In 1916, Swedish geologist Ernst Jakob Lennart von Post delivered a provocative lecture in Oslo, Norway, advocating the use of pollen grains in bog sediments as indicators of past vegetation and climate. The lecture spawned many applications and represents a landmark in multidisciplinary science.
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Edwards, K., Fyfe, R. & Jackson, S. The first 100 years of pollen analysis. Nature Plants 3, 17001 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/nplants.2017.1
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