[Biography] [KITE at York] [Publications] [Contact Info] [Twitter] Address: Geoecology, Department of Earth Science, University of Basel Klingelbergstrasse 27 4056 Basel Swizterland Email: colin.courtney-mustaphi@unibas.ch Biography: I use sediment stratigraphies to reconstruct past environmental conditions using sedimentological and palaeoecological methods. By studying the past we can start to understand how ecosystems will respond […]
Sediment coring in Thurgau, Switzerland
Ein Projekt der Universität Basel und des Amts für Archäologie Thurgau (AATG) Bohrkernuntersuchungen im Thurgau Klima, Umwelt, Mensch im Thurgau (KUMiT): Bohrkernuntersuchungen im Kanton Thurgau The KUMiT project combines archaeology and paleoenvironmental sciences on lake sediment cores in Thurgau, Switzerland, to learn about human-land use, climate, and vegetation changes over the past few thousand years. […]
Western Serengeti research dissemination workshop
In early December 2020, two ARCC researchers, Dr. Rebecca Kariuki and Dr. Linus Munishi led a research dissemination workshop at Balili Rock Resort in Bunda town, northwestern Tanzania. The workshop aimed to give feedback, disseminate and discuss modelled future land cover change scenarios for the wider Serengeti ecosystem that diverse stakeholders from the Serengeti ecosystem […]
BIOPAMA regional resource hub for Eastern and Southern Africa
ARCC team members and collaborators attended the official launching of the Regional Resource Hub for Eastern and Southern Africa. Official launch of the Regional Resource Hub The Regional Centre for Mapping of Resources for Development, IUCN and the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission invite you to join the virtual launch event of […]
A new paper about vegetation change on Kilimanjaro
Three ARCC team members contributed to developing the study with partners at the National Museum of Kenya in Nairobi, and TAWIRI in Tanzania! The study reports on paleoenvironmental data from Maua mire, a high-elevation wetland that was analysed to understand how vegetation changed over the past 3000 years. All photos by Rob Marchant. See what […]
The Lost Forest documentary
Dr Phil Platts is a researcher in the University of York’s Environment Department. He was part of the Mount Lico expedition to Mozambique which was an academic partnership between 13 universities, museums and research institutions on three continents, including the Natural History Museum and National Herbarium in Mozambique. During the expedition soil samples were collected from […]
Land use and land cover changes
13 November 2019 The ARCC Project has a new paper published in the Anthropocene – “an interdisciplinary peer-reviewed journal answering questions about the nature, scale and extent of interactions between people and Earth processes and systems”. The new paper explores the role of academic scientific research in supporting dialogues on land use and land cover […]
Pastoralists under Pressure exhibit in York
University Of York Open Lectures Date And Time Pastoralists under Pressure: Political, socioeconomic, and climate challenges in East Africa Fri, 8 Nov 2019, 18:30 GMT Add to Calendar Location Stephen Town Meeting Room, JB Morell Library, University of York, York, UK Description Population growth, climate change and environmental degradation are just some of the challenges […]
Mountain Research Initiative
Friday 26 April 2019 – Bern, Switzerland Several ARCC team members attended the Global Land Programme meeting as well as the Mountain Research Initiative networking function. The Mountain Research Initiative is an international network that promotes research on mountain regions across borders and disciplines through connection and collaboration – with a view to supporting pathways […]
New paper on reporting lead-210 geochronological measurements
ARCC team member Colin Courtney-Mustaphi co-authored a study that looked at the reporting patterns of data producers of lead-210 dated sediments to help suggest guidelines for crucial information to report for data reproducibility, reuse, and archiving. Lead-210 profiles are one of most frequently used techniques for dating recent sediments over the past 150 years – […]
New paper reports on fire sciences presented at AFQUA
ARCC team member Colin Courtney-Mustaphi, University of Basel, published a report on PAGES-supported Global Palaeofire Working Group workshop activities at the AFQUA meeting at national Museum of Kenya, Nairobi, Kenya. The report discusses the participants and the data needs for understanding patterns of fire across the African continent. To see the open-access publications click […]
Development Corridors Partnership Project (DCP) launching event in Dar es Salaam
On 27th to 29th Nov 2018, Rebecca Kariuki and Rob Marchant joined the Development Corridors Partnership (DCP) project in launching their project in Tanzania. The event was held at the Bahari Beach Hotel in Dar Es Salaam and involved DCP’s project partners in Kenya, Tanzania, China and the United Kingdom. Government officials from various agencies […]
Palaeoenvironments fieldwork in Serengeti National Park, Tanzania
The second phase of ARCC palaeo fieldwork was done at the Serengeti National Park in November 2018 and was led by Colin Courtney-Mustaphi. Other ARCC researchers who joined the fieldwork were Rob Marchant, Linus Munishi and Rebecca Kariuki. Together with the driver, Alex Moshi, ARCC researchers travelled from Arusha to Serengeti on 17th Nov 2018 […]