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Nicolaj K. Larsen

Nicolaj K. Larsen

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Earth Science

D-Index
41
Citations
6498
World Ranking
5517
National Ranking
55

Overview

Nicolaj K. Larsen is affiliated with the University of Copenhagen in Denmark and has contributed extensively to research in Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Environmental Science. Their scholarly work spans a range of topics largely focused on atmospheric science, environmental chemistry, and ecology.

The scientist's research delves into specialized subfields, including:

  • Atmospheric Science
  • Environmental Chemistry
  • Ecology
  • Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • Anthropology

Within these domains, Nicolaj K. Larsen has concentrated on several key research topics, notably:

  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Cryospheric studies and observations
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Climate change and permafrost
  • Planetary Science and Exploration
  • Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
  • Indigenous Studies and Ecology

Frequent publication venues for their work include journals with an emphasis on environmental and geological sciences. These venues are:

  • Boreas
  • Quaternary Science Reviews
  • Nature
  • Nature Communications
  • Geology

Collaboration has been a significant aspect of Nicolaj K. Larsen's research, with recurring co-authors including:

  • Kurt H. Kjær
  • Anders Anker Bjørk
  • Anne Søndergaard
  • Jesper Olsen
  • Kristian K. Kjeldsen

Notable recent publications by Nicolaj K. Larsen are:

  • A 2-million-year-old ecosystem in Greenland uncovered by environmental DNA, 2022, Nature
  • Late Quaternary dynamics of Arctic biota from ancient environmental genomics, 2021, Nature
  • Improving the reliability of bulk sediment radiocarbon dating, 2020, Quaternary Science Reviews
  • Vulnerability of the North Water ecosystem to climate change, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Glacier response to the Little Ice Age during the Neoglacial cooling in Greenland, 2022, Earth-Science Reviews

Best Publications

  • Postglacial viability and colonization in North America’s ice-free corridor

    Mikkel Winther Pedersen;Anthony Ruter;Charles Schweger;Harvey Friebe

  • Glacial Survival of Boreal Trees in Northern Scandinavia

    Laura Parducci;Laura Parducci;Tina Jørgensen;Mari Mette Tollefsrud;Ellen Elverland

  • Sustained mass loss of the northeast Greenland ice sheet triggered by regional warming

    Shfaqat A. Khan;Kurt H. Kjær;Michael Bevis;Jonathan L. Bamber

  • Spatial and temporal distribution of mass loss from the Greenland Ice Sheet since AD 1900

    Kristian Kjellerup Kjeldsen;Niels J. Korsgaard;Anders A Bjørk;Shfaqat Abbas Khan

  • A model of Greenland ice sheet deglaciation constrained by observations of relative sea level and ice extent

    Benoit S. Lecavalier;Glenn A. Milne;Matthew J R Simpson;Leanne Wake

  • An aerial view of 80 years of climate-related glacier fluctuations in southeast Greenland

    Anders A. Bjørk;Kurt H. Kjær;Niels J. Korsgaard;Shfaqat Abbas Khan

  • Reflections on soft subglacial beds as a mosaic of deforming and stable spots.

    Jan A. Piotrowski;Nicolaj Krog Larsen;Frank Junge

  • A 10,000-year record of Arctic Ocean sea-ice variability - view from the Beach

    Svend Funder;Hugues Goosse;Hans Jepsen;Eigil Kaas

  • Late Quaternary dynamics of Arctic biota from ancient environmental genomics

    Yucheng Wang;Yucheng Wang;Mikkel Winther Pedersen;Inger Greve Alsos;Bianca De Sanctis

  • Formation of subglacial till under transient bed conditions: deposition, deformation, and basal decoupling under a Weichselian ice sheet lobe, central Poland

    Jan A. Piotrowski;Nicolaj Krog Larsen;John Menzies;Wojciech Wysota

  • Late Quaternary ice sheet, lake and sea history of southwest Scandinavia - a synthesis

    Nicolaj Krog Larsen;Karen Luise Knudsen;Charlotte Fog Krohn;Christian Kronborg

  • Coupling the flow of ice, water, and sediment in a glacial landscape evolution model

    D.L. Egholm;V.K. Pedersen;M.F. Knudsen;N.K. Larsen

  • The response of the southern Greenland ice sheet to the Holocene thermal maximum

    Nicolaj K. Larsen;Kurt H. Kjær;Benoit Lecavalier;Anders A. Bjørk

  • Aerial photographs reveal late–20th-century dynamic ice loss in northwestern greenland

    Kurt H. Kjær;Shfaqat A Khan;Niels J Korsgaard;John Wahr

  • A multiproxy study of a basal till: a time-transgressive accretion and deformation hypothesis

    Nicolaj Krog Larsen;Jan A. Piotrowski;Christian Kronborg

  • A large impact crater beneath Hiawatha Glacier in northwest Greenland

    Kurt H. Kjær;Nicolaj K. Larsen;Nicolaj K. Larsen;Tobias Binder;Anders A. Bjørk;Anders A. Bjørk;Anders A. Bjørk

  • Glacier response to the Little Ice Age during the Neoglacial cooling in Greenland

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  • Molecular- and pollen-based vegetation analysis in lake sediments from central Scandinavia.

    Laura Parducci;Laura Parducci;Irina Matetovici;Irina Matetovici;Sonia L. Fontana;Keith D. Bennett;Keith D. Bennett

  • Basal processes beneath an Arctic glacier and their geomorphic imprint after a surge, Elisebreen, Svalbard

    Poul Christoffersen;Jan A. Piotrowski;Nicolaj Krog Larsen

  • Rapid early Holocene ice retreat in West Greenland

    Nicolaj K. Larsen;Svend Funder;Kurt H. Kjær;Kristian K. Kjeldsen

  • Instability of the Northeast Greenland Ice Stream over the last 45,000 years.

    Nicolaj K. Larsen;Nicolaj K. Larsen;Laura B. Levy;Anders E. Carlson;Christo Buizert

  • Fabric Pattern in a Basal Till Succession and its Significance for Reconstructing Subglacial Processes

    Nicolaj Krog Larsen;Jan A. Piotrowski

Frequent Co-Authors

Kurt H. Kjær
Kurt H. Kjær University of Copenhagen
Kristian K. Kjeldsen
Kristian K. Kjeldsen Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland
Anders A. Bjørk
Anders A. Bjørk University of Copenhagen
Jesper V. Olsen
Jesper V. Olsen University of Copenhagen
Svend Funder
Svend Funder University of Copenhagen
Shfaqat Abbas Khan
Shfaqat Abbas Khan Technical University of Denmark
Eske Willerslev
Eske Willerslev University of Copenhagen
Jan A. Piotrowski
Jan A. Piotrowski Aarhus University
Anders Schomacker
Anders Schomacker University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway
Per Möller
Per Möller Lund University

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