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Jochen Knies is affiliated with the University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway. Their research primarily encompasses Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Environmental Science, highlighting a multidisciplinary approach to studying complex environmental and geological processes.

The scientist's work covers significant contributions in several subfields including Atmospheric Science, Environmental Chemistry, Mechanics of Materials, Geology, and Global and Planetary Change. This diverse expertise supports investigations into the interactions between climate dynamics and earth systems.

Knies has notably focused on topics such as Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics, Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis, Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics, Geological Studies and Exploration, and Climate change and permafrost. These areas underscore a strong emphasis on polar regions and their environmental changes.

Frequent publication venues for Knies' work include:

  • Frontiers in Earth Science
  • Communications Earth & Environment
  • CAGE - Centre for Arctic Gas Hydrate Environment and Climate Report Series
  • Chemical Geology
  • Organic Geochemistry

Collaborative research is a key aspect of Knies' scientific output, with frequent co-authors being:

  • Aivo Lepland (9 publications)
  • Tobias Himmler (8 publications)
  • Lukas Smik (7 publications)
  • Simon T. Belt (7 publications)
  • Andreia Plaza-Faverola (6 publications)

Recent papers authored by Knies include:

  • Impact of tides and sea-level on deep-sea Arctic methane emissions, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Does Arctic warming reduce preservation of organic matter in Barents Sea sediments?, 2020, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences
  • Global temperature calibration of the Long chain Diol Index in marine surface sediments, 2020, Organic Geochemistry
  • Reduced Arctic sea ice extent during the mid-Pliocene Warm Period concurrent with increased Atlantic-climate regime, 2020, Earth and Planetary Science Letters
  • Seasonal sea ice persisted through the Holocene Thermal Maximum at 80°N, 2021, Communications Earth & Environment

Best Publications

  • Last interglacial Arctic warmth confirms polar amplification of climate change

    P. Anderson;O. Bennike;N. Bigelow;J. Brigham-Grette

  • The Plio-Pleistocene glaciation of the Barents Sea-Svalbard region: a new model based on revised chronostratigraphy

    Jochen Knies;Jens Matthiessen;Christoph Vogt;Jan Sverre Laberg

  • Arctic Ocean during the Last Glacial Maximum: Atlantic and polar domains of surface water mass distribution and ice cover

    Niels Nørgaard-Pedersen;Niels Nørgaard-Pedersen;Robert F. Spielhagen;Helmut Erlenkeuser;Pieter M. Grootes

  • Recent distribution and accumulation of organic carbon on the continental margin west off Spitsbergen

    Daniel Winkelmann;Jochen Knies

  • The emergence of modern sea ice cover in the Arctic Ocean

    Jochen Knies;Patricia Cabedo-Sanz;Simon T. Belt;Soma Baranwal

  • High-resolution paleoproductivity fluctuations during the past 24 kyr as indicated by benthic foraminifera in the marginal Arctic Ocean

    Jutta E. Wollenburg;Jochen Knies;Andreas Mackensen

  • Identification of paleo Arctic winter sea ice limits and the marginal ice zone: Optimised biomarker-based reconstructions of late Quaternary Arctic sea ice

    Simon T. Belt;Patricia Cabedo-Sanz;Lukas Smik;Alba Navarro-Rodriguez

  • Early Triassic productivity crises delayed recovery from world's worst mass extinction

    Stephen E. Grasby;Stephen E. Grasby;Benoit Beauchamp;Jochen Knies

  • Identification of contrasting seasonal sea ice conditions during the Younger Dryas

    Patricia Cabedo-Sanz;Simon T. Belt;Jochen Knies;Katrine Husum

  • Role of tectonic stress in seepage evolution along the gas hydrate‐charged Vestnesa Ridge, Fram Strait

    Andreia Plaza-Faverola;Stefan Bünz;Joel E. Johnson;Shyam Chand

  • Marine ice-rafted debris records constrain maximum extent of Saalian and Weichselian ice-sheets along the northern Eurasian margin

    Jochen Knies;Hans-Peter Kleiber;Jens Matthiessen;Claudia Müller

  • Late Quaternary growth and decay of the Svalbard/Barents Sea ice sheet and paleoceanographic evolution in the adjacent Arctic Ocean

    Jochen Knies;Christoph Vogt;Ruediger Stein

  • Detailed mineralogical evidence for two nearly identical glacial/deglacial cycles and Atlantic water advection to the Arctic Ocean during the last 90,000 years

    Christoph Vogt;Jochen Knies;Robert F. Spielhagen;Ruediger Stein

  • Effect of early Pliocene uplift on late Pliocene cooling in the Arctic–Atlantic gateway

    Jochen Knies;Rune Mattingsdal;Karl Fabian;Kari Grøsfjeld

  • The Vestfjorden-Trænadjupet palaeo-ice stream drainage system, mid-norwegian continental shelf

    Dag Ottesen;Leif Rise;Jochen Knies;Lars Olsen

  • New aspects of organic carbon deposition and its paleoceanographic implications along the Northern Barents Sea Margin during the last 30,000 years

    Jochen Knies;Ruediger Stein

  • Late Pliocene–Pleistocene development of the Barents Sea Ice Sheet

    Jan Sverre Laberg;Karin Andreassen;Jochen Knies;Tore O. Vorren

  • Pliocene palaeoceanography of the Arctic Ocean and subarctic seas

    Jens Matthiessen;Jochen Knies;Christoph Vogt;Ruediger Stein

  • A multiproxy approach to reconstruct the environmental changes along the Eurasian continental margin over the last 150 000 years

    Jochen Knies;Norbert Nowaczyk;Claudia Müller;Christoph Vogt

  • Accumulation of particulate organic carbon at the Eurasian continental margin during late Quaternary times: controlling mechanisms and paleoenvironmental significance

    Rüdiger Stein;B. Boucsein;Kirsten Fahl;T. Garcia de Oteyza

  • Gas hydrate stability zone modelling in areas of salt tectonics and pockmarks of the Barents Sea suggests an active hydrocarbon venting system

    S. Chand;J. Mienert;K. Andreassen;J. Knies

Frequent Co-Authors

Christoph Vogt
Christoph Vogt University of Bremen
Ruediger Stein
Ruediger Stein University of Bremen
Jens Matthiessen
Jens Matthiessen Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Robert F Spielhagen
Robert F Spielhagen GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Katrine Husum
Katrine Husum Norwegian Polar Institute
Andreas Mackensen
Andreas Mackensen Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Karin Andreassen
Karin Andreassen University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway
Simon T. Belt
Simon T. Belt Plymouth University
Kirsten Fahl
Kirsten Fahl Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Frank Niessen
Frank Niessen Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research

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