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Matthias Bigler is affiliated with the University of Bern in Switzerland and conducts research primarily in Earth and Planetary Sciences, Environmental Science, and Social Sciences. Their work is associated with several subfields including Atmospheric Science, Environmental Chemistry, Anthropology, Ecology, and Education.

The scientist's research focuses on a range of topics relevant to paleoclimatology and environmental studies. Key areas of investigation include:

  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Cryospheric studies and observations
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
  • Polar Research and Ecology
  • Tree-ring climate responses
  • Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics

Bigler has published in multiple scientific venues, contributing mostly to:

  • Climate of the past
  • Earth system science data
  • VUBIR (Vrije Universiteit Brussel)
  • NERC Open Research Archive (Natural Environment Research Council)
  • Communications Earth & Environment

The following papers represent recent contributions to the field, outlining publication year and venue:

  • Bipolar volcanic synchronization of abrupt climate change in Greenland and Antarctic ice cores during the last glacial period, 2020, Climate of the past
  • Magnitude, frequency and climate forcing of global volcanism during the last glacial period as seen in Greenland and Antarctic ice cores (60-9 ka), 2022, Climate of the past
  • High-resolution aerosol concentration data from the Greenland NorthGRIP and NEEM deep ice cores, 2022, Earth system science data
  • "EDML1": a chronology for the EPICA deep ice core from Dronning Maud Land, Antarctica, over the last 150 000 years, 2024, VUBIR (Vrije Universiteit Brussel)
  • A 60 000 year Greenland stratigraphic ice core chronology, 2024, NERC Open Research Archive (Natural Environment Research Council)

In addition to articles, their publication record includes a book titled Gendersensibilisierung in der Ausbildung von Natur- und Techniklehrpersonen published in 2024 by hep Verlag eBooks.

Bigler has collaborated frequently with a number of researchers, including:

  • Hubertus Fischer
  • Mirko Severi
  • Anders Svensson
  • J. P. Steffensen
  • Sune Olander Rasmussen

Best Publications

  • High-resolution record of Northern Hemisphere climate extending into the last interglacial period.

    K. K. Andersen;N. Azuma;J.-M. Barnola;M. Bigler

  • A stratigraphic framework for abrupt climatic changes during the Last Glacial period based on three synchronized Greenland ice-core records: refining and extending the INTIMATE event stratigraphy

    Sune O. Rasmussen;Matthias Bigler;Simon P. Blockley;Thomas Blunier

  • A new Greenland ice core chronology for the last glacial termination

    S. O. Rasmussen;Katrine Krogh Andersen;A. M. Svensson;J. P. Steffensen

  • Eight glacial cycles from an Antarctic ice core

    Laurent Augustin;Carlo Barbante;Piers R. F. Barnes;Jean Marc Barnola

  • A 60 000 year Greenland stratigraphic ice core chronology

    A. Svensson;K. K. Andersen;M. Bigler;H. B. Clausen

  • One-to-one coupling of glacial climate variability in Greenland and Antarctica.

    C. Barbante;J.-M. Barnola;J.-M. Barnola;S. Becagli;J. Beer;J. Beer

  • High-Resolution Greenland Ice Core Data Show Abrupt Climate Change Happens in Few Years

    Jørgen Peder Steffensen;Katrine K. Andersen;Matthias Bigler;Matthias Bigler;Henrik B. Clausen

  • Dust-climate couplings over the past 800,000 years from the EPICA Dome C ice core

    F. Lambert;B. Delmonte;J.R. Petit;M. Bigler;M. Bigler

  • Eemian interglacial reconstructed from a Greenland folded ice core

    D. Dahl-Jensen;M. R. Albert;A. Aldahan;N. Azuma

  • Southern Ocean sea-ice extent, productivity and iron flux over the past eight glacial cycles

    E.W. Wolff;H. Fischer;F. Fundel;U. Ruth

  • Consistently dated records from the Greenland GRIP, GISP2 and NGRIP ice cores for the past 104 ka reveal regional millennial-scale δ18O gradients with possible Heinrich event imprint

    Inger K. Seierstad;Peter M. Abbott;Matthias Bigler;Matthias Bigler;Thomas Blunier

  • Continuous record of microparticle concentration and size distribution in the central Greenland NGRIP ice core during the last glacial period

    Urs Ruth;Urs Ruth;Dietmar Wagenbach;Jørgen P. Steffensen;Matthias Bigler

  • Synchronization of the NGRIP, GRIP, and GISP2 ice cores across MIS 2 and palaeoclimatic implications

    S.O. Rasmussen;I.K. Seierstad;K.K. Andersen;M. Bigler

  • Changes in environment over the last 800,000 years from chemical analysis of the EPICA Dome C ice core

    E. W. Wolff;C. Barbante;S. Becagli;M. Bigler

  • Technique for continuous high-resolution analysis of trace substances in firn and ice cores

    Regine Röthlisberger;Matthias Bigler;Manuel Hutterli;Stefan Sommer

  • Reconstruction of millennial changes in dust emission, transport and regional sea ice coverage using the deep EPICA ice cores from the Atlantic and Indian Ocean sector of Antarctica

    Hubertus Fischer;Felix Fundel;Urs Ruth;Birthe Twarloh

  • Centennial mineral dust variability in high-resolution ice core data from Dome C, Antarctica

    F. Lambert;M. Bigler;J. P. Steffensen;Manuel Hutterli

  • Volcanic ash layers from the Last Glacial Termination in the NGRIP ice core

    Anette K. Mortensen;Matthias Bigler;Karl Grönvold;Jørgen P. Steffensen

  • Ice core evidence for a very tight link between North Atlantic and east Asian glacial climate

    Urs Ruth;Matthias Bigler;Matthias Bigler;Regine Röthlisberger;Regine Röthlisberger;Marie-Louise Siggaard-Andersen

  • An improved continuous flow analysis system for high-resolution field measurements on ice cores.

    Patrik R. Kaufmann;Urs Federer;Manuel A. Hutterli;Matthias Bigler

  • Eemian interglacial reconstructed from a Greenland folded ice core (SCI)

    D Dahl-Jensen;M R Albert;A Aldahan;N Azuma

Frequent Co-Authors

Jørgen Peder Steffensen
Jørgen Peder Steffensen University of Copenhagen
Hubertus Fischer
Hubertus Fischer University of Bern
Eric W. Wolff
Eric W. Wolff University of Cambridge
Anders Svensson
Anders Svensson University of Copenhagen
Sigfus J Johnsen
Sigfus J Johnsen University of Copenhagen
Sune Olander Rasmussen
Sune Olander Rasmussen University of Copenhagen
Margareta Hansson
Margareta Hansson Stockholm University
Roberto Udisti
Roberto Udisti University of Florence
Thomas F. Stocker
Thomas F. Stocker University of Bern
Manuel A. Hutterli
Manuel A. Hutterli British Antarctic Survey

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