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Balbo, Andrea Luca ORCID: 0000-0002-3906-375X, Puy, Arnald ORCID: 0000-0001-9469-2156, Frigola, Jaime ORCID: 0000-0002-8923-0827, Retamero, Felix, Cacho, Isabel ORCID: 0000-0002-6512-0770 and Kirchner, Helena (2018). Amplified environmental change: Evidence from land-use and climate change in medieval Minorca. Land Degrad. Dev., 29 (4). S. 1262 - 1270. HOBOKEN: WILEY. ISSN 1099-145X

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Abstract

The debate on human environmental impact has often been locked into cause-effect reasoning, aiming at factoring human impact on top of climatic variability. Here we use evidence from Minorca and the Mediterranean region to show the potential for amplified environmental change emerging from complex feedbacks between climatic and historical events. Alluvial sediments collected in a gully reveal a 14- to 27-fold increase in sediment accumulation rates, leading to the rapid aggradation of the valley floor from approximately ad 1300 onwards. These environmental changes coincided with the Feudal conquest of Minorca (ad 1287) and with the climatic shift from the Medieval Climate Anomaly (MCA, c. ad 900-1300) to the Little Ice Age (LIA, c. ad 1300-1850). This evidence of unprecedented sediment mobilisation, in context with climatic and historical events marking the Mediterranean region, highlights the implications for environmental vulnerability emerging from positive feedbacks between climate and land-use. Understanding such interactions in historical contexts is paramount to increase our capacity for anticipatory learning in the face of rapid climatic, economical, and ecological transformations today.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Balbo, Andrea Luca UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0002-3906-375X UNSPECIFIED Puy, Arnald UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0001-9469-2156 UNSPECIFIED Frigola, Jaime UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0002-8923-0827 UNSPECIFIED Retamero, Felix UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Cacho, Isabel UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0002-6512-0770 UNSPECIFIED Kirchner, Helena UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-191203
DOI:	10.1002/ldr.2869
Journal or Publication Title:	Land Degrad. Dev.
Volume:	29
Number:	4
Page Range:	S. 1262 - 1270
Date:	2018
Publisher:	WILEY
Place of Publication:	HOBOKEN
ISSN:	1099-145X
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language SEA-SURFACE TEMPERATURE; COMPOSITIONAL DATA; GEOCHEMICAL APPROACH; IBERIAN PENINSULA; LAKE RECORD; MULTI-PROXY; SPAIN; VARIABILITY; CALIBRATION; SEDIMENTS Multiple languages Environmental Sciences; Soil Science Multiple languages
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/19120