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Karin F. Helmens

Karin F. Helmens

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32
Citations
2704
World Ranking
8810
National Ranking
79

Overview

Karin F. Helmens is affiliated with Stockholm University in Sweden and has a research focus primarily within Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science. Their scholarly work spans several subfields, including Atmospheric Science, Ecology, Environmental Chemistry, Paleontology, and Insect Science.

The main topics addressed in their research include Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies, Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena, Isotope Analysis in Ecology, Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies, Cryospheric Studies and Observations, and Tree-ring Climate Responses.

Recent publications by Karin F. Helmens demonstrate active contributions to multiple areas of environmental and earth sciences. These include:

  • Prolonged interglacial warmth during the Last Glacial in northern Europe, 2020, published in Boreas
  • Sedimentary ancient DNA shows terrestrial plant richness continuously increased over the Holocene in northern Fennoscandia, 2021, published in Science Advances
  • Uncovering Holocene climate fluctuations and ancient conifer populations: Insights from a high-resolution multi-proxy record from Northern Finland, 2024, published in Global and Planetary Change
  • The marine δ18O record overestimates continental ice volume during Marine Isotope Stage 3, 2022, published in Global and Planetary Change
  • Sedimentary ancient DNA shows terrestrial plant richness continuously increased over the Holocene in northern Fennoscandia, 2020, published in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Helmens include J. Sakari Salonen, Dilli P. Rijal, Peter D. Heintzman, Inger Greve Alsos, and Youri Lammers. These collaborations highlight engagement with a network of researchers working in overlapping or complementary disciplines.

Helmens' work is regularly published in venues such as Global and Planetary Change, Science Advances, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Boreas, and Quaternary Science Reviews, reflecting a presence in journals focused on planetary changes, climate research, and earth sciences.

Best Publications

  • The Last Interglacial–Glacial cycle (MIS 5–2) re-examined based on long proxy records from central and northern Europe

    Karin F. Helmens

  • The Last Interglacial-Glacial cycle in NE Fennoscandia: a nearly continuous record from Sokli (Finnish Lapland)

    Karin F. Helmens;Matti E. Räsänen;Peter W. Johansson;Högne Jungner

  • Plant macrofossil evidence for an early onset of the Holocene summer thermal maximum in northernmost Europe

    M. Valiranta;J. S. Salonen;M. Heikkila;L. Amon

  • Tropical snowline changes at the last glacial maximum: A global assessment

    B. G. Mark;S. P. Harrison;A. Spessa;M. New

  • Absolute chronology of the Pliocene-Quaternary sediment sequence of the Bogota area, Colombia

    P.A.M. Andriessen;K.F. Helmens;K.F. Helmens;H. Hooghiemstra;P.A. Riezebos

  • A Younger Dryas Icecap in the Equatorial Andes

    Chalmers Moyes Clapperton;Minard Hall;Patricia Mothes;Malcolm John Hole

  • Present-day temperatures in northern Scandinavia during the last glaciation

    Karin Helmens;J.A.A. Bos;S. Engels;C.J. van Meerbeeck

  • Millennial-scale changes in vegetation records from tropical Africa and South America during the last glacial

    Ines Hessler;Lydie M Dupont;Raymonde Bonnefille;Hermann Behling

  • Abrupt high-latitude climate events and decoupled seasonal trends during the Eemian

    J. Sakari Salonen;Karin F. Helmens;Jo Brendryen;Niina Kuosmanen

  • The nature of MIS 3 stadial-interstadial transitions in Europe: new insights from model-data comparisons

    C. J. Van Meerbeeck;H. Renssen;D. M. Roche;D. M. Roche;Barbara Wohlfarth

  • Sedimentary ancient DNA shows terrestrial plant richness continuously increased over the Holocene in northern Fennoscandia

    Dilli Prasad Rijal;Peter D. Heintzman;Youri Lammers;Nigel Yoccoz

  • Ice-free conditions in eastern Fennoscandia during early Marine Isotope Stage 3: lacustrine records

    Karin F. Helmens;Stefan Engels;Stefan Engels

  • Chironomid-based palaeotemperature estimates for northeast Finland during Oxygen Isotope Stage 3

    S. Engels;S. J. P. Bohncke;J. A. A. Bos;S. J. Brooks

  • Ice-free intervals continuing into Marine Isotope Stage 3 at Sokli in the central area of the Fennoscandian glaciations

    Karin F. Helmens;Peter W. Johansson;Matti E. Räsänen;Helena Alexanderson

  • The Pliocene and Quaternary of the high plain of Bogotá (Colombia): A history of tectonic uplift, basin development and climatic change

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  • The ACER pollen and charcoal database: a global resource to document vegetation and fire response to abrupt climate changes during the last glacial period

    María Fernanda Sánchez Goñi;María Fernanda Sánchez Goñi;Stéphanie Desprat;Stéphanie Desprat;Anne Laure Daniau;Frank C. Bassinot

  • Late pleistocene glacial sequence in the area of the high plain of Bogotá (Eastern Cordillera, Colombia)

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  • A comparison of three Eurasian chironomid-climate calibration datasets on a W-E continentality gradient and the implications for quantitative temperature reconstructions

    Stefan Engels;Angela E. Self;Tomi P. Luoto;Stephen J. Brooks

  • Early MIS 3 glacial lake evolution, ice-marginal retreat pattern and climate at Sokli (northeastern Fennoscandia)

    Karin F. Helmens;Jan Risberg;Krister N. Jansson;Jan Weckström

  • Flora, vegetation and climate at Sokli, northeastern Fennoscandia, during the Weichselian Middle Pleniglacial

    Johanna A. A. Bos;Karin F. Helmens;Sjoerd J. P. Bohncke;Heikki Seppä

  • Early Weichselian interstadial (MIS 5c) summer temperatures were higher than today in northern Fennoscandia

    Minna Väliranta;Minna Väliranta;Hilary H. Birks;Hilary H. Birks;Karin Helmens;Stefan Engels

  • Early Weichselian (MIS 5d and 5c) temperatures and environmental changes in northern Fennoscandia as recorded by chironomids and macroremains at Sokli, northeast Finland

    Stefan Engels;Stefan Engels;Karin F. Helmens;Minna Väliranta;Stephen J. Brooks

  • Glaciations in North and South America from the Miocene to the Last Glacial Maximum

    Nat Rutter;Andrea Coronato;Karin Helmens;Jorge Rabassa

  • The ACER pollen and charcoal database

    Maria Fernanda Sanchez Goñi;Stéphanie Desprat;Anne-Laure Daniau;Franck C Bassinot

Frequent Co-Authors

Brian Huntley
Brian Huntley Durham University
Lydie M Dupont
Lydie M Dupont University of Bremen
Anne-Marie Lézine
Anne-Marie Lézine Sorbonne University
Stéphanie Desprat
Stéphanie Desprat University of Bordeaux
Marie-Pierre Ledru
Marie-Pierre Ledru Institut de Recherche pour le Développement
Maria Fernanda Sanchez Goñi
Maria Fernanda Sanchez Goñi University of Bordeaux
Judy R M Allen
Judy R M Allen Durham University
Annie Vincens
Annie Vincens Aix-Marseille University
Hermann Behling
Hermann Behling University of Göttingen
Cathy Whitlock
Cathy Whitlock Montana State University

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