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Anders Schomacker is affiliated with the University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences with significant contributions to Environmental Science. Within these broad fields, their work spans subfields including Atmospheric Science, Ecology, Environmental Chemistry, Earth-Surface Processes, and Geology.

The scientist's main research topics cover a range of areas related to geological and climatic phenomena. These include:

  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Climate change and permafrost
  • Cryospheric studies and observations
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies
  • Geological formations and processes
  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology

Anders Schomacker has published extensively in several scientific journals. The main venues for their publications incorporate:

  • Quaternary Science Reviews
  • Boreas
  • Earth-Science Reviews
  • Communications Earth & Environment
  • Climate of the past

Key recent papers authored or coauthored by Schomacker include:

  • "Holocene glacial history of Svalbard: Status, perspectives and challenges" (2020, Earth-Science Reviews)
  • "A complete Holocene lake sediment ancient DNA record reveals long-standing high Arctic plant diversity hotspot in northern Svalbard" (2020, Quaternary Science Reviews)
  • "Glacier response to the Little Ice Age during the Neoglacial cooling in Greenland" (2022, Earth-Science Reviews)
  • "Ancient sedimentary DNA shows rapid post-glacial colonisation of Iceland followed by relatively stable vegetation until the Norse settlement (Landnám) AD 870" (2021, Quaternary Science Reviews)
  • "Icelandic permafrost dynamics since the Last Glacial Maximum - model results and geomorphological implications" (2020, Quaternary Science Reviews)

The scientist frequently collaborates with other researchers, with notable coauthors including Wesley R. Farnsworth, Sofia E. Kjellman, Lis Allaart, Skafti Brynjólfsson, and Ólafur Inǵólfsson. These collaborations reflect a robust interdisciplinary approach characteristic of their work in Arctic and paleoclimatic studies.

Best Publications

  • Spatial and temporal distribution of mass loss from the Greenland Ice Sheet since AD 1900

    Kristian Kjellerup Kjeldsen;Niels J. Korsgaard;Anders A Bjørk;Shfaqat Abbas Khan

  • Subglacial decoupling at the sediment/bedrock interface: a new mechanism for rapid flowing ice

    Kurt H. Kjær;Eiliv Larsen;Jaap van der Meer;Ólafur Ingólfsson

  • Digital elevation model and orthophotographs of Greenland based on aerial photographs from 1978–1987

    Niels J. Korsgaard;Christopher Nuth;Shfaqat Abbas Khan;Kristian K. Kjeldsen

  • What controls dead-ice melting under different climate conditions? A discussion

    Anders Schomacker

  • Quantification of dead‐ice melting in ice‐cored moraines at the high‐Arctic glacier Holmströmbreen, Svalbard

    Anders Schomacker;Kurt H. Kjær

  • Over 400 previously undocumented Svalbard surge-type glaciers identified

    Wesley R. Farnsworth;Ólafur Ingólfsson;Ólafur Ingólfsson;Michael Retelle;Michael Retelle;Anders Schomacker

  • Active drumlin field revealed at the margin of Múlajökull, Iceland: A surge-type glacier

    Mark D. Johnson;Anders Schomacker;Anders Schomacker;Ívar Örn Benediktsson;Alessa J. Geiger

  • Glacier response to the Little Ice Age during the Neoglacial cooling in Greenland

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  • Architecture and sedimentation of outwash fans in front of the Mýrdalsjökull ice cap, Iceland

    Kurt H. Kjær;Lina Sultan;Johannes Krüger;Anders Schomacker

  • Holocene glacial history of Svalbard: Status, perspectives and challenges

    Wesley Randall Farnsworth;Wesley Randall Farnsworth;Lis Allaart;Ólafur Ingólfsson;Helena Alexanderson

  • The 1890 surge end moraine at Eyjabakkajökull, Iceland: a re-assessment of a classic glaciotectonic locality

    Í.Ö. Benediktsson;A. Schomacker;H. Lokrantz;Ó. Ingólfsson

  • Glacial geological studies of surge-type glaciers in Iceland — Research status and future challenges

    Ólafur Ingólfsson;Ólafur Ingólfsson;Ívar Örn Benediktsson;Ívar Örn Benediktsson;Anders Schomacker;Anders Schomacker;Kurt H. Kjær

  • The drumlin field and the geomorphology of the Múlajökull surge-type glacier, central Iceland

    Sverrir Aðalsteinn Jónsson;Anders Schomacker;Ívar Örn Benediktsson;Ólafur Ingólfsson;Ólafur Ingólfsson

  • 4 Deglaciation and Holocene Glacial History of Iceland

    Ólafur Ingólfsson;Hreggviður Norðdahl;Anders Schomacker

  • Impact of multiple glacier surges—a geomorphological map from Brúarjökull, East Iceland

    Kurt H. Kjær;Niels J. Korsgaard;Anders Schomacker

  • Origin and de-icing of multiple generations of ice-cored moraines at Brúarjökull, Iceland

    Anders Schomacker;Kurt H. Kjær

  • The configuration, sensitivity and rapid retreat of the Late Weichselian Icelandic ice sheet

    Henry Patton;Alun Lloyd Hubbard;T. Bradwell;T. Bradwell;Anders Schomacker

  • A complete Holocene lake sediment ancient DNA record reveals long-standing high Arctic plant diversity hotspot in northern Svalbard

    Linn H. Voldstad;Linn H. Voldstad;Inger G. Alsos;Wesley R. Farnsworth;Wesley R. Farnsworth;Peter D. Heintzman

  • The Eyjabakkajokull glacial landsystem, Iceland: Geomorphic impact of multiple surges

    Anders Schomacker;Ívar Örn Benediktsson;Ólafur Ingólfsson;Ólafur Ingólfsson

  • Early to middle Holocene valley glaciations on northernmost Greenland

    Per Möller;Nicolaj K. Larsen;Nicolaj K. Larsen;Kurt H. Kjær;Svend Funder

  • Formation of submarginal and proglacial end moraines: implications of ice‐flow mechanism during the 1963–64 surge of Brúarjökull, Iceland

    Ívar Örn Benediktsson;Ólafur Ingólfsson;Anders Schomacker;Kurt H. Kjær

Frequent Co-Authors

Ólafur Ingólfsson
Ólafur Ingólfsson University of Iceland
Kurt H. Kjær
Kurt H. Kjær University of Copenhagen
Nicolaj K. Larsen
Nicolaj K. Larsen University of Copenhagen
Neal R. Iverson
Neal R. Iverson Iowa State University
Svend Funder
Svend Funder University of Copenhagen
Riko Noormets
Riko Noormets University Centre in Svalbard
Anders A. Bjørk
Anders A. Bjørk University of Copenhagen
Per Möller
Per Möller Lund University
Inger Greve Alsos
Inger Greve Alsos University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway
Matthias Forwick
Matthias Forwick University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway

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