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Overview

Dominic A. Hodgson is affiliated with the British Antarctic Survey in the United Kingdom. Their research spans multiple areas within Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with a strong focus on atmospheric science, ecology, and earth-surface processes.

Their primary fields of study include:

  • Earth and Planetary Sciences
  • Environmental Science

More specifically, their subfields of expertise encompass:

  • Atmospheric Science
  • Ecology
  • Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
  • Earth-Surface Processes
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

Hodgson's main research topics cover a diverse range of subjects related to geological and environmental processes. These include:

  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Cryospheric Studies and Observations
  • Polar Research and Ecology
  • Winter Sports Injuries and Performance
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology
  • Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils

Dominic Hodgson has contributed to various publication venues, with repeated appearances in some journals. Frequent outlets for their work include:

  • Quaternary Science Reviews
  • Communications Earth & Environment
  • Annals of Glaciology
  • Science Advances
  • The Cryosphere

A selection of recent papers authored or co-authored by Hodgson includes:

  • "Southward migration of the Southern Hemisphere westerly winds corresponds with warming climate over centennial timescales," 2020, Communications Earth & Environment
  • "Diatoms define a novel freshwater biogeography of the Antarctic," 2021, Ecography
  • "Latitude, Elevation, and Mean Annual Temperature Predict Peat Organic Matter Chemistry at a Global Scale," 2022, Global Biogeochemical Cycles
  • "Ice stream subglacial access for ice-sheet history and fast ice flow: the BEAMISH Project on Rutford Ice Stream, West Antarctica and initial results on basal conditions," 2020, Annals of Glaciology
  • "Early glacial maximum and deglaciation at sub-Antarctic Marion Island from cosmogenic 36Cl exposure dating," 2020, Quaternary Science Reviews

Dominic Hodgson frequently collaborates with several researchers, including:

  • Stephen J. Roberts
  • Elie Verleyen
  • Wim Vyverman
  • Michael J. Bentley
  • Bianca Perren

Best Publications

  • Recent Rapid Regional Climate Warming on the Antarctic Peninsula

    David G. Vaughan;Gareth J. Marshall;William M. Connolley;Claire Parkinson

  • Antarctic climate change and the environment

    Peter Convey;R. Bindschadler;G. Di Prisco;E. Fahrbach

  • Antarctic climate change and the environment: an update

    John Turner;Nicholas E Barrand;Thomas J Bracegirdle;Peter Convey

  • Holocene glacier fluctuations

    Olga N. Solomina;Raymond S. Bradley;Dominic A. Hodgson;Susan Ivy-Ochs;Susan Ivy-Ochs

  • How isolated is Antarctica

    Andrew Clarke;David K.A. Barnes;Dominic A. Hodgson

  • Antarctic terrestrial life--challenging the history of the frozen continent?

    Peter Convey;John A E Gibson;Claus-Dieter Hillenbrand;Dominic A Hodgson

  • Historical processes constrain patterns in global diatom diversity.

    Wim Vyverman;Elie Verleyen;Koen Sabbe;Koenraad Vanhoutte

  • A community-based geological reconstruction of Antarctic Ice Sheet deglaciation since the Last Glacial Maximum

    Michael J Bentley;Colm Ó Cofaigh;John B Anderson;Howard Conway

  • Incursion and excursion of Antarctic biota: past, present and future

    D. K. A. Barnes;D. A. Hodgson;P. Convey;C. S. Allen

  • Mechanisms of Holocene palaeoenvironmental change in the Antarctic Peninsula region

    M. J. Bentley;D. A. Hodgson;J. A. Smith;C. Ó. Cofaigh

  • Polyphasic study of antarctic cyanobacterial strains

    Arnaud Taton;Stana Grubisic;Damien Ertz;Dominic A. Hodgson

  • Biogeographical distribution and ecological ranges of benthic cyanobacteria in East Antarctic lakes

    Arnaud Taton;Stana Grubisic;Pierre Balthasart;Dominic A. Hodgson

  • The Innuitian Ice Sheet: configuration, dynamics and chronology

    J. England;N. Atkinson;J. Bednarski;A.S. Dyke

  • The importance of dispersal related and local factors in shaping the taxonomic structure of diatom metacommunities

    Elie Verleyen;Wim Vyverman;Mieke Sterken;Dominic A. Hodgson

  • Were the Larsemann Hills ice-free through the Last Glacial Maximum?

    Da Hodgson;Pe Noon;Wim Vyverman;Cl Bryant

  • Retreat history of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet since the Last Glacial Maximum

    Andrew N. Mackintosh;Elie Verleyen;Philip E. O'Brien;Duanne A. White

  • Evidence for widespread endemism among Antarctic micro-organisms

    Wim Vyverman;Elie Verleyen;Annick Wilmotte;Dominic A. Hodgson

  • Exploring biological constraints on the glacial history of Antarctica

    Peter Convey;Mark I. Stevens;Mark I. Stevens;Dominic A. Hodgson;John L. Smellie

  • Hidden levels of phylodiversity in Antarctic green algae: further evidence for the existence of glacial refugia

    Aaike De Wever;Frederik Leliaert;Elie Verleyen;Pieter Vanormelingen

  • Reconstruction of ice-sheet changes in the Antarctic Peninsula since the Last Glacial Maximum

    Colm Ó Cofaigh;Bethan J. Davies;Stephen J. Livingstone;James A. Smith

  • Biogeographical distribution and ecological ranges of benthic cyanobacteria in East Antarctic lakes

    T Arnaud;S Grubisic;P Balthasart;DA Hodgson

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter Convey
Peter Convey British Antarctic Survey
Michael J. Bentley
Michael J. Bentley Durham University
Wim Vyverman
Wim Vyverman Ghent University
Stephen Roberts
Stephen Roberts British Antarctic Survey
Koen Sabbe
Koen Sabbe Ghent University
Colin Summerhayes
Colin Summerhayes University of Cambridge
John Turner
John Turner Natural Environment Research Council
Brendan J. Keely
Brendan J. Keely University of York
Julian Gutt
Julian Gutt Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Paul Andrew Mayewski
Paul Andrew Mayewski University of Maine

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