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Marc Oliva is affiliated with the University of Barcelona in Spain and has a substantial body of work in Earth and Planetary Sciences, with an emphasis on Environmental Science. Their research predominantly covers various subfields including Atmospheric Science, Anthropology, Earth-Surface Processes, Ecology, and Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law.

The scientist's main research topics comprise:

  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Cryospheric studies and observations
  • Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
  • Climate change and permafrost
  • Geological formations and processes
  • Landslides and related hazards
  • Polar Research and Ecology

A selection of recent papers authored or co-authored by Marc Oliva includes:

  • Twenty years of European mountain permafrost dynamics-the PACE legacy, 2020, Environmental Research Letters
  • Climate warming amplified the 2020 record-breaking heatwave in the Antarctic Peninsula, 2022, Communications Earth & Environment
  • Active layer and permafrost thermal regimes in the ice-free areas of Antarctica, 2023, Earth-Science Reviews
  • Timing of formation of neoglacial landforms in the South Shetland Islands (Antarctic Peninsula): Regional and global implications, 2020, Quaternary Science Reviews
  • The origin and collapse of rock glaciers during the Bølling-Allerød interstadial: A new study case from the Cantabrian Mountains (Spain), 2022, Geomorphology

Marc Oliva frequently publishes in scholarly venues including:

  • Quaternary Science Reviews
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Geomorphology
  • Journal of Clinical Oncology
  • The Science of The Total Environment

The scientist collaborates regularly with various researchers, notably:

  • José M. Fernández-Fernández
  • David Palacios
  • Marcelo Fernandes
  • Irene Schimmelpfennig
  • Nuria Andrés

Best Publications

  • Permafrost is warming at a global scale

    Boris K. Biskaborn;Sharon L. Smith;Jeannette Noetzli;Heidrun Matthes

  • Recent regional climate cooling on the Antarctic Peninsula and associated impacts on the cryosphere.

    Marc Oliva;F. Navarro;F. Hrbáček;A. Hernández

  • The Little Ice Age in Iberian mountains

    M. Oliva;J. Ruiz-Fernández;M. Barriendos;G. Benito

  • Climate warming amplified the 2020 record-breaking heatwave in the Antarctic Peninsula

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  • Twenty years of European mountain permafrost dynamics—the PACE legacy

    Bernd Etzelmüller;Mauro Guglielmin;Christian Hauck;Christin Hilbich

  • Late Quaternary glacial phases in the Iberian Peninsula

    M. Oliva;D. Palacios;J.M. Fernández-Fernández;L. Rodríguez-Rodríguez

  • Permafrost conditions in the Mediterranean region since the Last Glaciation

    M. Oliva;M. Žebre;M. Guglielmin;P.D. Hughes

  • Spatial and temporal variability of periglaciation of the Iberian Peninsula

    Marc Oliva;E. Serrano;A. Gómez-Ortiz;M.J. González-Amuchastegui

  • Coupling patterns between para‐glacial and permafrost degradation responses in Antarctica

    Marc Oliva;Jesús Ruiz-Fernández

  • Late-Holocene environmental dynamics and climate variability in a Mediterranean high mountain environment (Sierra Nevada, Spain) inferred from lake sediments and historical sources:

    Marc Oliva;A Gómez-Ortiz

  • Maximum extent of Late Pleistocene glaciers and last deglaciation of La Cerdanya mountains, Southeastern Pyrenees

    David Palacios;Antonio Gómez-Ortiz;Nuria Andrés;Lorenzo Vázquez-Selem

  • Timing and new geomorphologic evidence of the last deglaciation stages in Sierra Nevada (southern Spain)

    David Palacios;Antonio Gómez-Ortiz;Nuria Andrés;Ferrán Salvador

  • Timing of deglaciation and rock glacier origin in the southeastern Pyrenees: a review and new data

    Nuria Andrés;Antonio Gómez‐Ortiz;José M. Fernández‐Fernández;Luis M. Tanarro

  • Reforestation and land use change as drivers for a decrease of avalanche damage in mid-latitude mountains (NW Spain)

    Cristina García-Hernández;Jesús Ruiz-Fernández;Covadonga Sánchez-Posada;Susana Pereira

  • Permafrost degradation on a warmer Earth: Challenges and perspectives

    Marc Oliva;Michael Fritz

  • The role of aridification in constraining the elevation range of Holocene solifluction processes and associated landforms in the periglacial belt of the Sierra Nevada (southern Spain)

    Marc Oliva;Marc Oliva;Lothar Schulte;Antonio Gómez Ortiz

  • The Holocene deglaciation of the byers peninsula (Livingston Island, Antarctica) based on the dating of lake sedimentary records

    Marc Oliva;D. Antoniades;S. Giralt;I. Granados

  • Active layer monitoring in Antarctica: an overview of results from 2006 to 2015

    Filip Hrbáček;Goncalo Vieira;Marc Oliva;Megan Balks

  • Active layer dynamics in three topographically distinct lake catchments in Byers Peninsula (Livingston Island, Antarctica)

    Marc Oliva;Filip Hrbacek;Jesús Ruiz-Fernández;Miguel Ángel de Pablo

  • Short-term changes in soil Munsell colour value, organic matter content and soil water repellency after a spring grassland fire in Lithuania

    P. Pereira;X. Úbeda;J. Mataix-Solera;Marc Oliva

  • Environmental evolution in the Picos de Europa (Cantabrian Mountains, SW Europe) since the Last Glaciation

    Jesús Ruiz-Fernández;Marc Oliva;Anabela Cruces;Vera Lopes

Frequent Co-Authors

David Palacios
David Palacios Complutense University of Madrid
Santiago Giralt
Santiago Giralt Geociencias Barcelona (GEO3BCN - CSIC)
Paulo Pereira
Paulo Pereira Mykolas Romeris University
José Antonio López-Sáez
José Antonio López-Sáez Spanish National Research Council
Agata Novara
Agata Novara University of Palermo
Mauro Guglielmin
Mauro Guglielmin University of Insubria
Hanne H. Christiansen
Hanne H. Christiansen University Centre in Svalbard
Xosé Luis Otero
Xosé Luis Otero University of Santiago de Compostela
Philip Hughes
Philip Hughes University of Manchester
Hugues Lantuit
Hugues Lantuit University of Potsdam

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