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Mark L. Skidmore is affiliated with Montana State University in the United States. Their research spans several fields, primarily within Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science. Within these domains, their work encompasses subfields such as Atmospheric Science, Ecology, Environmental Chemistry, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine.

The scientist's main research topics focus on cryospheric studies and observations, geology and paleoclimatology research, polar research and ecology, methane hydrates and related phenomena, climate change and permafrost, landslides and related hazards, and Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics.

Frequent collaborators include John C. Priscu, Alexander B. Michaud, Lucas H. Beem, Martyn Tranter, and Brent C. Christner.

Publications are often found in venues such as Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), The Cryosphere, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Glaciology, and Annals of Glaciology.

Representative papers include:

  • Enhanced trace element mobilization by Earth's ice sheets, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Scientific access into Mercer Subglacial Lake: scientific objectives, drilling operations and initial observations, 2021, Annals of Glaciology
  • Biogeochemical Connectivity Between Freshwater Ecosystems beneath the West Antarctic Ice Sheet and the Sub-Ice Marine Environment, 2020, Global Biogeochemical Cycles
  • The Holy Grail: A road map for unlocking the climate record stored within Mars' polar layered deposits, 2020, Planetary and Space Science
  • Lithogenic hydrogen supports microbial primary production in subglacial and proglacial environments, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Best Publications

  • Microbial life beneath a high arctic glacier.

    Mark L. Skidmore;Julia M. Foght;Martin J. Sharp

  • A microbial ecosystem beneath the West Antarctic ice sheet

    Brent C. Christner;John C. Priscu;Amanda M. Achberger;Carlo Barbante

  • Comparison of Microbial Community Compositions of Two Subglacial Environments Reveals a Possible Role for Microbes in Chemical Weathering Processes

    Mark Skidmore;Suzanne P. Anderson;Martin Sharp;Julia Foght

  • Geographic, seasonal, and precipitation chemistry influence on the abundance and activity of biological ice nucleators in rain and snow

    Brent C. Christner;Rongman Cai;Cindy E. Morris;Kevin S. McCarter

  • Biogeochemical weathering under ice: Size matters

    J. L. Wadham;M. Tranter;M. Skidmore;A. J. Hodson

  • Rates of chemical denudation and CO2 drawdown in a glacier-covered alpine catchment

    Martin Sharp;Martyn Tranter;Giles H. Brown;Mark Skidmore

  • Bacteria beneath the West Antarctic Ice Sheet

    Brian Lanoil;Mark Skidmore;John C. Priscu;Sukkyun Han

  • Molecular evidence for an active endogenous microbiome beneath glacial ice

    Trinity L Hamilton;John W Peters;Mark L Skidmore;Eric S Boyd

  • Methanogenesis in subglacial sediments

    Eric S. Boyd;Mark Skidmore;Andrew C. Mitchell;Corien Bakermans

  • Diversity, Abundance, and Potential Activity of Nitrifying and Nitrate-Reducing Microbial Assemblages in a Subglacial Ecosystem

    Eric S. Boyd;Rachel K. Lange;Andrew C. Mitchell;Andrew C. Mitchell;Jeff R. Havig

  • Inputs of glacially derived dissolved and colloidal iron to the coastal ocean and implications for primary productivity

    Peter J. Statham;Mark Skidmore;Martyn Tranter

  • Hydrological controls on microbial communities in subglacial environments

    Martyn Tranter;Mark Skidmore;Jemma Wadham

  • Rock comminution as a source of hydrogen for subglacial ecosystems

    J. Telling;E. S. Boyd;N. Bone;E. L. Jones

  • Chemolithotrophic primary production in a subglacial ecosystem

    Eric S. Boyd;Eric S. Boyd;Trinity L. Hamilton;Jeff R. Havig;Mark L. Skidmore

  • A Viable Microbial Community in a Subglacial Volcanic Crater Lake, Iceland

    Eric Gaidos;Brian Lanoil;Thorsteinn Thorsteinsson;Andrew Graham

  • Microbial oxidation as a methane sink beneath the West Antarctic Ice Sheet

    Alexander B. Michaud;Alexander B. Michaud;John E. Dore;Amanda M. Achberger;Amanda M. Achberger;Amanda M. Achberger;Brent C. Christner;Brent C. Christner

  • Influence of bedrock mineral composition on microbial diversity in a subglacial environment

    Andrew Charles Mitchell;Andrew Charles Mitchell;Melissa J. Lafreniere;Mark L. Skidmore;Eric S. Boyd

  • Drainage system behaviour of a High-Arctic polythermal glacier

    Mark L. Skidmore;Martin J. Sharp

  • A microbial driver of chemical weathering in glaciated systems

    Scott N. Montross;Mark Skidmore;Martyn Tranter;Anna-Liisa Kivimäki

  • Microbial Community Structure of Subglacial Lake Whillans, West Antarctica.

    Amanda M Achberger;Brent C Christner;Alexander B Michaud;John C Priscu

  • An oligarchic microbial assemblage in the anoxic bottom waters of a volcanic subglacial lake.

    Eric Gaidos;Eric Gaidos;Viggo Marteinsson;Thorsteinn Thorsteinsson;Tomas Jóhannesson

Frequent Co-Authors

John C. Priscu
John C. Priscu Montana State University
Martyn Tranter
Martyn Tranter Aarhus University
Eric S. Boyd
Eric S. Boyd Montana State University
John E. Dore
John E. Dore Montana State University
Martin Sharp
Martin Sharp University of Alberta
John W. Peters
John W. Peters Washington State University
Carlo Barbante
Carlo Barbante Ca Foscari University of Venice
Jemma L. Wadham
Jemma L. Wadham University of Bristol
Jean-Louis Tison
Jean-Louis Tison Université Libre de Bruxelles
Everett L. Shock
Everett L. Shock Arizona State University

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