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Jakob Schwander is affiliated with the University of Bern in Switzerland and specializes in Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a primary focus on Atmospheric Science. Their research encompasses topics such as cryospheric studies and observations, geology and paleoclimatology research, climate change and permafrost, smart materials for construction, and methane hydrates and related phenomena.

Schwander has contributed to several recent scientific publications, including:

  • Antarctic surface temperature and elevation during the Last Glacial Maximum (2021, Science)
  • Progress of the RADIX (Rapid Access Drilling and Ice eXtraction) fast-access drilling system (2023, The Cryosphere)
  • Ice-core data used for the construction of the Greenland Ice-Core Chronology 2005 and 2021 (GICC05 and GICC21) (2023, Earth System Science Data)
  • Seasonal variations of isotope ratios and CO2 concentrations in firn air (2022, Bern Open Repository and Information System (University of Bern))
  • Brief communication: RADIX (Rapid Access Drilling and Ice eXtraction) dust logger test in the EastGRIP (East Greenland Ice-core Project) hole (2024, The Cryosphere)

Their frequent coauthors include Kenji Kawamura, Hideaki Motoyama, Dorthe Dahl-Jensen, Anders Svensson, and Thomas F. Stocker.

Jakob Schwander has published extensively in venues such as The Cryosphere, Annals of Glaciology, Science, Earth System Science Data, and the Bern Open Repository and Information System (University of Bern).

The body of work by Schwander is predominantly situated within cryospheric and atmospheric sciences, focusing on ice core data analysis, paleoclimate reconstructions, and the development of advanced drilling technologies like RADIX. This technology aims to facilitate rapid access to ice cores, enabling improved research on climate history and permafrost conditions.

Best Publications

  • Orbital and Millennial Antarctic Climate Variability over the Past 800,000 Years

    J. Jouzel;V. Masson-Delmotte;O. Cattani;G. Dreyfus

  • High-resolution record of Northern Hemisphere climate extending into the last interglacial period.

    K. K. Andersen;N. Azuma;J.-M. Barnola;M. Bigler

  • Eight glacial cycles from an Antarctic ice core

    Laurent Augustin;Carlo Barbante;Piers R. F. Barnes;Jean Marc Barnola

  • Stable carbon cycle-climate relationship during the Late Pleistocene.

    Urs Siegenthaler;Thomas F. Stocker;Eric Monnin;Dieter Lüthi

  • One-to-one coupling of glacial climate variability in Greenland and Antarctica.

    C. Barbante;J.-M. Barnola;J.-M. Barnola;S. Becagli;J. Beer;J. Beer

  • Asynchrony of Antarctic and Greenland climate change during the last glacial period

    T. Blunier;J. Chappellaz;J. Schwander;A. Dällenbach

  • Formal definition and dating of the GSSP (Global Stratotype Section and Point) for the base of the Holocene using the Greenland NGRIP ice core, and selected auxiliary records

    Mike Walker;Sigfus Johnsen;Sune Olander Rasmussen;Trevor Popp;Trevor Popp

  • Eemian interglacial reconstructed from a Greenland folded ice core

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

  • Ice core sample measurements give atmospheric CO 2 content during the past 40,000 yr

    A. Neftel;H. Oeschger;J. Schwander;B. Stauffer

  • Atmospheric Methane and Nitrous Oxide of the Late Pleistocene from Antarctic Ice Cores

    Renato Spahni;Renato Spahni;Jérôme Chappellaz;Jérôme Chappellaz;Thomas F. Stocker;Thomas F. Stocker;Laetitia Loulergue;Laetitia Loulergue

  • Synchronous changes in atmospheric CH4 and Greenland climate between 40 and 8 kyr BP

    J. Chappellaz;T. Bluniert;D. Raynaud;J. M. Barnola

  • Use of 10 Be in polar ice to trace the 11-year cycle of solar activity

    J. Beer;A. Blinov;G. Bonani;R. C. Finkel;R. C. Finkel

  • Variations in atmospheric methane concentration during the Holocene epoch

    T. Blunier;J. Chappellaz;J. Schwander;B. Stauffer

  • The EDC3 chronology for the EPICA Dome C ice core

    Frédéric Parrenin;Jean-Marc Barnola;J. Beer;Thomas Blunier

  • Evidence for substantial accumulation rate variability in Antarctica during the Holocene, through synchronization of CO 2 in the Taylor Dome, Dome C and DML ice cores

    Eric Monnin;Eric J. Steig;Urs Siegenthaler;Kenji Kawamura

  • Isotope calibrated Greenland temperature record over Marine Isotope Stage 3 and its relation to CH4

    Christof Huber;Markus Leuenberger;Renato Spahni;Jacqueline Flückiger

  • Synchronous Change of Atmospheric CO2 and Antarctic Temperature During the Last Deglacial Warming

    F. Parrenin;V. Masson-Delmotte;P. Köhler;D. Raynaud

  • Temperature reconstruction from 10 to 120 kyr b2k from the NGRIP ice core

    Philippe Kindler;M. Guillevic;Michael Franz Baumgartner;Jakob Schwander

  • The age of the air in the firn and the ice at Summit, Greenland

    J. Schwander;J.M. Barnola;Chantal Andrié;M. Leuenberger

  • High-resolution Holocene N2O ice core record and its relationship with CH4 and CO2

    Jacqueline Flückiger;Eric Monnin;Bernhard Stauffer;Jakob Schwander

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

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

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas F. Stocker
Thomas F. Stocker University of Bern
Bernhard Stauffer
Bernhard Stauffer University of Bern
Frank Wilhelms
Frank Wilhelms Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Hubertus Fischer
Hubertus Fischer University of Bern
Jérôme Chappellaz
Jérôme Chappellaz École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Jean Jouzel
Jean Jouzel Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement
Hans Oerter
Hans Oerter Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Thomas Blunier
Thomas Blunier University of Copenhagen
Frédéric Parrenin
Frédéric Parrenin Grenoble Alpes University
Dominique Raynaud
Dominique Raynaud Grenoble Alpes University

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