Department of Palynology and Climate Dynamics
Department of Palynology and Climate Dynamics

Department of Palynology and Climate Dynamics

ERC Starting Grant awarded

The European Research Council (ERC) has selected 478 early-career researchers from across Europe to receive Starting Grants in 2025.
Two of them work in Göttingen and one in our department:
Dr Anggi Hapsari has been awarded an ERC Starting Grant from the European Research Council (ERC).
The grant is worth around two million euros and will enable Dr Hapsari to carry out her project ‘SaLtedPeat: Potential impacts of sea level rise-induced salinisation on tropical coastal peatlands in lowland areas’.
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Congratulations

Congratulations from all members of our department.

New papers in 2026:

  • Barhoumi, C.; Rohland, H.; Franken, C.; Dulamsuren, C.; Saindovdon, D.; Behling, H. (2026): Environmental change and imperial land use in central Mongolia: a multiproxy lake record from the vicinity of Karakorum over the last 1260 years. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 691, p. 113752. DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2026.113752

  • Reinhardt, A. L.; Riris, P.; Harris, B.; Jha, D. K.; Lima Primam, G. L. de; Bauermann, S. G. et al. (2026): Late Holocene vegetation dynamics, fire regimes, and human impact in Southern Brazil: A multi-proxy palaeoecological record from the Matematico Lake. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 686, p. 113556. DOI:  10.1016/j.palaeo.2026.113556

  • Wang, Y.; Feldpausch, T. R.; Swindles, G. T.; Moss, P.; McGowan, H. A.; Sim, T. G. et al. (2026): Unprecedented Burning in Tropical Peatlands During the 20th Century Compared to the Previous Two Millennia. Global Change Biology 32 (3), e70717. DOI: 10.1111/gcb.70717