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2023

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  • 2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in France Leader Award

Overview

Michel Magny is affiliated with the Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS) in France, focusing on research in Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their work spans multiple subfields including Atmospheric Science, Paleontology, Anthropology, Archeology, and Space and Planetary Science.

Their research topics cover an array of subjects within geology and archaeology, such as:

  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Archaeology and ancient environmental studies
  • Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
  • Maritime and Coastal Archaeology
  • Archaeological Research and Protection
  • Marine and environmental studies
  • Geological formations and processes

Michel Magny has contributed to multiple peer-reviewed journals and academic publications. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Quaternary International
  • Journal of Quaternary Science
  • Anthropocene
  • Quaternaire
  • Quaternary

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Michel Magny include:

  • "High-frequency vegetation and climatic changes during the Lateglacial inferred from the Lapsou pollen record (Cantal, southern Massif Central, France)" (2022), published in Quaternary International
  • "Insight into summer drought in southern Italy: palaeohydrological evolution of Lake Pergusa (Sicily) in the last 6700 years" (2022), Journal of Quaternary Science
  • "Lead legacy of pre-industrial activities in lake sediments: The case study of the Lake Accesa (Southern Tuscany, Italy)" (2025), Anthropocene
  • "Variations du niveau du lac d'Annecy (Haute-Savoie, France) au cours de l'Holocène : implications paléoclimatiques et archéologiques" (2022), Quaternaire
  • "Holocene Paleohydrological Changes Reflected in Lake-Level Fluctuations in Lake Annecy (French Pre-Alps): Climatic Significance and Archeological Implications" (2024), Quaternary

Michel Magny has collaborated extensively with several co-authors in their research, including:

  • Giovanni Zanchetta (3 publications)
  • Ilaria Baneschi (2 publications)
  • Mónica Bini (2 publications)
  • Boris Vannière (2 publications)
  • Marc Desmet (2 publications)

In addition to articles, Michel Magny has published books with distinguished academic publishers. These include:

  • L'Anthropocène (2021), published by Presses Universitaires De France
  • Du climat à l'homme (2022), published by Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

Best Publications

  • Holocene climate variability as reflected by mid-European lake-level fluctuations and its probable impact on prehistoric human settlements

    Michel Magny

  • Glacier and lake-level variations in west-central Europe over the last 3500 years

    Hanspeter Holzhauser;Michel Magny;Heinz J. Zumbuühl

  • Contrasting patterns of hydrological changes in Europe in response to Holocene climate cooling phases.

    Michel Magny;Carole Bégeot;Joël Guiot;Odile Peyron

  • Holocene climate changes in the central Mediterranean as recorded by lake-level fluctuations at Lake Accesa (Tuscany, Italy)

    Michel Magny;Jacques-Louis de Beaulieu;Ruth Drescher-Schneider;Boris Vannière

  • A major widespread climatic change around 5300 cal. yr BP at the time of the Alpine Iceman

    Michel Magny;Jean Nicolas Haas

  • North-south palaeohydrological contrasts in the central Mediterranean during the Holocene: tentative synthesis and working hypotheses

    M. Magny;N. Combourieu-Nebout;J. L. de Beaulieu;V. Bout-Roumazeilles

  • Solar Influences on Holocene Climatic Changes Illustrated by Correlations between Past Lake-Level Fluctuations and the Atmospheric 14C Record

    Michel Magny

  • Climate versus human-driven fire regimes in Mediterranean landscapes: the Holocene record of Lago dell'Accesa (Tuscany, Italy)

    Boris Vannière;D. Colombaroli;Emmanuel Chapron;A. Leroux

  • Holocene seasonality changes in the central Mediterranean region reconstructed from the pollen sequences of Lake Accesa (Italy) and Tenaghi Philippon (Greece)

    Odile Peyron;Simon Goring;Isabelle Dormoy;Ulrich Kotthoff

  • A new European testate amoebae transfer function for palaeohydrological reconstruction on ombrotrophic peatlands

    Dan J. Charman;Antony Blundell;Jukka Alm;Sue Bartlett

  • Circum-Mediterranean fire activity and climate changes during the mid-Holocene environmental transition (8500-2500 cal. BP)

    Boris Vannière;Mitchell Power;Neil Roberts;Willy Tinner

  • Assessment of the impact of climate and anthropogenic factors on Holocene Mediterranean vegetation in Europe on the basis of palaeohydrological records

    Michel Magny;Cécile Miramont;Olivier Sivan

  • Possible complexity of the climatic event around 4300—3800 cal. BP in the central and western Mediterranean:

    Michel Magny;Boris Vannière;Gianni Zanchetta;Eric Fouache

  • Lake Bourget regional erosion patterns reconstruction reveals Holocene NW European Alps soil evolution and paleohydrology

    Fabien Arnaud;Sidonie Révillon;Maxime Debret;Marie Revel

  • Vegetation history, climate and human impact over the last 15,000 years at Lago dell’Accesa (Tuscany, Central Italy)

    Ruth Drescher-Schneider;Jacques-Louis de Beaulieu;Michel Magny;Anne-Véronique Walter-Simonnet

  • Terrestrial climate variability and seasonality changes in the Mediterranean region between 15 000 and 4000 years BP deduced from marine pollen records

    I. Dormoy;I. Dormoy;O. Peyron;N. Combourieu Nebout;S. Goring

  • tripartite climate reversal in Central Europe 5600-5300 years ago

    Michel Magny;Urs Leuzinger;Sigmar Bortenschlager;Jean Nicolas Haas

  • Quantitative Reconstruction of Younger Dryas to Mid-Holocene Paleoclimates at Le Locle, Swiss Jura, Using Pollen and Lake-Level Data

    Michel Magny;Joël Guiot;Patrick Schoellammer

  • The holocene climatic evolution of mediterranean Italy: A review of the continental geological data

    C. Giraudi;M. Magny;G. Zanchetta;R.N. Drysdale

  • Late-Glacial climatic changes in Eastern France (Lake Lautrey) from pollen, lake-levels, and chironomids

    O. Peyron;C. Bégeot;S. Brewer;O. Heiri

  • Holocene lake‐level fluctuations in Jura and the northern subalpine ranges, France: regional pattern and climatic implications

    Michel Magny

Frequent Co-Authors

Boris Vannière
Boris Vannière Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Odile Peyron
Odile Peyron University of Montpellier
Emmanuel Chapron
Emmanuel Chapron University of Toulouse-Jean Jaurès
Sébastien Joannin
Sébastien Joannin University of Montpellier
Fabien Arnaud
Fabien Arnaud Université Savoie Mont Blanc
Laura Sadori
Laura Sadori Sapienza University of Rome
Willy Tinner
Willy Tinner University of Bern
Daniel Gilbert
Daniel Gilbert University of Franche-Comté
Flavio S. Anselmetti
Flavio S. Anselmetti University of Bern
Jacques-Louis de Beaulieu
Jacques-Louis de Beaulieu Aix-Marseille University

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