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Jørgen Peder Steffensen

Jørgen Peder Steffensen

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Earth Science
Denmark
2026

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Earth Science

D-Index
71
Citations
45126
World Ranking
892
National Ranking
9

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Earth Science in Denmark Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Earth Science in Denmark Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Earth Science in Denmark Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Earth Science in Denmark Leader Award

Overview

Jørgen Peder Steffensen is affiliated with the University of Copenhagen in Denmark and has conducted extensive research in Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science. Their work notably focuses on fields such as Atmospheric Science, Ecology, Anthropology, Environmental Chemistry, and Paleontology.

Their research spans several main topics including Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Cryospheric studies and observations, Climate change and permafrost, Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology, Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena, Archaeology and ancient environmental studies, and Isotope Analysis in Ecology.

Steffensen has published numerous papers in various scientific venues. Frequent publication destinations include:

  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Climate of the Past
  • Quaternary Science Reviews
  • Nature Communications
  • Polar Science

Recent papers include:

  • Extreme climate after massive eruption of Alaska's Okmok volcano in 43 BCE and effects on the late Roman Republic and Ptolemaic Kingdom, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Bipolar volcanic synchronization of abrupt climate change in Greenland and Antarctic ice cores during the last glacial period, 2020, Climate of the Past
  • Magnitude, frequency and climate forcing of global volcanism during the last glacial period as seen in Greenland and Antarctic ice cores (60-9 ka), 2022, Climate of the Past
  • A multimillion-year-old record of Greenland vegetation and glacial history preserved in sediment beneath 1.4 km of ice at Camp Century, 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • A 120,000-year long climate record from a NW-Greenland deep ice core at ultra-high resolution, 2021, Scientific Data

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Steffensen include:

  • Dorthe Dahl-Jensen
  • Anders Svensson
  • Sune Olander Rasmussen
  • Bo Vinther
  • Joseph R. McConnell

Steffensen's body of work integrates multiple scientific disciplines serving to advance understanding in areas related to climate dynamics, glaciology, and ancient environmental conditions. Their extensive publication record and collaborations reflect active engagement in research surrounding abrupt climate changes, volcanic impacts on paleoclimate, and cryospheric processes.

Best Publications

  • Evidence for general instability of past climate from a 250-kyr ice-core record

    W. Dansgaard;S. J. Johnsen;S. J. Johnsen;H. B. Clausen;D. Dahl-Jensen

  • 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

  • A stratigraphic framework for abrupt climatic changes during the Last Glacial period based on three synchronized Greenland ice-core records: refining and extending the INTIMATE event stratigraphy

    Sune O. Rasmussen;Matthias Bigler;Simon P. Blockley;Thomas Blunier

  • A new Greenland ice core chronology for the last glacial termination

    S. O. Rasmussen;Katrine Krogh Andersen;A. M. Svensson;J. P. Steffensen

  • Eight glacial cycles from an Antarctic ice core

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

  • Irregular glacial interstadials recorded in a new Greenland ice core

    S. J. Johnsen;S. J. Johnsen;H. B. Clausen;W. Dansgaard;K. Fuhrer

  • Timing and climate forcing of volcanic eruptions for the past 2,500 years

    M. Sigl;M. Winstrup;J. R. McConnell;K. C. Welten

  • Oxygen isotope and palaeotemperature records from six Greenland ice‐core stations: Camp Century, Dye‐3, GRIP, GISP2, Renland and NorthGRIP

    Sigfus J. Johnsen;Sigfus J. Johnsen;Dorthe Dahl-Jensen;Niels Gundestrup;Jørgen P. Steffensen

  • A 60 000 year Greenland stratigraphic ice core chronology

    A. Svensson;K. K. Andersen;M. Bigler;H. B. Clausen

  • 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

  • High-Resolution Greenland Ice Core Data Show Abrupt Climate Change Happens in Few Years

    Jørgen Peder Steffensen;Katrine K. Andersen;Matthias Bigler;Matthias Bigler;Henrik B. Clausen

  • The Greenland Ice Core Chronology 2005, 15-42 ka. Part 1: constructing the time scale

    Katrine K. Andersen;Anders Svensson;Sigfus J. Johnsen;Sune O. Rasmussen

  • 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

  • Dust-climate couplings over the past 800,000 years from the EPICA Dome C ice core

    F. Lambert;B. Delmonte;J.R. Petit;M. Bigler;M. Bigler

  • A synchronized dating of three Greenland ice cores throughout the Holocene

    B. M. Vinther;H. B. Clausen;S. J. Johnsen;S. O. Rasmussen

  • Synchronisation of palaeoenvironmental events in the North Atlantic region during the Last Termination: a revised protocol recommended by the INTIMATE group

    John J Lowe;Sune O Rasmussen;Svante Björck;Wim Z Hoek

  • Southern Ocean sea-ice extent, productivity and iron flux over the past eight glacial cycles

    E.W. Wolff;H. Fischer;F. Fundel;U. Ruth

  • Ancient Biomolecules from Deep Ice Cores Reveal a Forested Southern Greenland

    Eske Willerslev;Enrico Cappellini;Wouter Boomsma;Rasmus Nielsen

  • The 8.2 ka event from Greenland ice cores

    Elizabeth R. Thomas;Eric W. Wolff;Robert Mulvaney;Jorgen P. Steffensen

  • The δ18O record along the Greenland Ice Core Project deep ice core and the problem of possible Eemian climatic instability

    Sigfus I. Johnsen;Henrik B. Clausen;Willi Dansgaard;Niels S. Gundestrup

Frequent Co-Authors

Matthias Bigler
Matthias Bigler University of Bern
Dorthe Dahl-Jensen
Dorthe Dahl-Jensen University of Copenhagen
Sigfus J Johnsen
Sigfus J Johnsen University of Copenhagen
Anders Svensson
Anders Svensson University of Copenhagen
Roberto Udisti
Roberto Udisti University of Florence
Eric W. Wolff
Eric W. Wolff University of Cambridge
Margareta Hansson
Margareta Hansson Stockholm University
Hubertus Fischer
Hubertus Fischer University of Bern
Sune Olander Rasmussen
Sune Olander Rasmussen University of Copenhagen
Manuel A. Hutterli
Manuel A. Hutterli British Antarctic Survey

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