INTEGRATED BIOMARKER INVENTORY REVEALS RESPONSE OF MICROBIAL COMMUNITY TO GLOBAL WARMING INDUCED WATER CHEMISTRY CHANGES IN THE BLACK SEA
Journal: SHAREOK (University of Oklahoma)
Year: 2025

The Black Sea is a site of intense scientific study because of its rich sediment archive. A semi-enclosed marginal sea, the Black Sea has undergone significant paleoceanographic changes during the late Quaternary, most notably its reconnection with the Mediterranean Sea in the early Holocene (~9,500–7,500 years ago) following the last glacial maximum (LGM). During the LGM (~26,500–19,000 years ago), global sea levels dropped by ~120 m, isolating the Black Sea as a freshwater lake until rising wa