“…Over the past 40 years, the field of paleolimnology has made significant progress in contributing to our knowledge of long-term climate change (i.e., Villacis et al, 2023), altered biogeochemical cycles (i.e., Bao et al, 2021), environmental pollution (i.e., Kissinger et al, 2023), variations in dust composition and deposition (i.e., Chen et al, 2020), and species invasions and biodiversity (i.e., Cuenca-Cambronero et al, 2022). An overview of the importance of sediment records from continental aquatic ecosystems, especially lakes, was given out to provide long-term insights needed to ensure the maintenance of ecological and services by adapting to current and future environmental changes (Saulnier-Talbot, 2016).…”