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Rob Marchant

Researcher at University of York

Publications -  218
Citations -  8091

Rob Marchant is an academic researcher from University of York. The author has contributed to research in topics: Climate change & Holocene. The author has an hindex of 44, co-authored 201 publications receiving 6390 citations. Previous affiliations of Rob Marchant include Tanzania Wildlife Research Institute & University of Hull.

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Environmental change and the option value of genetic diversity

TL;DR: It is argued that accumulating evidence demonstrates the future benefit or 'option value' of genetic diversity within natural populations when subject to anthropogenic environmental changes and the loss of that diversity will hinder their ability to adapt to changing environments and is, therefore, of serious concern.
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Archaeological assessment reveals Earth’s early transformation through land use

Lucas Stephens, +119 more
- 30 Aug 2019 - 
TL;DR: An empirical global assessment of land use from 10,000 years before the present (yr B.P.) to 1850 CE reveals a planet largely transformed by hunter-gatherers, farmers, and pastoralists by 3000 years ago, considerably earlier than the dates in the land-use reconstructions commonly used by Earth scientists.
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Past and future global transformation of terrestrial ecosystems under climate change

Connor Nolan, +46 more
- 31 Aug 2018 - 
TL;DR: The results indicate that terrestrial ecosystems are highly sensitive to temperature change and suggest that, without major reductions in greenhouse gas emissions to the atmosphere, terrestrial ecosystems worldwide are at risk of major transformation, with accompanying disruption of ecosystem services and impacts on biodiversity.
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Rapid environmental change in African and South American tropics around 4000 years before present: a review

TL;DR: In this article, the authors present data from tropical Africa and South America, showing a change in the hydrological budget and vegetation within numerous swamp and lake catchments during the Holocene period.