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Karin Holmgren is affiliated with the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences in Sweden. Their research spans multiple fields primarily within Earth and Planetary Sciences and Veterinary disciplines.

The scientist has contributed to various studies published in recognized venues including Quaternary Science Reviews, Polar Research, and Quaternary Research. Notable publications from recent years include:

  • Speleothem records from western Thailand indicate an early rapid shift of the Indian summer monsoon during the Younger Dryas termination, 2024, Quaternary Science Reviews
  • Why are Svalbard Arctic foxes Brucella spp. seronegative?, 2022, Polar Research
  • Holocene climate variability - CORRIGENDUM, 2024, Quaternary Research

Their main fields of study are concentrated in Earth and Planetary Sciences with four publications and Veterinary sciences with two publications. Subfields focus on Atmospheric Science, Small Animals, Anthropology, Molecular Biology, and Immunology.

Karin Holmgren's research topics cover a range of subjects including:

  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
  • Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies
  • Brucella: diagnosis, epidemiology, treatment
  • Galectins and Cancer Biology
  • Veterinary medicine and infectious diseases
  • Archaeology and ancient environmental studies

The researcher has worked with several frequent co-authors such as Matthew J. Jacobson, Sakonvan Chawchai, Denis Scholz, Dana F.C. Riechelmann, and Hubert Vonhof, indicating collaboration across diverse scientific domains.

Best Publications

  • Holocene climate variability

    Paul A. Mayewski;Eelco E. Rohling;J. Curt Stager;Wibjörn Karlén

  • Highly variable Northern Hemisphere temperatures reconstructed from low- and high-resolution proxy data

    Anders Moberg;Dmitry M. Sonechkin;Karin Holmgren;Nina M. Datsenko

  • European summer temperatures since Roman times

    J. Luterbacher;J.P. Werner;J.E. Smerdon;L. Fernández-Donado

  • Persistent millennial-scale climatic variability over the past 25,000 years in Southern Africa.

    Karin Holmgren;Julia A. Lee-Thorp;Gordon R.J. Cooper;Katarina Lundblad

  • Tropical climates at the Last Glacial Maximum: a new synthesis of terrestrial palaeoclimate data. I. Vegetation, lake-levels and geochemistry

    I. Farrera;S. P. Harrison;I. C. Prentice;G. Ramstein

  • Climate in the eastern Mediterranean, and adjacent regions, during the past 6000 years – A review

    Martin Finné;Karin Holmgren;Hanna S. Sundqvist;Erika Weiberg

  • A 3000-year high-resolution stalagmitebased record of palaeoclimate for northeastern South Africa

    K. Holmgren;W. Karlén;S. E. Lauritzen;J. A. Lee-Thorp

  • Climate model benchmarking with glacial and mid-Holocene climates

    S. P. Harrison;S. P. Harrison;P. J. Bartlein;S. Brewer;I. C. Prentice;I. C. Prentice

  • Rapid climate shifts in the southern African interior throughout the Mid to Late Holocene

    J. A. Lee-Thorp;K. Holmgren;S. E. Lauritzen;H. Linge

  • Late Bronze Age climate change and the destruction of the Mycenaean Palace of Nestor at Pylos

    Martin Finné;Karin Holmgren;Chuan-Chou Shen;Hsun-Ming Hu

  • Realising consilience: How better communication between archaeologists, historians and natural scientists can transform the study of past climate change in the Mediterranean

    Adam Izdebski;Karin Holmgren;Erika Weiberg;Sharon R. Stocker

  • How well do reanalyses represent the southern African precipitation

    Qiong Zhang;Heiner Körnich;Karin Holmgren

  • Paleoclimatic Significance of the Stable Isotopic Composition and Petrology of a Late Pleistocene Stalagmite from Botswana

    Karin Holmgren;Wibjörn Karlén;Paul A. Shaw

  • The socio-environmental history of the Peloponnese during the Holocene: Towards an integrated understanding of the past

    Erika Weiberg;Ingmar Unkel;Katerina Kouli;Karin Holmgren

  • CHANGING GRADIENTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE IN SOUTHERN AFRICA DURING THE PAST MILLENNIUM: IMPLICATIONS FOR POPULATION MOVEMENTS

    P. D. Tyson;J. Lee-Thorp;K. Holmgren;J. F. Thackeray

  • Reconstruction of environmental and climate changes at Braamhoek wetland, eastern escarpment South Africa, during the last 16,000 years with emphasis on the Pleistocene–Holocene transition

    Elin Norström;Louis Scott;Timothy Partridge;Jan Risberg

  • Trace element variation in speleothem aragonite: potential for palaeoenvironmental reconstruction

    Adrian A Finch;Paul A Shaw;Graham P Weedon;Karin Holmgren

  • Climate Change in Southern and Eastern Africa During the Past Millennium and its Implications for Societal Development

    Karin Holmgren;Helena Öberg

  • Age interpretation of the Wonderkrater spring sediments and vegetation change in the Savanna Biome, Limpopo province, South Africa

    Louis Scott;Karin Holmgren;A. Siep Talma;Stephan Woodborne

  • A preliminary 3000-year regional temperature reconstruction for South Africa

    K. Holmgren;A. Moberg;O. Svanered

  • REALISING CONSILIENCE: HOW BETTER COMMUNICATION BETWEEN ARCHAEOLOGISTS, HISTORIANS AND GEOSCIENTISTS CAN TRANSFORM THE STUDY OF PAST CLIMATE CHANGE IN THE MEDITERRANEAN

    Alessia Masi;Laura Sadori;Ulf Büntgen;Maria Triantaphyllou

Frequent Co-Authors

Anders Moberg
Anders Moberg Stockholm University
Qiong Zhang
Qiong Zhang Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Julia A. Lee-Thorp
Julia A. Lee-Thorp University of Oxford
Louis Scott
Louis Scott University of the Free State
Jan Nilsson
Jan Nilsson Lund University
Paul A. Shaw
Paul A. Shaw University of the West Indies
Wibjörn Karlén
Wibjörn Karlén Uppsala University
Elena Xoplaki
Elena Xoplaki University of Giessen
Bogdan P. Onac
Bogdan P. Onac University of South Florida
Marie-Alexandrine Sicre
Marie-Alexandrine Sicre Sorbonne University

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