Exploring fire activity during the Holocene using Antarctica ice cores

Abstract

The aim of this thesis is to evaluate the relationship between climate variability and fire occurrence during the Holocene using biomass from a previously burnt source that will provide specific proxy records. Finally, consideration will be given to the possible anthropogenic impact on increasing fires observed between 3 and 2 ky BP at the global scale. This evaluation was done using the datasets available as well as the biomarker records that were obtained by the research group to analyze levoglucosenone that was formed by the pyrolysis of cellulose.