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  • New Publication from Mapping Ancient Africa INQUA project
    New Publication from Mapping Ancient Africa INQUA project

    We are pleased to share the latest contribution to the Mapping Ancient Africa Special Issue of Quaternary International. This study provides valuable insights into the past ecological and cultural dynamics at Wonderwerk Cave. New article:…

  • Podcast INQUA 2027 India
    Podcast INQUA 2027 India

    Quaternary is the age when modern recognisable humans started inhabiting this planet. All over the world scientists are engaged in studying various aspects of human evolution. Once every 4 years scientists from all across the…

  • Webinar Series: Climate of the Past 20th Anniversary!
    Webinar Series: Climate of the Past 20th Anniversary!

    Climate of the Past Celebrates 20 Years with Monthly Webinar Series The European Geosciences Union’s open-access, community-driven journal Climate of the Past (CP) is celebrating its 20th anniversary in 2025! To mark the occasion, CP…

  • INQUA 2027 Talk Series
    INQUA 2027 Talk Series

    Join the next INQUA talk featuring “Late Quaternary human response to climate change in southern India” presented by Prof. Ravi Korisettar – NIAS Bengaluru, scheduled for Saturday, 31st May at 11:00 AM IST. Don’t miss…

INQUA 2002my: INtegrated QUAternary MArine REcords at Sensitive Latitudes (INQUA-MARE)

The “INQUA MARE: INtegrated QUAternary MArine REcord at Sensitive Latitudes” project brought together researchers studying Holocene sediment records from Arctica and Antarctica, two regions linked by thermohaline circulation and atmospheric teleconnection throughout the Tropics.

Abstract

As these areas are the most sensitive to climate change, we feel the need to let researchers working on these records meet and discuss their results and research methods, and maximise their efforts by enlarging their scientific network. The project aims to bring together researchers from the broader fields of paleoceanography because we are convinced that only through an interdisciplinary project we can get an exhaustive and deep understanding of the phenomena we study.

INQUA-MARE was meant to start in 2020, but plans changed due to the COVID-19 emergency. Therefore, three workshops were organised between 2021-2024; each workshop was focused on a specific subject.

Objectives:

  • Compare data obtained by different research groups;
  • Discuss interlaboratory standardisation of data, with a special focus on dating methods;
  • Identify unanalysed existing sedimentary records (cores) or digital data (oceanographic data, seismic data, etc.);
  • Discuss the interpretation of proxies;
  • Investigate what we know about pole-to-pole teleconnections;
  • Discuss whether we have the tools to compare the relevance of the Pacific versus the Atlantic connection on the heat transport between the Poles.

Project leaders:

  • Karen Gariboldi. Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Università di Pisa, Italy
  • Viviana Maria Gamboa Sojo, Universidad de Costa Rica, San Pedro, Costa Rica
  • Nessim Douss, National Institute of Oceanography and Applied Geophysics, Trieste, Italy

INQUA-Mare website

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  • New Publication from Mapping Ancient Africa INQUA project
    New Publication from Mapping Ancient Africa INQUA project

    We are pleased to share the latest contribution to the Mapping Ancient Africa Special Issue of Quaternary International. This study provides valuable insights into the past ecological and cultural dynamics at Wonderwerk Cave. New article:…

  • Podcast INQUA 2027 India
    Podcast INQUA 2027 India

    Quaternary is the age when modern recognisable humans started inhabiting this planet. All over the world scientists are engaged in studying various aspects of human evolution. Once every 4 years scientists from all across the…

  • Webinar Series: Climate of the Past 20th Anniversary!
    Webinar Series: Climate of the Past 20th Anniversary!

    Climate of the Past Celebrates 20 Years with Monthly Webinar Series The European Geosciences Union’s open-access, community-driven journal Climate of the Past (CP) is celebrating its 20th anniversary in 2025! To mark the occasion, CP…

  • INQUA 2027 Talk Series
    INQUA 2027 Talk Series

    Join the next INQUA talk featuring “Late Quaternary human response to climate change in southern India” presented by Prof. Ravi Korisettar – NIAS Bengaluru, scheduled for Saturday, 31st May at 11:00 AM IST. Don’t miss…

  • Podcast INQUA 2027 India
    Podcast INQUA 2027 India

    Quaternary is the age when modern recognisable humans started inhabiting this planet. All over the world scientists are engaged in studying various aspects of human evolution. Once every 4 years scientists from all across the…

  • Podcast Homo Erectus Beneath the Waves
    Podcast Homo Erectus Beneath the Waves

    New Podcast “Homo Erectus: Beneath the Waves”. Dive into a fascinating discovery that may rewrite early human history! Listen now on Anthropology.net and uncover the mystery beneath the waves.