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Jonathan T. Overpeck publication distribution in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Earth Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Jonathan T. Overpeck sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

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Jonathan T. Overpeck D-index placement in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Earth Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Jonathan T. Overpeck sits on this spectrum.

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2015 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)
  • 2009 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 2005 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

Jonathan T. Overpeck is affiliated with the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a significant focus on Global and Planetary Change and Atmospheric Science, complemented by work in Sociology and Political Science, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and Water Science and Technology.

The scientist's research topics include the following:

  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Climate variability and models
  • Fire effects on ecosystems
  • Tree-ring climate responses
  • Climate Change Communication and Perception
  • Hydrology and Drought Analysis
  • Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations

Jonathan T. Overpeck has contributed several papers published in notable venues. Key recent publications include:

  • "Flash droughts present a new challenge for subseasonal-to-seasonal prediction," 2020, Nature Climate Change
  • "Climate change and the aridification of North America," 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "A stronger role for long-term moisture change than for CO 2 in determining tropical woody vegetation change," 2022, Science
  • "The growing challenge of vegetation change," 2021, Science
  • "Modern Pollen Rain in the Tibetan Plateau," 2021, Frontiers in Earth Science

Frequent co-authors of Jonathan T. Overpeck include:

  • William D. Gosling
  • Charlotte Miller
  • Timothy M. Shanahan
  • Philip B. Holden
  • Frank van Langevelde

The scientist often publishes in the following venues:

  • Science
  • Quaternary Science Reviews
  • Journal of Great Lakes Research
  • Nature Climate Change
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Jonathan T. Overpeck has been recognized with several awards, including:

  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2009
  • Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU), 2015
  • Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, 2005

Best Publications

  • Abrupt climate change

    RB Alley;Jochem Marotzke;WD Nordhaus;JT Overpeck

  • Arctic Environmental Change of the Last Four Centuries

    J. Overpeck;K. Hughen;D. Hardy;R. Bradley

  • Abrupt changes in the Asian southwest monsoon during the Holocene and their links to the North Atlantic Ocean.

    Anil K. Gupta;Anil K. Gupta;David M. Anderson;Jonathan T. Overpeck

  • Quantitative interpretation of fossil pollen spectra: Dissimilarity coefficients and the method of modern analogs

    J. T. Overpeck;T. Webb;I. C. Prentice

  • Simulating Arctic climate warmth and icefield retreat in the last interglaciation.

    Bette L. Otto-Bliesner;Shawn J. Marshall;Jonathan T. Overpeck;Gifford H. Miller

  • 2000 Years of Drought Variability in the Central United States

    Connie A. Woodhouse;Connie A. Woodhouse;Jonathan T. Overpeck;Jonathan T. Overpeck

  • Recent Warming Reverses Long-Term Arctic Cooling

    Darrell S. Kaufman;David P. Schneider;Nicholas P. McKay;Caspar M. Ammann

  • Holocene changes in eastern tropical Pacific climate inferred from a Galápagos lake sediment record

    Jessica L. Conroy;Jonathan T. Overpeck;Julia E. Cole;Timothy M. Shanahan

  • The southwest Indian Monsoon over the last 18 000 years

    Jonathan Overpeck;Jonathan Overpeck;David Anderson;Susan Trumbore;Warren Prell

  • Responses of plant populations and communities to environmental changes of the late Quaternary

    Stephen T. Jackson;Jonathan T. Overpeck

  • High-resolution palaeoclimatology of the last millennium: a review of current status and future prospects:

    P.D. Jones;K.R. Briffa;T.J. Osborn;J.M. Lough

  • Climate-induced changes in forest disturbance and vegetation

    Jonathan T. Overpeck;David Rind;Richard Goldberg

  • Paleoclimatic Evidence for Future Ice-Sheet Instability and Rapid Sea-Level Rise

    Jonathan T. Overpeck;Bette L. Otto-Bliesner;Gifford H. Miller;Daniel R. Muhs

  • Rapid climate changes in the tropical Atlantic region during the last deglaciation

    Konrad A. Hughen;Jonathan T. Overpeck;Jonathan T. Overpeck;Larry C. Peterson;Susan Trumbore

  • The twenty‐first century Colorado River hot drought and implications for the future

    Bradley Udall;Jonathan T. Overpeck

  • Terrestrial and Inland Water Systems

    Josef Settele;Robert Scholes;Richard A Betts;Stuart Bunn

  • Increasing Eolian Dust Deposition in the Western United States Linked to Human Activity

    J. C. Neff;A. P. Ballantyne;G. L. Farmer;N. M. Mahowald;N. M. Mahowald

  • 14C activity and global carbon cycle changes over the past 50,000 years.

    K. Hughen;S. Lehman;J. Southon;J. Overpeck

  • Past and future global transformation of terrestrial ecosystems under climate change

    Connor Nolan;Jonathan T. Overpeck;Jonathan T. Overpeck;Judy R.M. Allen;Patricia M. Anderson

  • East African megadroughts between 135 and 75 thousand years ago and bearing on early-modern human origins

    Christopher A. Scholz;Thomas C. Johnson;Andrew S. Cohen;John W. King

  • Increase in the Asian southwest monsoon during the past four centuries

    David M. Anderson;Jonathan T. Overpeck;Anil K. Gupta

  • Synchronous radiocarbon and climate shifts during the last deglaciation.

    Konrad A. Hughen;John R. Southon;Scott J. Lehman;Jonathan T. Overpeck

Frequent Co-Authors

Julia E. Cole
Julia E. Cole University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Christopher A. Scholz
Christopher A. Scholz Syracuse University
John W. King
John W. King University of Rhode Island
Konrad A Hughen
Konrad A Hughen Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Nicholas P. McKay
Nicholas P. McKay Northern Arizona University
Kam-biu Liu
Kam-biu Liu Louisiana State University
Robert S. Webb
Robert S. Webb National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Mark B. Bush
Mark B. Bush Florida Institute of Technology
Toby R. Ault
Toby R. Ault Cornell University
Keith R. Briffa
Keith R. Briffa University of East Anglia

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