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Overview

Matt O'Regan is affiliated with Stockholm University in Sweden and has contributed extensively to the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science. Their research focuses primarily on atmospheric science, environmental chemistry, geology, oceanography, and global and planetary change.

O'Regan has explored a range of topics that include methane hydrates and related phenomena, geology and paleoclimatology research, geological studies and exploration, cryospheric studies and observations, Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics, climate change and permafrost, and hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis.

Their recent papers span multiple influential journals and cover diverse geoscientific subjects. Key publications include:

  • "Ryder Glacier in northwest Greenland is shielded from warm Atlantic water by a bathymetric sill," 2020, Communications Earth & Environment
  • "Remobilization of dormant carbon from Siberian-Arctic permafrost during three past warming events," 2020, Science Advances
  • "Subsea permafrost carbon stocks and climate change sensitivity estimated by expert assessment," 2020, Environmental Research Letters
  • "Future Projections of Petermann Glacier Under Ocean Warming Depend Strongly on Friction Law," 2021, Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface
  • "Calcareous nannofossils anchor chronologies for Arctic Ocean sediments back to 500 ka," 2020, Geology

They have frequently collaborated with several researchers, including Martin Jakobsson, Christian Stranne, Thomas M. Cronin, Gabriel West, and Helen K. Coxall. These collaborations have contributed to a range of multidisciplinary studies within their areas of expertise.

O'Regan's work has been published repeatedly in key venues such as The Cryosphere, SSRN Electronic Journal, Communications Earth & Environment, Quaternary Science Reviews, and Geochronology. These outlets reflect their interest and activity in cryospheric processes, geochronological methods, and broader environmental and Earth science themes.

Best Publications

  • Subtropical Arctic Ocean temperatures during the Palaeocene/Eocene thermal maximum

    Appy Sluijs;Stefan Schouten;Mark Pagani;Martijn Woltering

  • The Cenozoic palaeoenvironment of the Arctic Ocean.

    Kathryn Moran;Jan Backman;Henk Brinkhuis;Steven C. Clemens

  • History of sea ice in the Arctic

    Leonid Polyak;Richard B. Alley;John T. Andrews;Julie Brigham-Grette

  • The early Miocene onset of a ventilated circulation regime in the Arctic Ocean

    Martin Jakobsson;Jan Backman;Bert Rudels;Jonas Nycander

  • Ryder Glacier in northwest Greenland is shielded from warm Atlantic water by a bathymetric sill

    Martin Jakobsson;Larry A. Mayer;Johan Nilsson;Christian Stranne

  • Age model and core-seismic integration for the Cenozoic Arctic Coring Expedition sediments from the Lomonosov Ridge

    Jan Backman;Martin Jakobsson;Martin Frank;Francesca Sangiorgi

  • Arctic Ocean glacial history

    Martin Jakobsson;Martin Jakobsson;Karin Andreassen;Lilja Rún Bjarnadóttir;Dayton Dove

  • Erosion of organic carbon in the Arctic as a geological carbon dioxide sink

    Robert G. Hilton;Valier Galy;Jérôme Gaillardet;Mathieu Dellinger

  • Planktonic foraminifera stable isotopes and water column structure: Disentangling ecological signals

    Heather Birch;Helen Kathrine Coxall;Helen Kathrine Coxall;Paul Nicholas Pearson;Dick Kroon

  • Evidence for an ice shelf covering the central Arctic Ocean during the penultimate glaciation

    Martin Jakobsson;Martin Jakobsson;Johan Nilsson;Leif G. Anderson;Jan Backman

  • An Arctic Ocean ice shelf during MIS 6 constrained by new geophysical and geological data

    Martin Jakobsson;Johan Nilsson;Matthew O'Regan;Jan Backman

  • Geological record of ice shelf break-up and grounding line retreat, Pine Island Bay, West Antarctica

    Martin Jakobsson;John B. Anderson;Frank O. Nitsche;Julian A. Dowdeswell

  • Constraints on the Pleistocene chronology of sediments from the Lomonosov Ridge

    Matthew O'Regan;John King;Jan Backman;Martin Jakobsson

  • Post-glacial flooding of the Bering Land Bridge dated to 11 cal ka BP based on new geophysical and sediment records

    Martin Jakobsson;Christof Pearce;Christof Pearce;Thomas M. Cronin;Jan Backman

  • Quaternary Arctic Ocean sea ice variations and radiocarbon reservoir age corrections

    Daniela Hanslik;Martin Jakobsson;Jan Backman;Svante Björck

  • Ice sheet retreat dynamics inferred from glacial morphology of the central Pine Island Bay Trough, West Antarctica

    Martin Jakobsson;John B. Anderson;Frank O. Nitsche;Richard Gyllencreutz

  • A 26 million year gap in the central Arctic record at the greenhouse-icehouse transition: looking for clues

    Francesca Sangiorgi;Hans-Juergen Brumsack;Debra A. Willard;Stefan Schouten

  • Post-LGM deglaciation in Pine Island Bay, West Antarctica

    Alexandra E. Kirshner;John B. Anderson;Martin Jakobsson;Matthew O’Regan

  • Export of nutrient rich Northern Component Water preceded early Oligocene Antarctic glaciation

    Helen K. Coxall;Claire E. Huck;Claire E. Huck;Matthew Huber;Matthew Huber;Caroline H. Lear

  • Mid‐Cenozoic tectonic and paleoenvironmental setting of the central Arctic Ocean

    Matthew O’Regan;Kathryn Moran;Jan Backman;Martin Jakobsson

  • Variability in transport of terrigenous material on the shelves and the deep Arctic Ocean during the Holocene

    Carolyn Wegner;Katrina E. Bennett;Anne de Vernal;Matthias Forwick

  • Erratum: Arctic hydrology during global warming at the Palaeocene/Eocene thermal maximum (Nature (2006) 442 (671-675))

    Mark Pagani;Nikolai Pedentchouk;Matthew Huber;Appy Sluijs

  • Geological record of ice shelf break-up and grounding line retreat, Pine Island

    Wojciech Majewski;Björn Eriksson;Alexandra Kirshner;Rodrigo Fernandez

Frequent Co-Authors

Martin Jakobsson
Martin Jakobsson Stockholm University
Helen K. Coxall
Helen K. Coxall Stockholm University
Jan Backman
Jan Backman Stockholm University
Jens Matthiessen
Jens Matthiessen Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Henk Brinkhuis
Henk Brinkhuis Utrecht University
Igor Semiletov
Igor Semiletov Russian Academy of Sciences
Thomas M. Cronin
Thomas M. Cronin United States Geological Survey
Heiko Pälike
Heiko Pälike University of Bremen
Ludvig Löwemark
Ludvig Löwemark National Taiwan University
John W. King
John W. King University of Rhode Island

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