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Overview

David M. Holland is affiliated with New York University in the United States. Their research primarily falls within the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with a focus on subfields such as Atmospheric Science, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Global and Planetary Change, Oceanography, and Molecular Biology.

Their work frequently addresses topics related to cryospheric studies and observations, Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics, winter sports injuries and performance, climate variability and models, climate change and permafrost, landslides and related hazards, and geology and paleoclimatology research.

David M. Holland has published extensively in scientific journals. The most common publication venues include:

  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • Nature
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface
  • Science Bulletin
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Notable recent papers authored or coauthored by Holland are:

  • "Rapid decline in Antarctic sea ice in recent years hints at future change," 2021, Nature Geoscience
  • "Tropical teleconnection impacts on Antarctic climate changes," 2021, Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
  • "The Southern Ocean and its interaction with the Antarctic Ice Sheet," 2020, Science
  • "Heterogeneous melting near the Thwaites Glacier grounding line," 2023, Nature
  • "Suppressed basal melting in the eastern Thwaites Glacier grounding zone," 2023, Nature

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Holland include:

  • Xichen Li
  • Eric Rignot
  • Clare Eayrs
  • Keith W. Nicholls
  • Denise Holland

Best Publications

  • Acceleration of Jakobshavn Isbræ triggered by warm subsurface ocean waters

    David M. Holland;Robert H. Thomas;Brad De Young;Mads H. Ribergaard

  • Modeling Thermodynamic Ice–Ocean Interactions at the Base of an Ice Shelf

    David M. Holland;Adrian Jenkins

  • Modelling Circumpolar Deep Water intrusions on the Amundsen Sea continental shelf, Antarctica

    Malte Thoma;Malte Thoma;Adrian Jenkins;David Holland;Stan Jacobs

  • OMIP contribution to CMIP6: experimental and diagnostic protocol for the physical component of the Ocean Model Intercomparison Project

    Stephen M. Griffies;Gokhan Danabasoglu;Paul J. Durack;Alistair J. Adcroft

  • The Response of Ice Shelf Basal Melting to Variations in Ocean Temperature

    Paul R. Holland;Adrian Jenkins;David M. Holland

  • Impacts of the north and tropical Atlantic Ocean on the Antarctic Peninsula and sea ice

    Xichen Li;David M. Holland;Edwin P. Gerber;Changhyun Yoo

  • Ice-Sheet Response to Oceanic Forcing

    Ian Joughin;Richard B. Alley;David M. Holland

  • Sensitivity of 21st century sea level to ocean‐induced thinning of Pine Island Glacier, Antarctica

    Ian Joughin;Benjamin E. Smith;David M. Holland

  • Characteristics of ocean waters reaching Greenland's glaciers

    Fiammetta Straneo;David A. Sutherland;David Holland;Carl Gladish

  • Grounding line movement and ice shelf buttressing in marine ice sheets

    D. Goldberg;D. M. Holland;C. Schoof

  • Rapid decline in Antarctic sea ice in recent years hints at future change

    Clare Eayrs;Xichen Li;Marilyn N. Raphael;David M. Holland;David M. Holland

  • Tropical teleconnection impacts on Antarctic climate changes

    Xichen Li;Wenju Cai;Wenju Cai;Gerald A. Meehl;Dake Chen

  • How Much, How Fast?: A Science Review and Outlook for Research on the Instability of Antarctica's Thwaites Glacier in the 21st Century

    Ted A. Scambos;Robin E. Bell;Richard B. Alley;S. Anandakrishnan

  • Experimental design for three interrelated marine ice sheet and ocean model intercomparison projects: MISMIP v. 3 (MISMIP +), ISOMIP v. 2 (ISOMIP +) and MISOMIP v. 1 (MISOMIP1)

    Xylar S. Asay-Davis;Stephen L. Cornford;Gaël Durand;Gaël Durand;Benjamin K. Galton-Fenzi;Benjamin K. Galton-Fenzi

  • Ice and ocean processes in the Bellingshausen Sea, Antarctica

    Paul R. Holland;Adrian Jenkins;David M. Holland

  • Channelized Ice Melting in the Ocean Boundary Layer Beneath Pine Island Glacier, Antarctica

    T. P. Stanton;W. J. Shaw;M. Truffer;H. F. J. Corr

  • An assessment of global and regional sea level for years 1993-2007 in a suite of interannual CORE-II simulations

    Stephen M. Griffies;Jianjun Yin;Paul J. Durack;Paul Goddard

  • Understanding the seasonal cycle of Antarctic sea ice extent in the context of longer‐term variability

    Clare Eayrs;David Holland;David Holland;Diana Francis;Till Wagner

  • Sea-level feedback lowers projections of future Antarctic Ice-Sheet mass loss.

    Natalya Gomez;David Pollard;David Holland

  • Influence of tides on melting and freezing beneath Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf, Antarctica

    Keith Makinson;Paul R. Holland;Adrian Jenkins;Keith W. Nicholls

  • Explaining the Weddell Polynya--a Large Ocean Eddy Shed at Maud Rise

    D. M. Holland

  • Experimental design for three interrelated Marine Ice-Sheet and Ocean Model Intercomparison Projects

    X. S. Asay-Davis;S. L. Cornford;G. Durand;G. Durand;B. K. Galton-Fenzi;B. K. Galton-Fenzi

Frequent Co-Authors

Adrian Jenkins
Adrian Jenkins Durham University
Keith W. Nicholls
Keith W. Nicholls Natural Environment Research Council
Eric Rignot
Eric Rignot University of California, Irvine
Richard B. Alley
Richard B. Alley Pennsylvania State University
Scott W. Tyler
Scott W. Tyler University of Nevada Reno
Michael Steele
Michael Steele University of Washington
Knut Christianson
Knut Christianson University of Washington
Paul R. Holland
Paul R. Holland British Antarctic Survey
Jinlun Zhang
Jinlun Zhang University of Washington
Timothy H. Dixon
Timothy H. Dixon University of South Florida

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