2026 Karen E. Kohfeld: Environmental Sciences Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Environmental Sciences	37	8748	8392	408	383	109	12212

Overview

Karen E. Kohfeld is affiliated with Simon Fraser University in Canada and conducts research primarily within Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science. Their work spans multiple subfields including Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Oceanography, Ecology, and Environmental Chemistry. This interdisciplinary approach supports a broad investigation into environmental systems and climate dynamics.

Their research addresses various topics emphasizing the study of geology and paleoclimatology, methane hydrates and related phenomena, Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics, coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics, ocean acidification effects and responses, tree-ring climate responses, and marine biology and ecology research.

Recent publications by Karen E. Kohfeld demonstrate engagement with global and regional environmental processes through diverse venues:

Global Ocean Sediment Composition and Burial Flux in the Deep Sea, 2021, Global Biogeochemical Cycles
Irreversibility of Marine Climate Change Impacts Under Carbon Dioxide Removal, 2020, Geophysical Research Letters
Antarctic sea ice over the past 130,000 years - Part 1: a review of what proxy records tell us, 2022, Climate of the Past
Global dataset of soil organic carbon in tidal marshes, 2023, Scientific Data
Quantifying blue carbon for the largest salt marsh in southern British Columbia: implications for regional coastal management, 2021, Coastal Engineering Journal

Their publications frequently appear in a range of scientific journals including:

Climate of the Past
Geophysical Research Letters
Global Biogeochemical Cycles
Scientific Data
Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Kohfeld has collaborated with several recurrent coauthors, reflecting a network of interdisciplinary scientific partnerships. These frequent collaborators include Marlow G. Pellatt, Zanna Chase, Xavier Crosta, María Fernanda Adame, and James R. Holmquist.

The combination of diverse publication venues, collaborative networks, and varied research topics situates Karen E. Kohfeld as an active contributor to advancing the understanding of environmental and planetary sciences, particularly with implications for climate and ecosystem dynamics.

Best Publications

The carbon cycle and atmospheric CO2

IC Prentice;GD Farquhar;Mjr Fasham;ML Goulden

1932
Citations
Ecosystem dynamics based on plankton functional types for global ocean biogeochemistry models

Corinne Le Quéré;Sandy P Harrison;Sandy P Harrison;I Colin Prentice;I Colin Prentice;Erik Theodoor Buitenhuis

985
Citations
Dust sources and deposition during the last glacial maximum and current climate: A comparison of model results with paleodata from ice cores and marine sediments

Natalie Mahowald;Karen Kohfeld;Margaret Hansson;Yves Balkanski

801
Citations
Impact of vegetation and preferential source areas on global dust aerosol: Results from a model study

Ina Tegen;Sandy P. Harrison;Karen Kohfeld;I. Colin Prentice

686
Citations
Relative importance of climate and land use in determining present and future global soil dust emission

I. Tegen;Martin Werner;S. P. Harrison;K. E. Kohfeld

665
Citations
DIRTMAP: the geological record of dust

Karen E. Kohfeld;Sandy P. Harrison

611
Citations
The role of dust in climate changes today, at the last glacial maximum and in the future

Sandy P. Harrison;Karen E. Kohfeld;Caroline Roelandt;Tanguy Claquin

546
Citations
Role of marine biology in glacial-interglacial CO2 cycles.

Karen E. Kohfeld;Karen E. Kohfeld;Corinne Le Quéré;Corinne Le Quéré;Sandy P. Harrison;Sandy P. Harrison;Robert F. Anderson;Robert F. Anderson

470
Citations
Southern Hemisphere westerly wind changes during the Last Glacial Maximum: paleo-data synthesis

K.E. Kohfeld;R.M. Graham;A.M. de Boer;L.C. Sime

361
Citations
How well can we simulate past climates? Evaluating the models using global palaeoenvironmental datasets

Karen E. Kohfeld;Sandy P. Harrison

331
Citations
Dust impact on marine biota and atmospheric CO2 during glacial periods

Laurent Bopp;Karen E. Kohfeld;Corinne Le Quéré;Olivier Aumont

317
Citations
Observations of climate change among subsistence-oriented communities around the world

V. Savo;D. Lepofsky;J. P. Benner;K. E. Kohfeld

307
Citations
Loess in Europe: mass accumulation rates during the Last Glacial Period

Manfred Frechen;Eric A Oches;Karen E Kohfeld

306
Citations
Ecophysiological and bioclimatic foundations for a global plant functional classification

Sandy P. Harrison;Sandy P. Harrison;I. Colin Prentice;I. Colin Prentice;Doris Barboni;Karen E. Kohfeld;Karen E. Kohfeld

273
Citations
Mineral dust aerosols in the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Sciences ModelE atmospheric general circulation model

R. L. Miller;R. L. Miller;R. V. Cakmur;R. V. Cakmur;J. Perlwitz;J. Perlwitz;I. V. Geogdzhayev;I. V. Geogdzhayev

260
Citations
Glacial-interglacial changes in dust deposition on the Chinese Loess Plateau

K. E. Kohfeld;S. P. Harrison

251
Citations
Neogloboquadrina pachyderma (sinistral coiling) as paleoceanographic tracers in polar oceans: Evidence from northeast water polynya plankton tows, sediment traps, and surface sediments

Karen E. Kohfeld;Richard G. Fairbanks;Sharon L. Smith;Ian D. Walsh

250
Citations
Constraining the magnitude of the global dust cycle by minimizing the difference between a model and observations

R. V. Cakmur;R. V. Cakmur;R. L. Miller;R. L. Miller;J. Perlwitz;J. Perlwitz;I. V. Geogdzhayev;I. V. Geogdzhayev

245
Citations
Controls of dust emissions by vegetation and topographic depressions: An evaluation using dust storm frequency data

S. Engelstaedter;K. E. Kohfeld;I. Tegen;S. P. Harrison

211
Citations
Ice sheets matter for the global carbon cycle.

J. L. Wadham;J. R. Hawkings;J. R. Hawkings;L. Tarasov;L. J. Gregoire

204
Citations
Seasonal and interannual variability of the mineral dust cycle under present and glacial climate conditions

M. Werner;M. Werner;I. Tegen;S. P. Harrison;K. E. Kohfeld

197
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Sandy P. Harrison University of Reading

Ina Tegen Leibniz Association

Zanna Chase University of Tasmania

Martin Werner Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research

Laurent Bopp École Normale Supérieure

Yves Balkanski French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA)

Andy Ridgwell University of California, Riverside

Corinne Le Quéré University of East Anglia

Eric W. Wolff University of Cambridge

Louise C. Sime British Antarctic Survey

External Links

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