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2026

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Earth Science

D-Index
87
Citations
22395
World Ranking
348
National Ranking
10

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Earth Science in Canada Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Earth Science in Canada Leader Award

Overview

Martin Sharp is affiliated with the University of Alberta in Canada and specializes in research spanning Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Environmental Science. Their main scientific pursuits concentrate on Atmospheric Science, Ecology, Environmental Chemistry, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, and Sociology and Political Science.

Their research encompasses key topics such as:

  • Cryospheric studies and observations
  • Climate change and permafrost
  • Polar Research and Ecology
  • Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics
  • Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances research
  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact

Sharp's recent publications include works in several notable scientific journals. These papers are:

  • Ice Core Record of Persistent Short-Chain Fluorinated Alkyl Acids: Evidence of the Impact From Global Environmental Regulations, 2020, Geophysical Research Letters
  • The Arctic, 2020, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
  • Basal thermal regime affects the biogeochemistry of subglacial systems, 2020, Biogeosciences
  • Canadian high arctic ice core records of organophosphate flame retardants and plasticizers, 2023, Environmental Science Processes & Impacts
  • Arctic Report Card 2020: Glaciers and Ice Caps Outside of Greenland, 2020, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) - NOAA Central Library

Frequent coauthors in Sharp's publications include:

  • Brad Danielson
  • Alison S. Criscitiello
  • Derek C. G. Muir
  • Igor Lehnherr
  • Amila O. De Silva

Publication venues where Sharp has contributed include:

  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
  • Environmental Science Processes & Impacts
  • Geomorphology
  • Biogeosciences

Best Publications

  • A Reconciled Estimate of Glacier Contributions to Sea Level Rise: 2003 to 2009

    Alex S. Gardner;Alex S. Gardner;Geir Moholdt;J. Graham Cogley;Bert Wouters;Bert Wouters

  • The Randolph Glacier inventory: a globally complete inventory of glaciers

    W Tad Pfeffer;Anthony A Arendt;Andrew Bliss;Tobias Bolch;Tobias Bolch

  • Ancient Biomolecules from Deep Ice Cores Reveal a Forested Southern Greenland

    Eske Willerslev;Enrico Cappellini;Wouter Boomsma;Rasmus Nielsen

  • A review of snow and ice albedo and the development of a new physically based broadband albedo parameterization

    Alex S. Gardner;Martin J. Sharp

  • Microbial life beneath a high arctic glacier.

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

  • Sharply increased mass loss from glaciers and ice caps in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago

    Alex S. Gardner;Alex S. Gardner;Geir Moholdt;Geir Moholdt;Bert Wouters;Gabriel J. Wolken

  • Seasonal changes in the morphology of the subglacial drainage system, Haut Glacier d'Arolla, Switzerland

    Peter Nienow;Martin Sharp;Ian Willis

  • STATE OF THE CLIMATE IN 2017

    R. Abernethy;Steven A. Ackerman;R. Adler;Adelina Albanil Encarnación

  • Geochemical weathering at the bed of Haut Glacier d'Arolla, Switzerland - a new model

    M. Tranter;M. J. Sharp;H. R. Lamb;G. H. Brown

  • State of the Climate in 2014

    Arlene P. Aaron-Morrison;Steven A. Ackerman;Nicolaus G. Adams;Robert F. Adler

  • 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

  • Widespread bacterial populations at glacier beds and their relationship to rock weathering and carbon cycling

    Martin Sharp;John Parkes;Barry Cragg;Ian J. Fairchild

  • Characterization of pebble fabrics in modern terrestrial glacigenic sediments

    Julian A. Dowdeswell;Martin J. Sharp

  • Borehole water-level variations and the structure of the subglacial hydrological system of Haut Glacier d'Arolla, Valais, Switzerland

    B. P. Hubbard;M. J. Sharp;I. C. Willis;M. K. Nielsen

  • Measurement and parameterization of albedo variations at Haut Glacier d'Arolla, Switzerland

    Ben W. Brock;Ian C. Willis;Martin J. Sharp

  • Measurement and parameterization of aerodynamic roughness length variations at Haut Glacier d'Arolla, Switzerland

    Ben W. Brock;Ian C. Willis;Martin J. Sharp

  • A conceptual model of solute acquisition by Alpine glacial meltwaters

    Martyn Tranter;Giles Brown;Robert Raiswell;Martin Sharp

  • Melting glaciers: a major source of persistent organochlorines to subalpine Bow Lake in Banff National Park, Canada.

    Jules M. Blais;David W. Schindler;Derek C.G. Muir;Martin Sharp

  • Potential methane reservoirs beneath Antarctica

    J. L. Wadham;S. Arndt;S. Arndt;S. Tulaczyk;M. Stibal

  • Holocene History of Environment, Vegetation and Human Settlement on Catta Ness, Lunnasting, Shetland

    K. D. Bennett;S. Boreham;M. J. Sharp;V. R. Switsur

  • [Regional Climates] Central South America 2016

    J. A. Marengo;Jhan Carlo Espinoza;L. M. Alves;J. Ronchail

Frequent Co-Authors

Martyn Tranter
Martyn Tranter Aarhus University
Luke Copland
Luke Copland University of Ottawa
Ian Willis
Ian Willis University of Cambridge
Peter Nienow
Peter Nienow University of Edinburgh
Bryn Hubbard
Bryn Hubbard Aberystwyth University
Julian A. Dowdeswell
Julian A. Dowdeswell University of Cambridge
Alex S. Gardner
Alex S. Gardner California Institute of Technology
Bert Wouters
Bert Wouters Utrecht University
Douglas Mair
Douglas Mair University of Liverpool
Mark L. Skidmore
Mark L. Skidmore Montana State University

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