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Overview

Jason H. Curtis is affiliated with the University of Florida in the United States and has contributed extensively to research in Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Environmental Science. Their publication record reflects a focus on topics related to geology, paleoclimatology, archaeology, and environmental studies, with a particular emphasis on past climate dynamics and their impact on human and ecological systems.

Their primary fields of study include:

  • Earth and Planetary Sciences
  • Environmental Science

Within these fields, Curtis concentrates on subfields such as:

  • Atmospheric Science
  • Ecology
  • Paleontology
  • Oceanography
  • Geography, Planning and Development

The main topics covered in their research include:

  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Archaeology and ancient environmental studies
  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology
  • Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies
  • Tree-ring climate responses
  • Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
  • Heavy metals in environment

Curtis has published in several notable venues, with frequent appearances in:

  • Geology
  • Quaternary Science Reviews
  • Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology

They have collaborated regularly with a number of researchers, including:

  • Mark Brenner (20 co-authored papers)
  • Alexander Correa-Metrio (11 co-authored papers)
  • Liseth Pérez (10 co-authored papers)
  • Jaime Escobar (10 co-authored papers)
  • Jonathan Obrist-Farner (7 co-authored papers)

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Jason H. Curtis reflect a diversity of research interests and include:

  • "Drought-Induced Civil Conflict Among the Ancient Maya," 2022, published in Nature Communications
  • "Natural and anthropogenic sources of lead, zinc, and nickel in sediments of Lake Izabal, Guatemala," 2020, Journal of Environmental Sciences
  • "Harmful algal blooms and cyanotoxins in Lake Amatitlán, Guatemala, coincided with ancient Maya occupation in the watershed," 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Ecological turnover in neotropical freshwater and terrestrial communities during episodes of abrupt climate change," 2021, Quaternary Research
  • "Assessing the contribution of the La Luna Sea to the global sink of organic carbon during the Cenomanian-Turonian Oceanic Anoxic Event 2 (OAE2)," 2021, Global and Planetary Change

Best Publications

  • Possible role of climate in the collapse of Classic Maya civilization

    David A. Hodell;Jason H. Curtis;Mark Brenner

  • Solar Forcing of Drought Frequency in the Maya Lowlands

    David A. Hodell;Mark Brenner;Jason H. Curtis;Thomas Guilderson

  • Abrupt Temperature Changes in the Western Mediterranean over the Past 250,000 Years

    Belen Martrat;Joan O. Grimalt;Constancia López-Martínez;Isabel Cacho;Isabel Cacho

  • Climate variability on the Yucatan Peninsula (Mexico) during the past 3500 years, and implications for Maya cultural evolution

    Jason H. Curtis;David A. Hodell;Mark Brenner

  • Climate Variation and the Rise and Fall of an Andean Civilization

    Michael W. Binford;Alan L. Kolata;Mark Brenner;John W. Janusek

  • Reconstruction of Caribbean climate change over the past 10,500 years

    David A. Hodell;Jason H. Curtis;Glenn A. Jones;Antonia Higuera-Gundy

  • Onset of “Hudson Strait” Heinrich events in the eastern North Atlantic at the end of the middle Pleistocene transition (∼640 ka)?

    David A. Hodell;David A. Hodell;James E. T. Channell;Jason H. Curtis;Oscar E. Romero

  • Stable isotope (δ13C and δ15N) signatures of sedimented organic matter as indicators of historic lake trophic state

    Mark Brenner;Thomas J. Whitmore;Jason H. Curtis;David A. Hodell

  • Terminal Classic drought in the northern Maya lowlands inferred from multiple sediment cores in Lake Chichancanab (Mexico)

    David A. Hodell;Mark Brenner;Jason H. Curtis

  • Correlation of late Miocene to early Pliocene sequences between the Mediterranean and North Atlantic

    David A. Hodell;Jason H. Curtis;Francisco J. Sierro;Maureen E. Raymo

  • Climate change on the Yucatan Peninsula during the little ice age

    David A. Hodell;Mark Brenner;Jason H. Curtis;Roger Medina-González

  • A multi-proxy study of Holocene environmental change in the Maya Lowlands of Peten, Guatemala

    Jason H. Curtis;Mark Brenner;David A. Hodell;Richard A. Balser

  • An 85-ka record of climate change in lowland Central America

    David A. Hodell;Flavio S. Anselmetti;Daniel Ariztegui;Mark Brenner

  • Paleoclimate of Southwestern China for the Past 50,000 yr Inferred from Lake Sediment Records

    David A. Hodell;Mark Brenner;Sharon L. Kanfoush;Jason H. Curtis

  • A Holocene vegetation history from lowland Guatemala

    Gerald A. Islebe;Henry Hooghiemstra;Mark Brenner;Jason H. Curtis

  • A 4000-Year Lacustrine Record of Environmental Change in the Southern Maya Lowlands, Petén, Guatemala

    Michael F. Rosenmeier;David A. Hodell;Mark Brenner;Jason H. Curtis

  • Impact of iceberg melting on Mediterranean thermohaline circulation during Heinrich events

    F. J. Sierro;D. A. Hodell;J. H. Curtis;J. A. Flores

  • Drought, agricultural adaptation, and sociopolitical collapse in the Maya Lowlands

    Peter M. J. Douglas;Mark Pagani;Marcello A. Canuto;Mark Brenner

  • Holocene climate variability in the western Mediterranean region from a deepwater sediment record

    J. Frigola;A. Moreno;I. Cacho;M. Canals

  • PALEOLIMNOLOGY OF THE MAYA LOWLANDS: Long-term perspectives on interactions among climate, environment, and humans

    Mark Brenner;Michael F. Rosenmeier;David A. Hodell;Jason H. Curtis

  • A 10,300 14C yr Record of Climate and Vegetation Change from Haiti

    Antonia Higuera-Gundy;Mark Brenner;David A. Hodell;Jason H. Curtis

Frequent Co-Authors

Mark Brenner
Mark Brenner University of Florida
David A Hodell
David A Hodell University of Cambridge
Flavio S. Anselmetti
Flavio S. Anselmetti University of Bern
James E T Channell
James E T Channell University of Florida
Thomas P. Guilderson
Thomas P. Guilderson University of California, Santa Cruz
Oscar E Romero
Oscar E Romero University of Bremen
Daniel Ariztegui
Daniel Ariztegui University of Geneva
Adrian Gilli
Adrian Gilli ETH Zurich
Thomas S. Bianchi
Thomas S. Bianchi University of New Hampshire
Antje Schwalb
Antje Schwalb Technische Universität Braunschweig

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