scholarly journals Towards a global synthesis of the climate of the last two millennia

PAGES news ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 130-131 ◽  
Author(s):  
Louise Newman ◽  
H Wanner ◽  
T Kiefer
Keyword(s):  
The Last Two Millennia

On the thermoluminescence profile of an Ionian Sea sediment: Evidence of 137, 118, 12.1 and 10.8 y cycles in the last two millennia

1988 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Cini Castagnoli ◽  
G. Bonino ◽  
A. Provenzale
Keyword(s):  
Ionian Sea ◽  
The Last Two Millennia

Proverbial homogeneity: A cross-linguistic examination of Korean and Indonesian

2014 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 63-81
Author(s):  
Sang-Oak Lee
Keyword(s):  
The Other ◽  
Frequency Data ◽  
Corpus Linguistic ◽  
Cultural Life ◽  
Frequency Structure ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
The Last Two Millennia

This study explores the use of keywords in proverbs in Korean, English, Chinese, and Indonesian. The study applies the traditional corpus linguistic tools of frequency and ranking to the keywords found in proverbs in an attempt to characterize the proverbs of these languages. The frequency data show that English proverbs are dominated by abstract keywords like “love, God, age, foolishness, wisdom, poverty, good, evil, and truth.” On the other hand, Chinese proverbs are dominated by more “action oriented” and “pragmatic concern” keywords such as “heart, time, talk/say, act/do, words, method, and knowledge,” showing a clear divergence from the frequency structure of English proverb keywords. Surprisingly, Korean proverb keywords, just like the English keywords, are also found to share very little in common with Chinese, a longstanding neighbor which has strongly influenced the cultural life of Korea over the last two millennia. Instead, the data show that the proverb keyword structure most resembles that of Indonesian, both having material/physical terms dominating the keywords and both sharing three common top-ranking keywords: water, dog, and cow.

scholarly journals Sedimentary ancient DNA shows terrestrial plant richness continuously increased over the Holocene in northern Fennoscandia

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dilli Prasad Rijal ◽  
Peter D. Heintzman ◽  
Youri Lammers ◽  
Nigel G. Yoccoz ◽  
Kelsey Erin Lorberau ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Nutrient Availability ◽  
Ancient Dna ◽  
Soil Nutrient ◽  
Data Quality Control ◽  
Plant Richness ◽  
Terrestrial Plant ◽  
Northern Fennoscandia ◽  
Regional Species Pool ◽  
The Last Two Millennia ◽  
The Impact

The effects of climate change on species richness is debated but can be informed by the past. Here, we assess the impact of Holocene climate changes and nutrients on terrestrial plant richness across multiple sites from northern Fennoscandia using new sedimentary ancient DNA (sedaDNA) data quality control methods. We find that richness increased steeply during the rapidly warming Early Holocene. In contrast to findings from most pollen studies, we show that richness continued to increase through the Middle to Late Holocene even though temperature decreased, with the regional species pool only stabilizing during the last two millennia. Furthermore, overall increase in richness was greater in catchments with higher soil nutrient availability. We suggest that richness will rapidly increase with ongoing warming, especially at localities with high nutrient availability and even in the absence of increased human activity in the region, although delays of millennia may be expected.

scholarly journals Being Biblical? Slavery, sexuality, and the inclusive community

2008 ◽  
Vol 64 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard A. Burridge
Keyword(s):  
Church Leadership ◽  
World View ◽  
Careful Analysis ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Bible ◽  
Ethical Debate ◽  
Ethical Teaching ◽  
Women In Church Leadership ◽  
The Last Two Millennia

The use of the Bible in ethical debate has been central for the last two millennia. Current debates about sexuality, or the position of women in church leadership, are marked by both, or all, sides of the argument using Scripture. However, this has been true of many issues in the past. This is demonstrated in the debate about slavery two hundred years ago. Careful analysis of the use of Scripture in both the justification and critique of apartheid reveals how both sides quoted Scripture in its various modes, such as rules, principles, paradigms, and overall world-view. The biographical nature of the Gospels means that we must set Jesus’ rigorous ethical teaching in the context of the narrative of his deeds, including his open and welcoming acceptance of all people. It was an inclusive community of interpretation which changed the debates about slavery and apartheid, and a similar inclusive community is needed today.

