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Högne Jungner is affiliated with the University of Helsinki in Finland and pursues research primarily in the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Environmental Science. The specialist areas include Atmospheric Science, Environmental Chemistry, Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, and Oceanography.

The body of work by Jungner covers many topics, with a focus on:

  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Tree-ring climate responses
  • Climate variability and models
  • Marine and environmental studies
  • Geological Studies and Exploration
  • Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics

Some notable recent publications include:

  • Recent human-induced atmospheric drying across Europe unprecedented in the last 400 years, 2023, Nature Geoscience
  • Solar-type periodicities in the climate variability of Northern Fennoscandia during the last three centuries: Real influence of solar activity or natural instability in the climate system, 2021, The Holocene
  • Deuterium-hydrogen ratios, electrical conductivity and nitrate for high-resolution dating of polar ice cores, 2020, Tellus B
  • Indications of Changing Solar Activity and North Atlantic Sea Surface Temperature in Fennoscandian Climate, 2020, Geomagnetism and Aeronomy
  • ¹⁴C dates of organic material in the peat near Labytnangi town (Yamal-Nenets, Siberia), 2020, Publishing Network for Geoscientific and Environmental Data (PANGAEA) (Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research)

Jungner's frequent coauthors include:

  • Yurij K Vasil'chuk
  • Alla Constantinovna Vasil'chuk
  • Risto Jalkanen
  • Matthias Saurer
  • M. G. Ogurtsov

The scientist has published frequently in the following venues:

  • Publishing Network for Geoscientific and Environmental Data (PANGAEA) (Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research)
  • Nature Geoscience
  • Tellus B
  • The Holocene
  • Geomagnetism and Aeronomy

Best Publications

  • Persistent luminescence phenomena in materials doped with rare earth ions

    T. Aitasalo;P. Dereń;J. Hölsä;H. Jungner

  • Water-use efficiency and transpiration across European forests during the Anthropocene

    D. C. Frank;B. Poulter;M. Saurer;J. Esper

  • LONG-PERIOD CYCLES OF THE SUN'S ACTIVITY RECORDED IN DIRECT SOLAR DATA AND PROXIES

    M.G. Ogurtsov;Yu.A. Nagovitsyn;G.E. Kocharov;H. Jungner

  • Persistent luminescence of Eu2+ doped alkaline earth aluminates, MAl2O4:Eu2+

    Jorma Hölsä;Jorma Hölsä;Högne Jungner;Mika Lastusaari;Janne Niittykoski

  • Fluxes of CH4, CO2, and N2O in hydroelectric reservoirs Lokka and Porttipahta in the northern boreal zone in Finland

    Jari T. Huttunen;Tero S. Väisänen;Seppo K. Hellsten;Mirja Heikkinen

  • Signal strength and climate calibration of a European tree-ring isotope network

    K. Treydte;D. Frank;J. Esper;L. Andreu

  • Wood Cellulose Preparation Methods and Mass Spectrometric Analyses of δ13C, δ18O, and Nonexchangeable δ2H Values in Cellulose, Sugar, and Starch: An Interlaboratory Comparison

    Tatjana Boettger;Marika Haupt;Kay Knöller;Stephan M. Weise

  • Recent and ancient fluvial deposition systems in the Amazonian foreland basin, Peru

    Matti Rasanen;Ron Neller;Jukka Salo;Hogne Jungner

  • Mechanisms of persistent luminescence in Eu2+, RE3+ doped alkaline earth aluminates

    Tuomas Aitasalo;Jorma Hölsä;Jorma Hölsä;Högne Jungner;Mika Lastusaari

  • The Last Interglacial-Glacial cycle in NE Fennoscandia: a nearly continuous record from Sokli (Finnish Lapland)

    Karin F. Helmens;Matti E. Räsänen;Peter W. Johansson;Högne Jungner

  • New radiocarbon dates from Finnish mammoths indicating large ice‐free areas in Fennoscandia during the Middle Weichselian

    Pirkko Ukkonen;Juha Pekka Lunkka;Högne Jungner;Joakim Donner

  • Old soil carbon is more temperature sensitive than the young in an agricultural field

    Pekka Vanhala;Kristiina Karhu;Mikko Tuomi;Eloni Sonninen

  • Temperature sensitivity of soil carbon fractions in boreal forest soil

    Kristiina Karhu;Hannu Fritze;Kai Hämäläinen;Pekka Vanhala

  • AMS 14C dating of lime mortar

    Jan Heinemeier;Högne Jungner;Alf Lindroos;Åsa Ringbom

  • Sol–gel processed Eu2+-doped alkaline earth aluminates

    Tuomas Aitasalo;Jorma Hölsä;Jorma Hölsä;Högne Jungner;Mika Lastusaari

  • The Bologna Stone: history's first persistent luminescent material

    Mika Lastusaari;Taneli Laamanen;Marja Malkamäki;Kari O Eskola

  • Three-dimensional reconstruction of carbon accumulation and CH4 emission during nine millennia in a raised mire

    Atte Korhola;Jukka Alm;Kimmo Tolonen;Jukka Turunen

  • Stability of climate signal in carbon and oxygen isotope records and ring width from Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) in Finland

    Emmi Hilasvuori;Frank Berninger;Eloni Sonninen;Heikki Tuomenvirta

  • A 10 000 year local forest fire history in a dry heath forest site in eastern Finland, reconstructed from charcoal layer records of a small mire

    Aki Pitkänen;Pertti Huttunen;Högne Jungner;Kimmo Tolonen

  • The dating of the Holocene relative sea-level changes in Finnmark, North Norway

    Joakim Donner;Matti Eronen;Högne Jungner

  • Radiocarbon dating of shells from marine Holocene deposits in the Disko Bugt area, West Greenland

    Joakim Donner;Högne Jungner

Frequent Co-Authors

Mika Lastusaari
Mika Lastusaari University of Turku
Jorma Hölsä
Jorma Hölsä University of Turku
Kimmo T. Tolonen
Kimmo T. Tolonen Finnish Environment Institute
Neil J. Loader
Neil J. Loader Swansea University
Matthias Saurer
Matthias Saurer Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research
Michel Stievenard
Michel Stievenard Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines University
Markus Leuenberger
Markus Leuenberger University of Bern
Jan Esper
Jan Esper Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
Samuli Helama
Samuli Helama Natural Resources Institute Finland
David Frank
David Frank University of Arizona

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