Unlocking environmental archives in the Arctic—insights from modern diatom-environment relationships in lakes and ponds across Greenland

• Published in: Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
• Main Authors: Weckström, Kaarina, Weckström, Jan, Wischnewski, Juliane, Davidson, Thomas A., Lauridsen, Torben L., Landkildehus, Frank, Christoffersen, Kirsten S., Jeppesen, Erik
• Other Authors: Ecosystems and Environment Research Programme, Helsinki Institute of Sustainability Science (HELSUS), Environmental Change Research Unit (ECRU), Doctoral Programme in Interdisciplinary Environmental Sciences, Doctoral Programme in Geosciences
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media 2023
• Subjects: 1181 Ecology; evolutionary biology; 1172 Environmental sciences; Arctic; Greenland; Ilulissat
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10138/357791

Given the current rate of Arctic warming, the associated ecological changes need to be put into a longer-term context of natural variability. Palaeolimnology offers tools to explore archives stored in the sediments of Arctic lakes and ponds. The interpretation of these archives requires a sound know...