A Pantheon for Horses: The Prince Regent’s Dome and Stables at Brighton

2015 ◽  
Vol 58 ◽  
pp. 141-158 ◽  
Author(s):  
Geoffrey Tyack
Keyword(s):  
Ancient Rome ◽  
Distinctive Features ◽  
John Nash ◽  
Modern Times ◽  
Technological Advances ◽  
The World ◽  
Late Eighteenth ◽  
The Last Two Millennia ◽  
Recent Government

Domed rotundas have fascinated and challenged architects and engineers for the last two millennia. Examples can be found throughout the world, most commonly in religious and commemorative buildings, but also in the palaces and bath complexes of ancient Rome and in more recent government and legislative buildings. In modern times technological advances have allowed new and increasingly ambitious kinds of rotunda to be built — markets and exchanges, greenhouses and conservatories, concert and exhibition halls, sports arenas. The roots of this latter development lie in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, and one of the pioneering buildings still survives in the unexpected setting of the Royal Pavilion gardens at Brighton.The Brighton Pavilion has always been mainly associated with two people: George, Prince of Wales (the Prince Regent), who commissioned it, and John Nash, the architect who gave it its present exotic appearance. But it is easy to forget that the most distinctive features of the Nash exterior — the Indian-style domes and minarets — took their stylistic character from a building that was completed before he became involved with the Pavilion. This was the royal stables, designed by William Porden for the Prince, built in 1804–08, and now an arts complex.

Sedimentary Dynamics Within the Sedimentary Filling of Sebkha Sidi El Hani, Eastern Tunisia

2022 ◽  
pp. 235-259
Author(s):  
Elhoucine Essefi ◽  
Soumaya Hajji ◽  
Mohamed Ali Tagorti
Keyword(s):  
Little Ice Age ◽  
Climatic Variability ◽  
Ice Age ◽  
Genetic Approach ◽  
Grey Scale ◽  
Stable Conditions ◽  
Salt Crust ◽  
Sedimentary Dynamics ◽  
Core Description ◽  
The Last Two Millennia

The Sidi El Hani Wetland is located in Eastern Tunisia. It represents the natural outlet of an endorheic system, Mechertate-Chrita-Sidi El Hani, and it collects all the eroded sediment from this watershed. In this chapter, the visual core description focused on three reference sandy bands and on the concept of grey scale variability in order to infer the clay pan response to the climatic variability and erosion during the last two millennia. First, in the uppermost part, the stage Warming Present (WP) stretches from (1954-80= 1874) to 1993, i.e. ≈120yrs; the establishment of modern conditions is characterized by stable conditions with high grey scale. Added to a small salt crust, this period is dominated by a clayey sedimentation. Second, the stage C4 is called the Late Little Ice Age (Late LIA); it stretches between the 80yrBP and 400yrBP, i.e., 320yrs. It is characterized by intermediate GS values; the clayey sedimentation makes up the twofold and threefold laminates. Based on laser granulometer, the genetic approach shows the interplay of eolian and hydraulic erosion.

Enhanced Tropical Cyclone Intensity in the Western North Pacific During Warm Periods Over the Last Two Millennia

2019 ◽  
Vol 46 (15) ◽  
pp. 9145-9153 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xin Zhou ◽  
Zhonghui Liu ◽  
Qing Yan ◽  
Xiaolin Zhang ◽  
Liang Yi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Tropical Cyclone ◽  
North Pacific ◽  
Western North Pacific ◽  
Tropical Cyclone Intensity ◽  
Cyclone Intensity ◽  
The Last Two Millennia
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