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Overview

Kristian K. Kjeldsen is affiliated with the Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland in Denmark. Their research contributions lie primarily within Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a strong focus on Atmospheric Science. Other subfields they have extensively contributed to include Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, General Health Professions, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, and Anthropology.

The scientist's research encompasses several topics, notably:

  • Cryospheric studies and observations
  • Climate change and permafrost
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics
  • Winter Sports Injuries and Performance
  • Indigenous Studies and Ecology
  • Landslides and related hazards

Kjeldsen has published across several notable scientific venues. Frequent publication outlets include:

  • Nature
  • Earth system science data
  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • GEUS Bulletin
  • Quaternary Science Reviews

Among recent papers, key publications are:

  • "An updated radiocarbon-based ice margin chronology for the last deglaciation of the North American Ice Sheet Complex" (2020), published in Quaternary Science Reviews
  • "A 2-million-year-old ecosystem in Greenland uncovered by environmental DNA" (2022), published in Nature
  • "Late Quaternary dynamics of Arctic biota from ancient environmental genomics" (2021), published in Nature
  • "Programme for Monitoring of the Greenland Ice Sheet (PROMICE) automatic weather station data" (2021), published in Earth system science data
  • "Greenland ice sheet mass balance from 1840 through next week" (2021), published in Earth system science data

Kjeldsen frequently collaborates with several co-authors, including:

  • Anders Anker Bjørk
  • Kurt H. Kjær
  • Nicolaj K. Larsen
  • Robert S. Fausto
  • William Colgan

Best Publications

  • Mass balance of the Antarctic ice sheet from 1992 to 2017.

    Andrew Shepherd;Erik Ivins;Eric Rignot;Ben Smith

  • 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

  • Postglacial viability and colonization in North America’s ice-free corridor

    Mikkel Winther Pedersen;Anthony Ruter;Charles Schweger;Harvey Friebe

  • An updated radiocarbon-based ice margin chronology for the last deglaciation of the North American Ice Sheet Complex

    April S. Dalton;April S. Dalton;Martin Margold;Chris R. Stokes;Lev Tarasov

  • Sustained mass loss of the northeast Greenland ice sheet triggered by regional warming

    Shfaqat A. Khan;Kurt H. Kjær;Michael Bevis;Jonathan L. Bamber

  • Spatial and temporal distribution of mass loss from the Greenland Ice Sheet since AD 1900

    Kristian Kjellerup Kjeldsen;Niels J. Korsgaard;Anders A Bjørk;Shfaqat Abbas Khan

  • A model of Greenland ice sheet deglaciation constrained by observations of relative sea level and ice extent

    Benoit S. Lecavalier;Glenn A. Milne;Matthew J R Simpson;Leanne Wake

  • An aerial view of 80 years of climate-related glacier fluctuations in southeast Greenland

    Anders A. Bjørk;Kurt H. Kjær;Niels J. Korsgaard;Shfaqat Abbas Khan

  • The Greenland ice sheet during the past 300,000 years: a review

    Svend Funder;Kristian Kjellerup Kjeldsen;Kurt Henrik Kjær;Colm Ó Cofaigh

  • Late Quaternary dynamics of Arctic biota from ancient environmental genomics

    Yucheng Wang;Yucheng Wang;Mikkel Winther Pedersen;Inger Greve Alsos;Bianca De Sanctis

  • Greenland ice sheet mass balance: a review

    Shfaqat Abbas Khan;Andy Aschwanden;Anders A. Bjørk;John Wahr

  • Programme for Monitoring of the Greenland Ice Sheet (PROMICE) automatic weather station data

    Robert S. Fausto;Dirk van As;Kenneth D. Mankoff;Baptiste Vandecrux

  • Digital elevation model and orthophotographs of Greenland based on aerial photographs from 1978–1987

    Niels J. Korsgaard;Christopher Nuth;Shfaqat Abbas Khan;Kristian K. Kjeldsen

  • The response of the southern Greenland ice sheet to the Holocene thermal maximum

    Nicolaj K. Larsen;Kurt H. Kjær;Benoit Lecavalier;Anders A. Bjørk

  • Aerial photographs reveal late–20th-century dynamic ice loss in northwestern greenland

    Kurt H. Kjær;Shfaqat A Khan;Niels J Korsgaard;John Wahr

  • Greenland Ice Sheet Rainfall, Heat and Albedo Feedback Impacts From the Mid‐August 2021 Atmospheric River

    Unknown

  • A large impact crater beneath Hiawatha Glacier in northwest Greenland

    Kurt H. Kjær;Nicolaj K. Larsen;Nicolaj K. Larsen;Tobias Binder;Anders A. Bjørk;Anders A. Bjørk;Anders A. Bjørk

  • Glacier response to the Little Ice Age during the Neoglacial cooling in Greenland

    Unknown

  • Greenland ice sheet mass balance from 1840 through next week

    Kenneth D. Mankoff;Xavier Fettweis;Peter L. Langen;Martin Stendel

  • Rapid early Holocene ice retreat in West Greenland

    Nicolaj K. Larsen;Svend Funder;Kurt H. Kjær;Kristian K. Kjeldsen

  • Greenland Ice Sheet solid ice discharge from 1986 through 2017

    Kenneth D. Mankoff;William Colgan;Anne Solgaard;Nanna B. Karlsson

  • Glacier dynamics at Helheim and Kangerdlugssuaq glaciers, southeast Greenland, since the Little Ice Age

    S. A. Khan;K. K. Kjeldsen;K. H. Kjær;S. Bevan

  • Restricted impact of Holocene climate variations on the southern Greenland Ice Sheet

    Nicolaj K. Larsen;Kurt H. Kjær;Jesper Olsen;Svend Funder

Frequent Co-Authors

Kurt H. Kjær
Kurt H. Kjær University of Copenhagen
Anders A. Bjørk
Anders A. Bjørk University of Copenhagen
Nicolaj K. Larsen
Nicolaj K. Larsen University of Copenhagen
Shfaqat Abbas Khan
Shfaqat Abbas Khan Technical University of Denmark
Svend Funder
Svend Funder University of Copenhagen
William Colgan
William Colgan Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland
Jeremie Mouginot
Jeremie Mouginot Grenoble Alpes University
Jason E. Box
Jason E. Box Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland
Eske Willerslev
Eske Willerslev University of Copenhagen
Robert S. Fausto
Robert S. Fausto Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland

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