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Nicholas R. Golledge is affiliated with Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand. Their research spans multiple fields within Earth and Environmental Sciences, with a focus on cryospheric studies, geology, and climate science. Golledge's work includes substantial contributions to understanding ice dynamics and global changes related to polar regions.

The scientist's main fields of study include:

  • Earth and Planetary Sciences
  • Environmental Science

Within these broader areas, Golledge has extensively worked in the following subfields:

  • Atmospheric Science
  • Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
  • Ecology
  • Oceanography
  • Global and Planetary Change

The primary research topics covered in Golledge's publications include:

  • Cryospheric studies and observations
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics
  • Winter Sports Injuries and Performance
  • Polar Research and Ecology
  • Climate variability and models
  • Geophysics and Gravity Measurements

Some of Golledge's recent papers involve collaboration with other researchers and explore the future of ice sheets and sea level changes. Notable publications include:

  • Projected land ice contributions to twenty-first-century sea level rise, 2021, Nature
  • ISMIP6 Antarctica: a multi-model ensemble of the Antarctic ice sheet evolution over the 21st century, 2020, The Cryosphere
  • The future sea-level contribution of the Greenland ice sheet: a multi-model ensemble study of ISMIP6, 2020, The Cryosphere
  • Antarctic ice sheet response to sudden and sustained ice-shelf collapse (ABUMIP), 2020, Journal of Glaciology
  • Projecting Antarctica's contribution to future sea level rise from basal ice shelf melt using linear response functions of 16 ice sheet models (LARMIP-2), 2020, Earth System Dynamics

Frequent co-authors that appear in Golledge's publications include:

  • Daniel P. Lowry
  • Mathieu Morlighem (16 works)
  • Sophie Nowicki (14 works)
  • Heiko Goelzer (14 works)
  • Hélène Seroussi (14 works)

Golledge's research is published in several scientific venues, frequently appearing in:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • The Cryosphere
  • Nature
  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Best Publications

  • Projected land ice contributions to twenty-first-century sea level rise

    Tamsin L Edwards;Sophie Nowicki;Sophie Nowicki;Ben Marzeion;Regine Hock;Regine Hock

  • The multi-millennial Antarctic commitment to future sea-level rise

    N. R. Golledge;N. R. Golledge;D. E. Kowalewski;T. R. Naish;T. R. Naish;R. H. Levy

  • Global environmental consequences of twenty-first-century ice-sheet melt

    Nicholas R. Golledge;Nicholas R. Golledge;Elizabeth D. Keller;Natalya Gomez;Kaitlin A. Naughten

  • ISMIP6 Antarctica: a multi-model ensemble of the Antarctic ice sheet evolution over the 21st century

    Hélène Seroussi;Sophie Nowicki;Antony J. Payne;Heiko Goelzer;Heiko Goelzer

  • Revisiting Antarctic ice loss due to marine ice-cliff instability

    Tamsin L. Edwards;Mark A. Brandon;Gael Durand;Neil R. Edwards

  • A community-based geological reconstruction of Antarctic Ice Sheet deglaciation since the Last Glacial Maximum

    Michael J Bentley;Colm Ó Cofaigh;John B Anderson;Howard Conway

  • The northern sector of the last British Ice Sheet: Maximum extent and demise

    Tom Bradwell;Martyn S. Stoker;Nicholas R. Golledge;Christian K. Wilson

  • The future sea-level contribution of the Greenland ice sheet: a multi-model ensemble study of ISMIP6

    Heiko Goelzer;Heiko Goelzer;Heiko Goelzer;Sophie Nowicki;Anthony Payne;Eric Larour

  • Dynamic cycles, ice streams and their impact on the extent, chronology and deglaciation of the British-Irish ice sheet

    Alun Lloyd Hubbard;Tom Bradwell;Nicholas Golledge;Adrian Hall

  • Antarctic ice sheet response to sudden and sustained ice-shelf collapse (ABUMIP)

    Sainan Sun;Frank Pattyn;Erika G. Simon;Torsten Albrecht

  • Antarctic contribution to meltwater pulse 1A from reduced Southern Ocean overturning

    N. R. Golledge;N. R. Golledge;L. Menviel;L. Carter;C. J. Fogwill

  • The Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets under 1.5 °C global warming

    Frank Pattyn;Catherine Ritz;Edward Hanna;Xylar Asay-Davis;Xylar Asay-Davis

  • Retreat of the East Antarctic ice sheet during the last glacial termination

    Andrew Mackintosh;Nicholas Golledge;Eugene Domack;Robert Dunbar

  • The future sea-level contribution of the Greenland ice sheet: a multi-model ensemble study of ISMIP6

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  • Retreat history of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet since the Last Glacial Maximum

    Andrew N. Mackintosh;Elie Verleyen;Philip E. O'Brien;Duanne A. White

  • Antarctic ice sheet sensitivity to atmospheric CO2 variations in the early to mid-Miocene.

    Richard Levy;David Harwood;Fabio Florindo;Francesca Sangiorgi

  • Dynamics of the last glacial maximum Antarctic ice-sheet and its response to ocean forcing

    Nicholas R. Golledge;Christopher J. Fogwill;Andrew N. Mackintosh;Kevin M. Buckley

  • Projecting Antarctica's contribution to future sea level rise from basal ice shelf melt using linear response functions of 16 ice sheet models (LARMIP-2)

    Anders Levermann;Anders Levermann;Anders Levermann;Ricarda Winkelmann;Ricarda Winkelmann;Torsten Albrecht;Heiko Goelzer;Heiko Goelzer

  • The Sensitivity of the Antarctic Ice Sheet to a Changing Climate: Past, Present, and Future

    T. L. Noble;E. J. Rohling;E. J. Rohling;A. R.A. Aitken;H. C. Bostock

  • Design and results of the ice sheet model initialisation experiments initMIP-Greenland: an ISMIP6 intercomparison

    Heiko Goelzer;Heiko Goelzer;Sophie Nowicki;Tamsin Edwards;Tamsin Edwards;Matthew Beckley

  • initMIP-Antarctica: an ice sheet model initialization experiment of ISMIP6

    Helene Seroussi;Sophie Nowicki;Erika Simon;Ayako Abe-Ouchi

  • Glaciology and geological signature of the Last Glacial Maximum Antarctic ice sheet

    Nicholas R. Golledge;Nicholas R. Golledge;Richard H. Levy;Robert M. McKay;Christopher J. Fogwill

  • The future sea-level contribution of the Greenland ice sheet: a multi-model ensemble study of ISMIP6

    Heiko Goelzer

Frequent Co-Authors

Christopher J. Fogwill
Christopher J. Fogwill Cranfield University
Robert M. McKay
Robert M. McKay Victoria University of Wellington
Tim R Naish
Tim R Naish Victoria University of Wellington
Richard H. Levy
Richard H. Levy GNS Science
Heiko Goelzer
Heiko Goelzer Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research
Angelika Humbert
Angelika Humbert Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Tom Bradwell
Tom Bradwell University of Stirling
Chris S. M. Turney
Chris S. M. Turney Heriot-Watt University
Nancy A. N. Bertler
Nancy A. N. Bertler Victoria University of Wellington
Sophie Nowicki
Sophie Nowicki University at Buffalo, State University of New York

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