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  • 2026 - Research.com Earth Science in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Earth Science in United Kingdom Leader Award
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Overview

Julian A. Dowdeswell is a researcher affiliated with the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom, with a focus on Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science. Their research primarily covers subfields including Atmospheric Science, Environmental Chemistry, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, and Geology.

The main topics of Dowdeswell's work include:

  • Cryospheric studies and observations
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Landslides and related hazards
  • Winter Sports Injuries and Performance
  • Geological Studies and Exploration

Among recent publications attributed to Dowdeswell are:

  • "Delicate seafloor landforms reveal past Antarctic grounding-line retreat of kilometers per year," 2020, Science
  • "The International Bathymetric Chart of the Arctic Ocean Version 4.0," 2020, Scientific Data
  • "The evolution of the Patagonian Ice Sheet from 35 ka to the present day (PATICE)," 2020, Earth-Science Reviews
  • "Antarctic ice-shelf advance driven by anomalous atmospheric and sea-ice circulation," 2022, Nature Geoscience
  • "The unquantified mass loss of Northern Hemisphere marine-terminating glaciers from 2000-2020," 2022, Nature Communications

Dowdeswell frequently collaborates with other researchers. Notable coauthors include:

  • Dag Ottesen (17 joint works)
  • Christine L. Batchelor (11 joint works)
  • Aleksandr Montelli (10 joint works)
  • James D. Kirkham (7 joint works)
  • Kelly Hogan (7 joint works)

Their work has appeared most frequently in the following publication venues:

  • Quaternary Science Reviews (4 publications)
  • Nature Communications (3 publications)
  • Marine Geology (3 publications)
  • Scientific Data (2 publications)
  • Geomorphology (2 publications)

Best Publications

  • Late quaternary ice sheet history of northern Eurasia

    John Inge Svendsen;Helena Alexanderson;Valery I Astakhov;Igor Demidov

  • The International Bathymetric Chart of the Arctic Ocean (IBCAO) Version 3.0

    Martin Jakobsson;Larry Mayer;Bernard Coakley;Julian A. Dowdeswell

  • BedMachine v3: Complete Bed Topography and Ocean Bathymetry Mapping of Greenland From Multibeam Echo Sounding Combined With Mass Conservation.

    M. Morlighem;C. N. Williams;C. N. Williams;E. Rignot;E. Rignot;L. An

  • Submarine landforms and the reconstruction of fast-flowing ice streams within a large Quaternary ice sheet: The 2500-km-long Norwegian-Svalbard margin (57°–80°N)

    D. Ottesen;J.A. Dowdeswell;L. Rise

  • A new bed elevation dataset for Greenland

    J. L. Bamber;J. A. Griggs;R. T. W. L. Hurkmans;J. A. Dowdeswell

  • Maximum extent of the Eurasian ice sheets in the Barents and Kara Sea region during the Weichselian

    John Inge Svendsen;Valery I. Astakhov;Dimitri Yu. Bolshiyanov;Igor Demidov

  • The Geology of Svalbard

    W. B. Harland;L. M. Anderson;D. Manasrah;N. J. Butterfield

  • THE NORWEGIAN–GREENLAND SEA CONTINENTAL MARGINS: MORPHOLOGY AND LATE QUATERNARY SEDIMENTARY PROCESSES AND ENVIRONMENT

    Tore O. Vorren;Jan Sverre Laberg;Frank Blaume;Julian A. Dowdeswell

  • A community-based geological reconstruction of Antarctic Ice Sheet deglaciation since the Last Glacial Maximum

    Michael J Bentley;Colm Ó Cofaigh;John B Anderson;Howard Conway

  • The Mass Balance of Circum-Arctic Glaciers and Recent Climate Change

    Julian A. Dowdeswell;Jon Ove Hagen;Helgi Björnsson;Andrey F. Glazovsky

  • Characterization of pebble fabrics in modern terrestrial glacigenic sediments

    Julian A. Dowdeswell;Martin J. Sharp

  • Evolution of subglacial bedforms along a paleo-ice stream, Antarctic Peninsula continental shelf

    Colm Ó Cofaigh;Carol J. Pudsey;Julian A. Dowdeswell;Peter Morris

  • Iceberg production, debris rafting, and the extent and thickness of Heinrich layers (H-1, H-2) in North Atlantic sediments

    J. A. Dowdeswell;M. A. Maslin;J. T. Andrews;I. N. McCave

  • Arctic Ocean glacial history

    Martin Jakobsson;Martin Jakobsson;Karin Andreassen;Lilja Rún Bjarnadóttir;Dayton Dove

  • Submarine glacial landforms and rates of ice-stream collapse

    J.A. Dowdeswell;D. Ottesen;J. Evans;C. Ó Cofaigh

  • The periglacial climate and environment in northern Eurasia during the Last Glaciation

    Hans-Wolfgang Hubberten;Andrei A. Andreev;Valery I. Astakhov;Igor Demidov

  • The International Bathymetric Chart of the Arctic Ocean Version 4.0.

    Martin Jakobsson;Larry A. Mayer;Caroline Bringensparr;Carlos F. Castro

  • Assemblages of submarine landforms produced by tidewater glaciers in Svalbard

    D. Ottesen;J. A. Dowdeswell

  • The evolution of the Patagonian Ice Sheet from 35 ka to the Present Day (PATICE)

    Bethan J. Davies;Christopher M. Darvill;Harold Lovell;Jacob M. Bendle

  • Flow dynamics and till genesis associated with a marine-based Antarctic palaeo-ice stream.

    Colm Ó Cofaigh;Julian A. Dowdeswell;Claire S. Allen;John F. Hiemstra

  • Thickness and extent of the subglacial till layer beneath an Antarctic paleo–ice stream

    Julian A. Dowdeswell;Colm Ó Cofaigh;Carol J. Pudsey

  • Calibrating the Late Ordovician glaciation and mass extinction by the eccentricity cycles of Earth's orbit

    Owen E. Sutcliffe;Julian A. Dowdeswell;Robert J. Whittington;Johannes N. Theron

Frequent Co-Authors

Colm Ó Cofaigh
Colm Ó Cofaigh Durham University
Jeffrey Evans
Jeffrey Evans Loughborough University
Dag Ottesen
Dag Ottesen Geological Survey of Norway
Kelly A. Hogan
Kelly A. Hogan British Antarctic Survey
Martin J. Siegert
Martin J. Siegert University of Exeter
Robert D Larter
Robert D Larter British Antarctic Survey
Ruediger Stein
Ruediger Stein University of Bremen
Frank Niessen
Frank Niessen Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Riko Noormets
Riko Noormets University Centre in Svalbard
Martin Jakobsson
Martin Jakobsson Stockholm University

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