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D-Index
46
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10997
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5979
National Ranking
2165

Christo Buizert publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Environmental Sciences in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Christo Buizert sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 690+

This scientist: 165 publications — 49th percentile

49% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 690 publications or more.

Christo Buizert D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Christo Buizert sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 126+

This scientist: 46 D-Index — 39th percentile

39% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 126 D-Index or more.

Overview

Christo Buizert is affiliated with Oregon State University in the United States, focusing research efforts on Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Environmental Science. Their work extensively covers subfields such as Atmospheric Science, Environmental Chemistry, Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, and Management, Monitoring, Policy, and Law.

The primary research topics addressed by Buizert include Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Cryospheric Studies and Observations, Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena, Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics, Climate Change and Permafrost, Landslides and Related Hazards, and Isotope Analysis in Ecology.

Frequent publication venues for Buizert's research include:

  • The Cryosphere
  • Climate of the Past
  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Buizert are:

  • Jeffrey P. Severinghaus
  • Edward J. Brook
  • Jon S. Edwards
  • Kenji Kawamura
  • Todd Sowers

Significant recent publications by Buizert include:

  • "Preindustrial 14CH4 indicates greater anthropogenic fossil CH4 emissions," 2020, Nature
  • "Antarctic surface temperature and elevation during the Last Glacial Maximum," 2021, Science
  • "Bipolar volcanic synchronization of abrupt climate change in Greenland and Antarctic ice cores during the last glacial period," 2020, Climate of the Past
  • "Abrupt Heinrich Stadial 1 cooling missing in Greenland oxygen isotopes," 2021, Science Advances
  • "Surface Mass Balance Controlled by Local Surface Slope in Inland Antarctica: Implications for Ice-Sheet Mass Balance and Oldest Ice Delineation in Dome Fuji," 2021, Geophysical Research Letters

This body of work reflects a focus on paleoclimate dynamics, methane emissions, and Antarctic climate variations. The research spans interdisciplinary approaches involving isotope geochemistry, cryospheric processes, and paleoenvironmental reconstructions.

Best Publications

  • Driven coherent oscillations of a single electron spin in a quantum dot

    Frank Koppens;Christo Buizert;Klaas-Jan Tielrooij;Ivo Vink

  • Eemian interglacial reconstructed from a Greenland folded ice core

    D. Dahl-Jensen;M. R. Albert;A. Aldahan;N. Azuma

  • Centennial-scale changes in the global carbon cycle during the last deglaciation

    Shaun A. Marcott;Thomas K. Bauska;Christo Buizert;Eric J. Steig

  • Consistently dated records from the Greenland GRIP, GISP2 and NGRIP ice cores for the past 104 ka reveal regional millennial-scale δ18O gradients with possible Heinrich event imprint

    Inger K. Seierstad;Peter M. Abbott;Matthias Bigler;Matthias Bigler;Thomas Blunier

  • Precise interpolar phasing of abrupt climate change during the last ice age

    Christo Buizert;Betty Adrian;Jinho Ahn;Mary Albert

  • Greenland temperature response to climate forcing during the last deglaciation.

    Christo Buizert;Vasileios Gkinis;Vasileios Gkinis;Jeffrey P. Severinghaus;Feng He

  • The WAIS Divide deep ice core WD2014 chronology – Part 1: Methane synchronization (68–31 ka BP) and the gas age–ice age difference

    C. Buizert;K. M. Cuffey;J. P. Severinghaus;D. Baggenstos

  • Beyond the bipolar seesaw: toward a process understanding of interhemispheric coupling

    Joel B. Pedro;Markus Jochum;Christo Buizert;Feng He;Feng He

  • Preindustrial 14CH4 indicates greater anthropogenic fossil CH4 emissions.

    Benjamin Hmiel;V. V. Petrenko;M. N. Dyonisius;C. Buizert

  • The WAIS Divide deep ice core WD2014 chronology - Part 2: Annual-layer counting (0-31 ka BP)

    Michael Sigl;Michael Sigl;Tyler J. Fudge;Mai Winstrup;Jihong Cole-Dai

  • A first chronology for the North Greenland Eemian Ice Drilling (NEEM) ice core

    S. O. Rasmussen;P. M. Abbott;T. Blunier;A. J. Bourne

  • Antarctic surface temperature and elevation during the Last Glacial Maximum

    Christo Buizert;T. J. Fudge;William H. G. Roberts;Eric J. Steig

  • Consistent evidence of increasing Antarctic accumulation with warming

    Katja Frieler;Peter U. Clark;Feng He;Feng He;Christo Buizert

  • Greenland-Wide Seasonal Temperatures During the Last Deglaciation

    C. Buizert;B. A. Keisling;J. E. Box;F. He;F. He

  • Deglacial temperature history of West Antarctica

    Kurt M. Cuffey;Gary D. Clow;Eric J. Steig;Christo Buizert

  • Abrupt ice-age shifts in southern westerly winds and Antarctic climate forced from the north

    Christo Buizert;Michael Sigl;Mirko Severi;Bradley R. Markle

  • Gas transport in firn: multiple-tracer characterisation and model intercomparison for NEEM, Northern Greenland

    C. Buizert;P. Martinerie;V. Petrenko;V. Petrenko;J. P. Severinghaus

  • Global atmospheric teleconnections during Dansgaard–Oeschger events

    Bradley R. Markle;Eric J. Steig;Christo Buizert;Spruce W. Schoenemann

  • Minimal geological methane emissions during the Younger Dryas–Preboreal abrupt warming event

    Vasilii V. Petrenko;Andrew M. Smith;Hinrich Schaefer;Katja Riedel

  • Variable relationship between accumulation and temperature in West Antarctica for the past 31,000 years

    T. J. Fudge;Bradley R. Markle;Kurt M. Cuffey;Christo Buizert

  • Firn Model Intercomparison Experiment (FirnMICE)

    Jessica M.D. Lundin;C. Max Stevens;Robert Arthern;Christo Buizert

  • Eemian interglacial reconstructed from a Greenland folded ice core (SCI)

    D Dahl-Jensen;M R Albert;A Aldahan;N Azuma

Frequent Co-Authors

Jeffrey P. Severinghaus
Jeffrey P. Severinghaus University of California, San Diego
Edward J. Brook
Edward J. Brook Oregon State University
Eric J. Steig
Eric J. Steig University of Washington
Anais Orsi
Anais Orsi University of British Columbia
Todd Sowers
Todd Sowers Pennsylvania State University
Michael Sigl
Michael Sigl University of Oslo
Kenji Kawamura
Kenji Kawamura National Institute of Polar Research
Joseph R. McConnell
Joseph R. McConnell Desert Research Institute
Thomas Blunier
Thomas Blunier University of Copenhagen
James W. C. White
James W. C. White University of Colorado Boulder

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