Team Publications

Publications by the members of the Paleosynthesis Team and Scientific Advisory Board

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13JAN 2026
Big Questions
Thank you Liz!
PaleoSynthesis has been running for over six years, and Elizabeth Dowding has been on board almost from the start. In the early years, Liz was primarily involved in the Big Questions before succeeding the project’s first postdoc, Jansen Smith, in December 2022. Throughout this time, Elizabeth has not only been committed to PaleoSynthesis and put […]
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22DEC 2025
Team Publications
Plants in the shadows
“Paleoart, long considered peripheral to paleoscience, has become a powerful medium for visualizing extinct life and landscapes. Yet its historical trajectory has been dominated by zoocentric traditions, where plants are relegated to vague backdrops despite their central role in Earth system dynamics. This review examines the epistemological and cultural consequences of such plant blindness, situating […]“Paleoart, long considered peripheral to paleoscience, has become a powerful medium for visualizing extinct life and landscapes. Yet its historical trajectory has been dominated by zoocentric traditions, where plants are relegated to vague backdrops despite their central role in Earth system dynamics. This review examines the epistemological and cultural consequences of such plant blindness, situating […]
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17DEC 2025
Team Publications
Linking eras and data: natural history collections
“India, one of the world’s most biodiverse countries and now the most populous, stands at a critical intersection of ecological wealth and intense anthropogenic pressure. Its unique geological history, once part of Gondwana and later colliding with Asia, has profoundly shaped its biota, resulting in high levels of endemism and evolutionary distinctiveness. Despite a deep […]
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17DEC 2025
Team Publications
Ecological and social perspectives on the management of outdoor sports
“Bouldering is gaining popularity worldwide, but when practised outdoors, it can threaten local ecosystems and cause social conflicts, requiring effective management. In the Frankenjura region, one of Europe’s most renowned climbing areas, the “Boulderappell” recommends specific behaviors to mitigate such impacts. However, this agreement remains controversial due to limited means of regulating or communicating bouldering-related […]“Bouldering is gaining popularity worldwide, but when practised outdoors, it can threaten local ecosystems and cause social conflicts, requiring effective management. In the Frankenjura region, one of Europe’s most renowned climbing areas, the “Boulderappell” recommends specific behaviors to mitigate such impacts. However, this agreement remains controversial due to limited means of regulating or communicating bouldering-related […]
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01DEC 2025
Team Publications
Mechanical impacts of climbing
“…The mechanical stress caused by boulderers damages rock vegetation locally on climbing holds and is one of the impacts induced by climbing. Even moderate frequency and no prior cleaning of routes can lead to longer lasting damage to cliff vegetation. In sensitive areas, appropriate management actions should be developed by climbing associations, experts and nature […]
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29NOV 2025
Team Publications
Assessing the role of anoxia as a potential extinction driver
“Anoxia has been hypothesised as a major kill mechanism for marine ecosystems during the Permian-Triassic mass extinction, but its importance is increasingly debated for shallow marine settings. For the Neotethys Ocean, in particular, geochemical data that is suitable to verify a local anoxic signal is lacking. Here, we investigated two shallow marine successions from the […]
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