11 Aug 2026
| 11 Aug 2026
Insularity, positionality and cartography
Eric Mijts
University of Aruba, Aruba
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Britta Ricker, Carolyn Fish, Robert E. Roth, and Eric Mijts
Abstr. Int. Cartogr. Assoc., 11, 1, https://doi.org/10.5194/ica-abs-11-1-2026, https://doi.org/10.5194/ica-abs-11-1-2026, 2026
Patrick Boyden, Donghao Li, Sonia Bejarano, Benjamin Mueller, Christian Wild, Eric Mijts, Giovanni Scicchitano, Giovanni Scardino, Denovan Chauveau, Ute Merkel, Yusuf C. El-Khaled, Paolo Stocchi, Mark Vermeij, and Alessio Rovere
EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.31223/X58Q9J, https://doi.org/10.31223/X58Q9J, 2026
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Exposed fossil reefs from Aruba, Bonaire, and Curaçao reveal that during the Last Interglacial (~125,000 years ago), reefs thrived on both windward and leeward coasts. However today, living reefs are mostly confined to the sheltered leeward coasts. We tie this dichotomy to weaker trade winds and calmer seas in the southern Caribbean at the onset of the Last Interglacial. This contrast highlights how changing ocean and wind patterns have substantially shaped reef resilience through time.
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Abstr. Int. Cartogr. Assoc., 11, 1, https://doi.org/10.5194/ica-abs-11-1-2026, https://doi.org/10.5194/ica-abs-11-1-2026, 2026
Patrick Boyden, Donghao Li, Sonia Bejarano, Benjamin Mueller, Christian Wild, Eric Mijts, Giovanni Scicchitano, Giovanni Scardino, Denovan Chauveau, Ute Merkel, Yusuf C. El-Khaled, Paolo Stocchi, Mark Vermeij, and Alessio Rovere
EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.31223/X58Q9J, https://doi.org/10.31223/X58Q9J, 2026
This preprint is open for discussion and under review for Climate of the Past (CP).
Short summary
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Exposed fossil reefs from Aruba, Bonaire, and Curaçao reveal that during the Last Interglacial (~125,000 years ago), reefs thrived on both windward and leeward coasts. However today, living reefs are mostly confined to the sheltered leeward coasts. We tie this dichotomy to weaker trade winds and calmer seas in the southern Caribbean at the onset of the Last Interglacial. This contrast highlights how changing ocean and wind patterns have substantially shaped reef resilience through time.
Britta Ricker, Maarten Eppinga, Sharona Jurgens, and Eric Mijts
Abstr. Int. Cartogr. Assoc., 7, 137, https://doi.org/10.5194/ica-abs-7-137-2024, https://doi.org/10.5194/ica-abs-7-137-2024, 2024
