Papers

A century of sediment metal contamination of Mar Menor, Europe’s largest saltwater lagoon
Alorda-Montiel, I., Rodellas, V., Arias-Ortiz, A., Palanques, A., Bravo, A.G., Rodriguez-Puig, J., Alorda-Kleinglass, A., Green-Ruiz, C., Diego-Feliu, M., Masqué, P. and Gilabert, J., 2025. A century of sediment metal contamination of Mar Menor, Europe’s largest saltwater lagoon. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 220, pp. 1-17.

Early Anthropogenic Transformation of the Danube-Black Sea System
Giosan, L., Coolen, M.J., Kaplan, J.O., Constantinescu, S., Filip, F., Filipova-Marinova, M., Kettner, A.J. and Thom, N., 2012. Early anthropogenic transformation of the Danube-Black Sea system. Scientific Reports, 2, pp. 1-6.

Plastic debris forms: Rock analogues emerging from marine pollution
Santos, F.A., Diório, G.R., Guedes, C.C.F., Fernandino, G., Giannini, P.C., Angulo, R.J., de Souza, M.C., César-Oliveira, M.A.F. and dos Santos Oliveira, A.R., 2022. Plastic debris forms: Rock analogues emerging from marine pollution. Marine pollution bulletin, 182, pp. 1-15.

Johnson, C., Root, J.C., Hynek, S.A. and Schmidt, J.J.C., 2022. Sedimentary record of annual-decadal timescale reservoir dynamics: Anthropogenic stratigraphy of Lake Powell, Utah, USA. The Sedimentary Record, 20, pp. 15-29.
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Hapich, H., Cowger, W. and Gray, A.B., 2024. Microplastics and Trash Cleaning and Harmonization (MaTCH): Semantic Data Ingestion and Harmonization Using Artificial Intelligence. Environmental Science & Technology, 58, pp. 1-11.

Effects of urbanization on river morphology in a Mediterranean coastal city (Genova, Italy)
Mandarino, A., Brandolini, P., Terrone, M. and Faccini, F., 2024. Effects of urbanization on river morphology in a Mediterranean coastal city (Genova, Italy). Progress in Physical Geography: Earth and Environment, 48, pp.820-851.

An assessment of lithostratigraphy for anthropogenic deposits
Ford, J.R., Price, S.J., Cooper, A.H. and Waters, C.N., 2014. An assessment of lithostratigraphy for anthropogenic deposits. (From Waters, C. N., Zalasiewicz, J. A., Williams, M., Ellis, M.A. &Snelling, A. M. (eds) 2014. A Stratigraphical Basis for the Anthropocene). Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 395, pp. 55–89.

Environmental effects of the Kakhovka Dam destruction by warfare in Ukraine
Shumilova, O., Sukhodolov, A., Osadcha, N., Oreshchenko, A., Constantinescu, G., Afanasyev, S., Koken, M., Osadchyi, V., Rhoads, B., Tockner, K. and Monaghan, M.T., 2025. Environmental effects of the Kakhovka Dam destruction by warfare in Ukraine. Science, 387, pp. 1181-1186.

Land use and climate change impacts on global soilerosion by water (2015-2070)
Borrelli, P., Robinson, D.A., Panagos, P., Lugato, E., Yang, J.E., Alewell, C., Wuepper, D., Montanarella, L. and Ballabio, C., 2020. Land use and climate change impacts on global soil erosion by water (2015-2070). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 117, pp. 1-8.

Global perturbation of organic carbon cycling by river damming
Maavara, T., Lauerwald, R., Regnier, P. and Van Cappellen, P., 2017. Global perturbation of organic carbon cycling by river damming. Nature communications, 8, pp. 1 – 10.

Impact of Humans on the Flux of Terrestrial Sediment to the Global Coastal Ocean
Syvitski, J.P., Vörösmarty, C.J., Kettner, A.J. and Green, P., 2005. Impact of humans on the flux of terrestrial sediment to the global coastal ocean. Science, 308, pp. 376-380.

Anthropogenic stresses on the world’s big rivers
Best, J., 2019. Anthropogenic stresses on the world’s big rivers. Nature Geoscience, 12, pp. 7-21.

A looming tragedy of the sand commons
Torres, A., Brandt, J., Lear, K. and Liu, J., 2017. A looming tragedy of the sand commons. Science, 357, pp. 970-971.

An anthropogenic marker horizon in the future rock record
Corcoran, P.L., Moore, C.J. and Jazvac, K., 2014. An anthropogenic marker horizon in the future rock record. GSA Today, 6, pp. 4-8.

River plastic emissions to the world’s oceans
Lebreton, L.C., Van Der Zwet, J., Damsteeg, J.W., Slat, B., Andrady, A. and Reisser, J., 2017. River plastic emissions to the world’s oceans. Nature Communications, 8, pp. 1-10.


