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5394
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David Etheridge 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 David Etheridge sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 147 publications — 40th percentile

40% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 687 publications or more.

David Etheridge 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 David Etheridge sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 48 D-Index — 44th percentile

44% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 125 D-Index or more.

Overview

David Etheridge is affiliated with the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation in Australia. Their research spans multiple fields, primarily focused on Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Environmental Science.

They have contributed extensively to the subfields of Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Environmental Chemistry, Mechanics of Materials, and Ecology. Their research interests are particularly centered on topics such as Cryospheric studies and observations, Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena, Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis, and Atmospheric Ozone and Climate.

The scientist's recent papers include:

  • Preindustrial 14CH4 indicates greater anthropogenic fossil CH4 emissions, 2020, Nature
  • Early Last Interglacial ocean warming drove substantial ice mass loss from Antarctica, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Southern Ocean carbon sink enhanced by sea-ice feedbacks at the Antarctic Cold Reversal, 2020, Nature Geoscience
  • Quantifying methane emissions from Queensland's coal seam gas producing Surat Basin using inventory data and a regional Bayesian inversion, 2020, Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • Integral correlation for uneven and differently sampled data, and its application to the Law Dome Antarctic climate record, 2020, Scientific Reports

Frequently publishing in venues such as Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, Climate of the Past, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, Nature, and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, David Etheridge has a consistent presence in well-regarded scientific journals.

Their frequent collaborators include Xavier Faïn, Mark A. J. Curran, V. V. Petrenko, Christo Buizert, and D. Thornton.

Best Publications

  • Changes in Atmospheric Constituents and in Radiative Forcing

    Piers Forster;Venkatachalam Ramaswamy;Paulo Artaxo;Terje Berntsen

  • Natural and anthropogenic changes in atmospheric CO2 over the last 1000 years from air in Antarctic ice and firn

    D. M. Etheridge;L. P. Steele;R. L. Langenfelds;R. J. Francey

  • A 1000-year high precision record of δ 13 C in atmospheric CO 2

    R. J. Francey;R. J. Francey;C. E. Allison;D. M. Etheridge;C. M. Trudinger;C. M. Trudinger

  • Law Dome CO2, CH4 and N2O ice core records extended to 2000 years BP

    C. MacFarling Meure;D. Etheridge;C. Trudinger;P. Steele

  • Atmospheric methane between 1000 A.D. and present: Evidence of anthropogenic emissions and climatic variability

    D. M. Etheridge;L. P. Steele;R. J. Francey;R. L. Langenfelds

  • Historical greenhouse gas concentrations for climate modelling (CMIP6)

    Malte Meinshausen;Malte Meinshausen;Elisabeth Vogel;Alexander Nauels;Katja Lorbacher

  • Unexpected changes to the global methane budget over the past 2000 years.

    D. F. Ferretti;J. B. Miller;J. W. C. White;D. M. Etheridge

  • Trends and seasonal cycles in the isotopic composition of nitrous oxide since 1940

    S. Park;S. Park;P. Croteau;K. A. Boering;D. M. Etheridge

  • Safe storage and effective monitoring of CO2 in depleted gas fields

    Charles R. Jenkins;Peter J. Cook;Jonathan Ennis-King;James Undershultz

  • Changes in tropospheric methane between 1841 and 1978 from a high accumulation‐rate Antarctic ice core

    D. M. Etheridge;G. I. Pearman;P. J. Fraser

  • Preindustrial 14CH4 indicates greater anthropogenic fossil CH4 emissions.

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

  • Evidence of changing concentrations of atmospheric CO 2 , N 2 O and CH 4 from air bubbles in Antarctic ice

    G. I. Pearman;D. Etheridge;F. de Silva;P. J. Fraser

  • A revised 1000 year atmospheric δ13C‐CO2 record from Law Dome and South Pole, Antarctica

    M. Rubino;M. Rubino;D. M. Etheridge;D. M. Etheridge;C. M. Trudinger;C. E. Allison

  • Compiled records of carbon isotopes in atmospheric CO2 for historical simulations in CMIP6

    Heather Graven;Colin E. Allison;David M. Etheridge;Samuel Hammer

  • Physical and climatic parameters which influence the air content in polar ice

    Patricia Martinerie;Dominique Raynaud;David M. Etheridge;Jean-Marc Barnola

  • Modeling air movement and bubble trapping in firn

    C. M. Trudinger;I. G. Enting;D. M. Etheridge;R. J. Francey

  • 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

  • Atmospheric trace-gas variations as revealed by air trapped in an ice core from Law Dome, Antarctica

    D.M. Etheridge;G.I. Pearman;F. de Silva

  • Variations in global methane sources and sinks during 1910-2010

    A. Ghosh;P. K. Patra;P. K. Patra;K. Ishijima;T. Umezawa;T. Umezawa

  • Firn-air δ15N in modern polar sites and glacial–interglacial ice: a model-data mismatch during glacial periods in Antarctica?

    Amaelle Landais;Amaelle Landais;Jean-Marc Barnola;Kenji Kawamura;Nicolas Caillon

Frequent Co-Authors

Cathy M. Trudinger
Cathy M. Trudinger Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Ray L. Langenfelds
Ray L. Langenfelds Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Mark A. J. Curran
Mark A. J. Curran University of Tasmania
Paul J. Fraser
Paul J. Fraser Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Paul B. Krummel
Paul B. Krummel Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Thomas Blunier
Thomas Blunier University of Copenhagen
Christopher J. Fogwill
Christopher J. Fogwill Cranfield University
James W. C. White
James W. C. White University of Colorado Boulder
Roger J. Francey
Roger J. Francey Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
William T. Sturges
William T. Sturges University of East Anglia

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