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Overview

Amy Leventer is affiliated with Colgate University in the United States and conducts research primarily within the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Environmental Science. Their work spans multiple subfields, including Atmospheric Science, Ecology, Environmental Chemistry, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, and Oceanography.

The scientist's research topics cover a broad spectrum with an emphasis on Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Cryospheric Studies and Observations, and Polar Research and Ecology. Additional areas of focus include Arctic and Antarctic Ice Dynamics, Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena, Winter Sports Injuries and Performance, and Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology.

Frequent publication venues for their work comprise Climate of the Past, Marine Micropaleontology, Abstracts with Programs - Geological Society of America, Quaternary Science Reviews, and Marine Geology.

Recent scientific papers authored by or involving Amy Leventer include:

  • Scientific access into Mercer Subglacial Lake: scientific objectives, drilling operations and initial observations (2021, Annals of Glaciology)
  • Mid-Holocene Grounding Line Retreat and Readvance at Whillans Ice Stream, West Antarctica (2020, Geophysical Research Letters)
  • Antarctic ecosystem responses following ice-shelf collapse and iceberg calving: Science review and future research (2020, Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Climate Change)
  • Antarctic sea ice over the past 130 000 years - Part 1: a review of what proxy records tell us (2022, Climate of the Past)
  • Continental slope and rise geomorphology seaward of the Totten Glacier, East Antarctica (112°E-122°E) (2020, Marine Geology)

Their collaborative network includes frequent co-authors such as B. E. Rosenheim, John C. Priscu, Matthew R. Siegfried, Ryan A. Venturelli, and David M. Harwood, indicating sustained partnerships across multiple research projects.

Best Publications

  • Stability of the Larsen B ice shelf on the Antarctic Peninsula during the Holocene epoch

    Eugene Domack;Diana Duran;Amy Leventer;Scott Ishman

  • Rapid and early export of Phaeocystis antarctica blooms in the Ross Sea, Antarctica

    G. R. DiTullio;J. M. Grebmeier;K. R. Arrigo;M. P. Lizotte

  • Marine Ecosystem Sensitivity to Climate Change

    Raymond C. Smith;David Ainley;Karen Baker;Eugene Domack

  • A community-based geological reconstruction of Antarctic Ice Sheet deglaciation since the Last Glacial Maximum

    Michael J Bentley;Colm Ó Cofaigh;John B Anderson;Howard Conway

  • Chronology of the Palmer Deep site, Antarctic Peninsula: a Holocene palaeoenvironmental reference for the circum-Antarctic

    E. Domack;A. Leventer;R. Dunbar;F. Taylor

  • Productivity cycles of 200–300 years in the Antarctic Peninsula region: Understanding linkages among the sun, atmosphere, oceans, sea ice, and biota

    Amy Leventer;Eugene W. Domack;Scott E. Ishman;Stefanie Brachfeld

  • Mechanisms of Holocene palaeoenvironmental change in the Antarctic Peninsula region

    M. J. Bentley;D. A. Hodgson;J. A. Smith;C. Ó. Cofaigh

  • Retreat of the East Antarctic ice sheet during the last glacial termination

    Andrew Mackintosh;Nicholas Golledge;Eugene Domack;Robert Dunbar

  • Dynamics of the Laurentide ice sheet during the last deglaciation: evidence from the Gulf of Mexico

    Amy Leventer;Douglas F. Williams;James P. Kennett

  • Retreat history of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet since the Last Glacial Maximum

    Andrew N. Mackintosh;Elie Verleyen;Philip E. O'Brien;Duanne A. White

  • Temporal and spatial patterns in the Ross Sea: Phytoplankton biomass, elemental composition, productivity and growth rates

    Walker O. Smith;David M. Nelson;Giacomo R. DiTullio;Amy R. Leventer

  • Problems and Possible Solutions Concerning Radiocarbon Dating of Surface Marine Sediments, Ross Sea, Antarctica

    John T. Andrews;Eugene W. Domack;Wendy L. Cunningham;Amy Leventer

  • Sediment trap diatom assemblages from the northern Antarctic Peninsula region

    Amy Leventer

  • Holocene history of the Larsen-A Ice Shelf constrained by geomagnetic paleointensity dating

    Stefanie Brachfeld;Eugene Domack;Catherine Kissel;Carlo Laj

  • Factors influencing the distribution of diatoms and other algae in the Ross Sea

    Amy Leventer;Robert B. Dunbar

  • Water column sediment fluxes in the Ross Sea, Antarctica: Atmospheric and sea ice forcing

    Robert B. Dunbar;Amy R. Leventer;David A. Mucciarone

  • Laminations from the Palmer Deep: A diatom‐based interpretation

    Amy Leventer;Eugene Domack;Athan Barkoukis;Beth McAndrews

  • Marine sediment record from the East Antarctic margin reveals dynamics of ice sheet recession

    Amy Leventer;Eugene Domack;Robert Dunbar;Jennifer Pike

  • Biogenic sedimentation in McMurdo Sound, Antarctica

    Robert B. Dunbar;Amy R. Leventer;William L. Stockton

  • Diatom Evidence for Late Holocene Climatic Events in Granite Harbor, Antarctica

    Amy Leventer;Robert B. Dunbar;David J. DeMaster

  • Antarctic Peninsula climate variability : historical and paleoenvironmental perspectives

    Eugene Domack;Amy Leventer;Adam Burnett;Robert Bindschadler

Frequent Co-Authors

Eugene W. Domack
Eugene W. Domack University of South Florida
Stefanie Brachfeld
Stefanie Brachfeld Montclair State University
Robert B. Dunbar
Robert B. Dunbar Stanford University
Sean P.S. Gulick
Sean P.S. Gulick The University of Texas at Austin
Leanne K. Armand
Leanne K. Armand Macquarie University
Jennifer Pike
Jennifer Pike Cardiff University
Xavier Crosta
Xavier Crosta University of Bordeaux
Robert Gilbert
Robert Gilbert Queen's University
Donald D. Blankenship
Donald D. Blankenship The University of Texas at Austin
David J. DeMaster
David J. DeMaster North Carolina State University

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