Reconstructing the environmental conditions in the coastal area of the Southern Bight over the past millennium using Mytilus edulis shells

Global climate change is a big issue these days. To be able to predict changes and to have better monitoring of the climate in the future we need to know the climate of the present and past. Because measurements of seawater temperature, salinity and other environmental variables did not happen accurately in the past or simply do not exist, proxies are needed to obtain information about the palaeoenvironment. Much research has confirmed that the elemental and isotopic composition of calcareous skeletons are records of past and present environmental conditions and thus allow reconstruction of th... Mehr ...