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Asfawossen Asrat publication distribution in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Earth Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Asfawossen Asrat sits on this spectrum.

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Asfawossen Asrat D-index placement in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Earth Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Asfawossen Asrat sits on this spectrum.

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Overview

Asfawossen Asrat is affiliated with the Botswana International University of Science and Technology in Botswana and conducts research primarily within the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science. Their work explores diverse subfields including Atmospheric Science, Anthropology, Paleontology, Earth-Surface Processes, and Ecology.

The scientist's research focuses on topics such as Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology, Karst Systems and Hydrogeology, Evolution and Paleontology Studies, Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping, Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies, and Archaeology and ancient environmental studies.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Asfawossen Asrat include:

  • Age of the oldest known Homo sapiens from eastern Africa, 2022, Nature
  • Paleo-ENSO influence on African environments and early modern humans, 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Northern Hemisphere Glaciation, African climate and human evolution, 2021, Quaternary Science Reviews
  • Hydroclimate changes in eastern Africa over the past 200,000 years may have influenced early human dispersal, 2021, Communications Earth & Environment
  • Pleistocene climate variability in eastern Africa influenced hominin evolution, 2022, Nature Geoscience

Asrat collaborates frequently with several researchers, including Verena Foerster, Martin H. Trauth, Henry F. Lamb, Stefanie Kaboth-Bahr, and Frank Schaebitz. These collaborations reflect the interconnected nature of research in their areas of expertise.

The scientist publishes regularly in several academic venues. Among the most frequent are Quaternary Science Reviews, Journal of African Earth Sciences, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Frontiers in Earth Science, and Nature Geoscience.

Best Publications

  • Continental-scale temperature variability during the past two millennia

    Moinuddin Ahmed;Kevin J. Anchukaitis;Kevin J. Anchukaitis;Asfawossen Asrat;Hemant P. Borgaonkar

  • Climatic change recorded in the sediments of the Chew Bahir basin, southern Ethiopia, during the last 45,000 years

    Verena Foerster;Annett Junginger;Oliver Langkamp;Tsige Gebru

  • Groundwater origin and flow along selected transects in Ethiopian rift volcanic aquifers

    Seifu Kebede;Seifu Kebede;Yves Travi;Asfawossen Asrat;Tamiru Alemayehu

  • Temperature variability over Africa during the last 2000 years

    Sharon E. Nicholson;David J. Nash;David J. Nash;Brian M. Chase;Brian M. Chase;Stefan W. Grab

  • The Hominin Sites and Paleolakes Drilling Project : High-Resolution Paleoclimate Records from the East African Rift System and Their Implications for Understanding the Environmental Context of Hominin Evolution

    Christopher J. Campisano;Andrew S. Cohen;J. Ramon Arrowsmith;Asfawossen Asrat

  • Landslides in the Ethiopian highlands and the Rift margins

    Bekele Abebe;Francesco Dramis;Giandomenico Fubelli;Mohammed Umer

  • Analysis of the climate signal contained within δ18O and growth rate parameters in two Ethiopian stalagmites

    Andy Baker;Asfawossen Asrat;Ian J. Fairchild;Melanie J. Leng

  • African hydroclimatic variability during the last 2000 years

    David J. Nash;David J. Nash;Gijs De Cort;Gijs De Cort;Brian M. Chase;Dirk Verschuren

  • The Hominin Sites and Paleolakes Drilling Project: inferring the environmental context of human evolution from eastern African rift lake deposits

    A. Cohen;Christopher Campisano;Ramon Arrowsmith;A. Asrat

  • Environmental change and human occupation of southern Ethiopia and northern Kenya during the last 20,000 years

    Verena Foerster;Ralf Vogelsang;Annett Junginger;Asfawossen Asrat

  • A new approach to detecting vegetation and land-use change using high-resolution lipid biomarker records in stalagmites

    Alison J. Blyth;Asfawossen Asrat;Andy Baker;Pauline Gulliver

  • Paleo-ENSO influence on African environments and early modern humans

    Stefanie Kaboth-Bahr;Stefanie Kaboth-Bahr;William D Gosling;Ralf Vogelsang;André Bahr

  • Structure, age and mode of emplacement of the Hercynian Bordères-Louron pluton (Central Pyrenees, France)

    Gérard Gleizes;Gérard Crevon;Asfawossen Asrat;Pierre Barbey

  • Orbital controls on eastern African hydroclimate in the Pleistocene

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  • A high-resolution multi-proxy stalagmite record from Mechara, Southeastern Ethiopia: palaeohydrological implications for speleothem palaeoclimate reconstruction

    Asfawossen Asrat;Andy Baker;Mohammed Umer Mohammed;Melanie J. Leng

  • Northern Hemisphere Glaciation, African climate and human evolution

    Martin H. Trauth;Asfawossen Asrat;Asfawossen Asrat;Nadine Berner;Faysal Bibi

  • Cultural change or continuity in the late MSA/Early LSA of southeastern Ethiopia? The site of Goda Buticha, Dire Dawa area

    David Pleurdeau;Erella Hovers;Zelalem Assefa;Asfawossen Asrat

  • Hydroclimate changes in eastern Africa over the past 200,000 years may have influenced early human dispersal

    Frank Schaebitz;Asfawossen Asrat;Henry F. Lamb;Henry F. Lamb;Andrew S. Cohen

  • Geoheritage conservation in Ethiopia: the case of the Simien Mountains.

    Asfawossen Asrat;Metasebia Demissie;Aberra Mogessie

  • Across the Gap: Geochronological and Sedimentological Analyses from the Late Pleistocene-Holocene Sequence of Goda Buticha, Southeastern Ethiopia

    Chantal Tribolo;Asfawossen Asrat;Jean-Jacques Bahain;Cécile Chapon

  • Classifying past climate change in the Chew Bahir basin, southern Ethiopia, using recurrence quantification analysis

    Martin H. Trauth;Asfawossen Asrat;Walter Duesing;Verena Foerster

  • Petrology and Isotope Geochemistry of the Pan-African Negash Pluton, Northern Ethiopia: Mafic---Felsic Magma Interactions During the Construction of Shallow-level Calc-alkaline Plutons

    A. Asrat;P. Barbey;J. N. Ludden;L. Reisberg

  • The rock‐hewn churches of Tigrai, Northern Ethiopia: A geological perspective

    Asfawossen Asrat

Frequent Co-Authors

Henry F. Lamb
Henry F. Lamb Aberystwyth University
Martin H. Trauth
Martin H. Trauth University of Potsdam
Andrew S. Cohen
Andrew S. Cohen University of Arizona
Frank Schäbitz
Frank Schäbitz University of Cologne
Alan L. Deino
Alan L. Deino Berkeley Geochronology Center
Melanie J. Leng
Melanie J. Leng University of Nottingham
Helen M. Roberts
Helen M. Roberts Aberystwyth University
Christine S. Lane
Christine S. Lane University of Cambridge
Andy Baker
Andy Baker University of New South Wales
Mark A. Maslin
Mark A. Maslin University College London

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