservation" held in Egham, UK, in September 2018.

Access the GPWG2 workshop report "Ancient fires and indigenous knowledge inform fire policies" here.

Find out more about the two working groups by clicking on the links in brackets.