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Overview

Andy Hodson is affiliated with the University Centre in Svalbard in Svalbard and Jan Mayen. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a significant emphasis on Environmental Science. Hodson's work spans several subfields including Atmospheric Science, Environmental Chemistry, Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, and Geology.

The scientist's main research topics cover cryospheric studies and observations, climate change and permafrost, methane hydrates and related phenomena, atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics, polar research and ecology, geological studies and exploration, and hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis.

Andy Hodson has contributed to academic literature with notable papers such as:

  • Review article: How does glacier discharge affect marine biogeochemistry and primary production in the Arctic? (2020, The Cryosphere)
  • Reconciling Svalbard Glacier Mass Balance (2020, Frontiers in Earth Science)
  • Glacier algae accelerate melt rates on the south-western Greenland Ice Sheet (2020, The Cryosphere)
  • Levels and distribution profiles of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in a high Arctic Svalbard ice core (2023, The Science of The Total Environment)
  • Groundwater springs formed during glacial retreat are a large source of methane in the high Arctic (2023, Nature Geoscience)

Frequent coauthors in Hodson's body of work include:

  • Erik Schytt Mannerfelt
  • Nil Rodés
  • Gabby Kleber
  • Anna Bøgh
  • Svalbox Team

Hodson's publications appear regularly in venues such as:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • The Cryosphere
  • Frontiers in Earth Science
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

Best Publications

  • Glacier shrinkage driving global changes in downstream systems

    Alexander M. Milner;Alexander M. Milner;Kieran Khamis;Tom J. Battin;John Edward Brittain

  • High microbial activity on glaciers: importance to the global carbon cycle

    Alexandre M. Anesio;Andrew J. Hodson;Andreas Fritz;Roland Psenner

  • Photophysiology and albedo-changing potential of the ice algal community on the surface of the Greenland ice sheet.

    Marian L Yallop;Alexandre M B Anesio;Rupert G Perkins;J Cook

  • Review article: How does glacier discharge affect marine biogeochemistry and primary production in the Arctic?

    Mark J. Hopwood;Dustin Carroll;Thorben Dunse;Thorben Dunse;Andy Hodson;Andy Hodson

  • Biogeochemical weathering under ice: Size matters

    J. L. Wadham;M. Tranter;M. Skidmore;A. J. Hodson

  • The High Arctic glacial ecosystem: new insights from nutrient budgets

    A.J. Hodson;P.N Mumford;Jack Kohler;P.M. Wynn

  • POLYTHERMAL GLACIER HYDROLOGY: A REVIEW

    Tristram D. L. Irvine-Fynn;Tristram D. L. Irvine-Fynn;Andrew J. Hodson;Brian J. Moorman;Geir Vatne

  • Unmanned aerial vehicle measurements of volcanic carbon dioxide fluxes

    A. J. S. McGonigle;A. Aiuppa;G. Giudice;G. Tamburello

  • The microbial communities and primary productivity of cryoconite holes in an Arctic glacier (Svalbard 79°N)

    Christin Säwström;Paul Mumford;William Marshall;Andrew Hodson

  • Structure and diversity of bacterial, eukaryotic and archaeal communities in glacial cryoconite holes from the Arctic and the Antarctic.

    Karen A. Cameron;Andrew J. Hodson;A. Mark Osborn

  • Topographic controls on the surface energy balance of a high Arctic valley glacier

    Neil S. Arnold;W. Gareth Rees;Andrew J. Hodson;Jack Kohler

  • A glacier respires: Quantifying the distribution and respiration CO2 flux of cryoconite across an entire Arctic supraglacial ecosystem

    Andy Hodson;Alexandre Magno Anesio;Alexandre Magno Anesio;Felix Ng;Rory Watson

  • Metagenomic analysis of a southern maritime antarctic soil.

    David A. Pearce;Kevin K. Newsham;Michael A. S. Thorne;Leo A. Calvo-Bado

  • Contemporary rates of chemical denudation and atmospheric CO2 sequestration in glacier basins: an Arctic perspective

    Andy Hodson;Martyn Tranter;Geir Vatne

  • Reconciling Svalbard Glacier Mass Balance

    Thomas Vikhamar Schuler;Thomas Vikhamar Schuler;Jack Kohler;Nelly Elagina;Jon Ove Methlie Hagen

  • The structure, biological activity and biogeochemistry of cryoconite aggregates upon an Arctic valley glacier: Longyearbreen, Svalbard

    Andy Hodson;Karen Cameron;Carl Bøggild;Tristram Irvine-Fynn

  • The microstructure and biogeochemistry of Arctic cryoconite granules

    Harry Langford;Andy Hodson;Steve Banwart;Carl Bøggild

  • Nitrogen fixation on Arctic glaciers, Svalbard

    Jon Telling;Alexandre Magno Anesio;Martyn Tranter;Tristram Irvine-fynn

  • Changes in geometry and subglacial drainage of Midre Lovénbreen, Svalbard, determined from digital elevation models

    David Rippin;Ian Willis;Neil Arnold;Andrew Hodson

  • Carbon fluxes through bacterial communities on glacier surfaces

    Alexandre M. Anesio;Birgit Sattler;Christine M. Foreman;Jon Telling

  • Factors influencing bacterial dynamics along a transect from supraglacial runoff to proglacial lakes of a high Arctic glacieri

    Birgit Mindl;Alexandre M. Anesio;Katrin Meirer;Andrew J. Hodson

  • Glacier algae accelerate melt rates on the south-western Greenland Ice Sheet

    Joseph M. Cook;Joseph M. Cook;Andrew J. Tedstone;Christopher Williamson;Jenine McCutcheon

Frequent Co-Authors

Martyn Tranter
Martyn Tranter Aarhus University
Tristram Irvine-Fynn
Tristram Irvine-Fynn Aberystwyth University
Alexandre M. Anesio
Alexandre M. Anesio Aarhus University
Marek Stibal
Marek Stibal Charles University
Jon Telling
Jon Telling Newcastle University
David Pearce
David Pearce Northumbria University
Jemma L. Wadham
Jemma L. Wadham University of Bristol
Jack Kohler
Jack Kohler Norwegian Polar Institute
Jon Ove Hagen
Jon Ove Hagen University of Oslo
Roland Psenner
Roland Psenner University of Innsbruck

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