2026 Andy Ridgwell: Earth Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Earth Science	82	458	393	243	201	363	25718

Overview

Andy Ridgwell is affiliated with the University of California, Riverside in the United States. Their research predominantly spans Earth and Planetary Sciences with a focus on Environmental Science as well.

The scientist's subfields of study include Atmospheric Science, Oceanography, Paleontology, Ecology, and Environmental Chemistry. Their research topics cover a diverse range within geology and paleoclimatology, paleontology and stratigraphy of fossils, methane hydrates and related phenomena, marine and coastal ecosystems, isotope analysis in ecology, marine biology and ecology research, and atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics.

They have contributed to multiple publications, including numerous articles in venues such as Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America, Geoscientific Model Development, Publishing Network for Geoscientific and Environmental Data (PANGAEA), and Science.

Some of the recent papers connected to their research include:

"Past climates inform our future" (2020, Science)
"Orographic evolution of northern Tibet shaped vegetation and plant diversity in eastern Asia" (2021, Science Advances)
"Toward a Cenozoic history of atmospheric CO ₂" (2023, Science)
"Proxy evidence for state-dependence of climate sensitivity in the Eocene greenhouse" (2020, Nature Communications)
"Spatial patterns of climate change across the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum" (2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)

Andy Ridgwell frequently collaborates with multiple coauthors. Those with whom they have partnered extensively include Dominik Hülse, Sandra Kirtland Turner, Sebastiaan van de Velde, Alexandre Pohl, and Ben A. Ward.

Best Publications

Global Iron Connections Between Desert Dust, Ocean Biogeochemistry, and Climate

T. Jickells;Z An;K.K. Andersen;A.R. Baker

3311
Citations
The Geological Record of Ocean Acidification

Bärbel Hönisch;Andy Ridgwell;Daniela N. Schmidt;Ellen Thomas;Ellen Thomas

1239
Citations
Atmospheric Lifetime of Fossil Fuel Carbon Dioxide

David Archer;Michael Eby;Victor Brovkin;Andy Ridgwell

1146
Citations
The role of the global carbonate cycle in the regulation and evolution of the Earth system

Andy Ridgwell;Richard E. Zeebe

737
Citations
Effect of iron supply on Southern Ocean CO2 uptake and implications for glacial atmospheric CO2

AJ Watson;Dce Bakker;Andy J Ridgwell;PW Boyd

606
Citations
Past climates inform our future

Jessica E. Tierney;Christopher J. Poulsen;Isabel P. Montañez;Tripti Bhattacharya

574
Citations
Changing atmospheric CO2 concentration was the primary driver of early Cenozoic climate

Eleni Anagnostou;Eleanor H. John;Kirsty M. Edgar;Gavin L. Foster

473
Citations
Anthropogenic carbon release rate unprecedented during the past 66 million years

Richard E. Zeebe;Andy Ridgwell;Andy Ridgwell;James C. Zachos

423
Citations
How well do global ocean biogeochemistry models simulate dissolved iron distributions

Alessandro Tagliabue;Olivier Aumont;Ros Death;John P. Dunne

407
Citations
Very large release of mostly volcanic carbon during the Palaeocene–Eocene Thermal Maximum

Marcus Gutjahr;Andy Ridgwell;Philip F Sexton;Eleni Anagnostou

404
Citations
A Cenozoic record of the equatorial Pacific carbonate compensation depth

Heiko Pälike;Mitchell W. Lyle;Hiroshi Nishi;Isabella Raffi

390
Citations
Enhanced weathering strategies for stabilizing climate and averting ocean acidification

Lyla L. Taylor;Joe Quirk;Rachel M S Thorley;Pushker A. Kharecha;Pushker A. Kharecha

373
Citations
Gas hydrates: past and future geohazard?

Mark Maslin;Matthew Owen;Richard Betts;Simon Day

337
Citations
Long-Term climate change commitment and reversibility: An EMIC intercomparison

Kirsten Zickfeld;Michael Eby;Andrew J. Weaver;Kaitlin Alexander

317
Citations
Climate model and proxy data constraints on ocean warming across the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum

Tom Dunkley Jones;Daniel J. Lunt;Daniela N. Schmidt;Andy Ridgwell

308
Citations
Slow release of fossil carbon during the Palaeocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum

Ying Cui;Lee R. Kump;Andy J. Ridgwell;Adam J. Charles

302
Citations
A Mid Mesozoic Revolution in the regulation of ocean chemistry

Andy J Ridgwell

301
Citations
Past constraints on the vulnerability of marine calcifiers to massive carbon dioxide release

Andy J Ridgwell;Daniela N Schmidt

297
Citations
Why marine phytoplankton calcify

Fanny M Monteiro;Lennart T. Bach;Colin Brownlee;Paul Bown

292
Citations
Marine geochemical data assimilation in an efficient Earth System Model of global biogeochemical cycling

A.J. Ridgwell;J.C. Hargreaves;N.R. Edwards;J.D. Annan

292
Citations
Anthropogenic carbon release rate unprecedented during past 66 million years

Richard E Zeebe;Andy Ridgwell;James C Zachos

1
Citations
The geological record of ocean acidification

B. Hoenisch;A. J. Ridgwell;E. Thomas;J. C. Zachos

0
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Ellen Thomas Yale University

Daniel J. Lunt University of Bristol

Lee R. Kump Pennsylvania State University

Daniela N Schmidt University of Bristol

Richard E. Zeebe University of Hawaii at Manoa

Gavin L. Foster University of Southampton

Sandra Arndt Université Libre de Bruxelles

Christopher T. Reinhard Georgia Institute of Technology

James C. Zachos University of California, Santa Cruz

Paul J. Valdes University of Bristol

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