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Overview

Kurt H. Kjær is affiliated with the University of Copenhagen in Denmark and specializes in research primarily within Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science. Their work extensively covers topics related to geology, paleoclimatology, and the cryosphere, alongside environmental DNA applications in biodiversity studies.

The scientist's research spans several subfields, including atmospheric science, ecology, environmental chemistry, geophysics, and pulmonary and respiratory medicine. This broad interdisciplinary approach supports comprehensive investigations into climate-related phenomena and environmental changes.

Kjær's main research topics include:

  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Cryospheric studies and observations
  • Climate change and permafrost
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies
  • Winter Sports Injuries and Performance

The scientist has published extensively in several renowned venues. Their most frequent publication outlets are:

  • Nature
  • Quaternary Science Reviews
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Climate of the Past
  • Geophysical Research Letters

A selection of recent papers authored by Kjær includes:

  • A 2-million-year-old ecosystem in Greenland uncovered by environmental DNA, 2022, Nature
  • Glacier response to the Little Ice Age during the Neoglacial cooling in Greenland, 2022, Earth-Science Reviews

Kjær has frequently collaborated with several co-authors, including:

  • Nicolaj K. Larsen
  • Anders Anker Bjørk
  • Kristian K. Kjeldsen
  • Anthony Ruter
  • Anne Søndergaard

The scientist's contributions focus on understanding past terrestrial and aquatic biodiversity, glacier and permafrost responses to climate variability, and the use of advanced methodologies such as environmental DNA to uncover ancient ecosystems. Their work provides valuable data for reconstructing environmental histories and contributes to knowledge in multiple intersecting scientific disciplines.

Best Publications

  • Late quaternary ice sheet history of northern Eurasia

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

  • Recalibrating Equus evolution using the genome sequence of an early Middle Pleistocene horse.

    Ludovic Orlando;Aurelien Ginolhac;Guojie Zhang;Duane Froese

  • Fifty thousand years of Arctic vegetation and megafaunal diet

    Eske Willerslev;John Davison;Mari Moora;Martin Zobel

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

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

  • Glacial Survival of Boreal Trees in Northern Scandinavia

    Laura Parducci;Laura Parducci;Tina Jørgensen;Mari Mette Tollefsrud;Ellen Elverland

  • Meta-barcoding of 'dirt' DNA from soil reflects vertebrate biodiversity.

    Kenneth Andersen;Karen Lise Bird;Morten Rasmussen;James Haile

  • Early human dispersals within the Americas.

    J. Víctor Moreno-Mayar;Lasse Vinner;Peter De Barros Damgaard;Constanza De La Fuente

  • Southwest Scandinavia, 40-15 kyr BP: palaeogeography and environmental change

    Michael Houmark‐Nielsen;Kurt Henrik Kjær

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

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

  • Constraints on the Late Saalian to early Middle Weichselian ice sheet of Eurasia from field data and rebound modelling

    Kurt Lambeck;Anthony Purcell;Svend Funder;Kurt H. KJæR

  • 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

  • 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

  • A 10,000-year record of Arctic Ocean sea-ice variability - view from the Beach

    Svend Funder;Hugues Goosse;Hans Jepsen;Eigil Kaas

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

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

  • Lake Sedimentary DNA Research on Past Terrestrial and Aquatic Biodiversity : Overview and Recommendations

    Eric Capo;Charline Giguet-Covex;Alexandra Rouillard;Kevin Nota

  • 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

  • Late Pleistocene glacial and lake history of northwestern Russia

    Eiliv Larsen;Kurt H. KJæR;Igor N. Demidov;Svend Funder

  • The final phase of dead‐ice moraine development: processes and sediment architecture, Kötlujökull, Iceland

    Kurt H. Kjær;Johannes Krüger

  • Geodetic measurements reveal similarities between post–Last Glacial Maximum and present-day mass loss from the Greenland ice sheet

    Shfaqat Abbas Khan;Ingo Sasgen;Michael Bevis;Tonie van Dam

  • Rapid response of Helheim Glacier in Greenland to climate variability over the past century

    Camilla S. Andresen;Fiammetta Straneo;Mads Hvid Ribergaard;Anders A. Bjørk

  • A data chart for field description and genetic interpretation of glacial diamicts and associated sediments…with examples from Greenland, Iceland, and Denmark

    Johannes KRüGER;Kurt Henrik Kjær

Frequent Co-Authors

Kristian K. Kjeldsen
Kristian K. Kjeldsen Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland
Nicolaj K. Larsen
Nicolaj K. Larsen University of Copenhagen
Anders A. Bjørk
Anders A. Bjørk University of Copenhagen
Shfaqat Abbas Khan
Shfaqat Abbas Khan Technical University of Denmark
Svend Funder
Svend Funder University of Copenhagen
Eske Willerslev
Eske Willerslev University of Copenhagen
Anders Schomacker
Anders Schomacker University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway
Eiliv Larsen
Eiliv Larsen Geological Survey of Norway
John Wahr
John Wahr University of Colorado Boulder
Jonathan L. Bamber
Jonathan L. Bamber University of Bristol

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