Catastrophic Events at the End of the Last Ice Age and Their Impact on Mountain Lake Ecosystems in North America and Europe Czech-American Scientific Cooperation, project of the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports (MEYS),
program Inter-Excellence, sub-program Inter-Action, project no. LUAUS25082
Duration: March 1, 2025 – December 31, 2028 (46 months)
Partner Institutions and Labs:
Faculty of Science, Charles University
Institute of Hydrobiology, Biology Centre of the CAS
School of Earth and Climate Sciences, University of Maine
Climate Change Institute, University of Maine
Alaska Quaternary Center, University of Alaska, Fairbanks
The Younger Dryas impact debate by Martin Sweatman:
The Younger Dryas impact debate: part 1
The Younger Dryas impact debate: part 2
The Younger Dryas impact debate: part 3
The Younger Dryas impact debate: part 4
The Younger Dryas impact debate: part 5
The Younger Dryas impact debate: part 6
The Younger Dryas impact debate: part 7
The Younger Dryas impact debate: part 8
The Younger Dryas impact debate: part 9
The Younger Dryas impact debate: part 10
The Younger Dryas impact debate: part 11
The Younger Dryas impact debate: part 12
The Younger Dryas impact debate: part 13
The Younger Dryas impact debate: part 14
The Younger Dryas impact debate: part 15
The Younger Dryas impact debate: part 16
The Younger Dryas impact debate: part 17
The Younger Dryas impact debate: part 18
The Younger Dryas impact debate: part 19a
The Younger Dryas impact debate: part 19b
The Younger Dryas impact debate: part 20
Was the Younger Dryas mini ice-age initiated by volcanism? New evidence from Hall's cave, Texas.
NEWS

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January 23, 2026

We have completed the financial report for the year 2025.

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January 15, 2026

Prof. Jiří Kopáček was appointed by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic as the new co-PI for our project.

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November 12, 2025

Verena Meier received the award for best student oral presentation at the Air Quality in Time conference (Hustopeče, Czechia; presentation title: When ashes become aerosols: (crypto)tephra as a tracer of volcanic fallout and long-range transport).

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November 12, 2025

Our team is mourning the loss of our colleague and friend Prof. Evžen Stuchlík. Evžen was a valued team member and will be missed greatly.

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June 18, 2025

This website became public.

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June 17, 2025

The trial version of the CENA project website launched.

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May 26 – June 7, 2025

Field work was carried out in Acadia National Park, Maine, USA. We successfully retrieved lake sediment cores from Sargent Mountain Pond and Bubble Pond.

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March 1, 2025

The new project of the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports (no. LUAUS25082) has just started.

 

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