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Peter Köhler publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Environmental Sciences in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Peter Köhler sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 291 publications — 84th percentile

84% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 687 publications or more.

Peter Köhler D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Peter Köhler sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 52 D-Index — 55th percentile

55% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 125 D-Index or more.

Overview

Peter Köhler is affiliated with the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research in Germany. Their research spans Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Environmental Science, with a strong emphasis on Atmospheric Science and Environmental Chemistry.

Their work primarily focuses on topics such as Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena, and Isotope Analysis in Ecology. Additional areas include Archaeology and ancient environmental studies, Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology, Geological formations and processes, and Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics.

Köhler has published extensively in several scientific journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Radiocarbon
  • Nature Communications
  • Climate of the Past
  • Publishing Network for Geoscientific and Environmental Data (PANGAEA) (Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research)
  • Science

The following papers represent a selection of their recent work:

  • The IntCal20 Northern Hemisphere Radiocarbon Age Calibration Curve (0-55 cal kBP), 2020, Radiocarbon
  • Marine20-The Marine Radiocarbon Age Calibration Curve (0-55,000 cal BP), 2020, Radiocarbon
  • On the Cause of the Mid-Pleistocene Transition, 2021, Reviews of Geophysics
  • Radiocarbon: A key tracer for studying Earth's dynamo, climate system, carbon cycle, and Sun, 2021, Science
  • Global and regional temperature change over the past 4.5 million years, 2024, Science

Köhler collaborates frequently with other researchers in their field. Notable coauthors include:

  • Martin Butzin
  • Édouard Bard
  • Timothy Heaton
  • Paula Reimer
  • Christopher Bronk Ramsey

Best Publications

  • The IntCal20 Northern Hemisphere Radiocarbon Age Calibration Curve (0-55 cal kBP)

    Paula J Reimer;William E N Austin;Edouard Bard;Alex Bayliss

  • Marine20—The Marine Radiocarbon Age Calibration Curve (0–55,000 cal BP)

    Timothy J Heaton;Peter Köhler;Martin Butzin;Edouard Bard

  • Enhanced chemical weathering as a geoengineering strategy to reduce atmospheric carbon dioxide, supply nutrients, and mitigate ocean acidification

    Jens Hartmann;A. Joshua West;Philip Renforth;Peter Köhler

  • Eemian interglacial reconstructed from a Greenland folded ice core

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

  • Carbon Isotope Constraints on the Deglacial CO2 Rise from Ice Cores

    Jochen Schmitt;Jochen Schmitt;Robert Schneider;Joachim Elsig;Daiana Leuenberger

  • Synchronous Change of Atmospheric CO2 and Antarctic Temperature During the Last Deglacial Warming

    F. Parrenin;V. Masson-Delmotte;P. Köhler;D. Raynaud

  • Geoengineering potential of artificially enhanced silicate weathering of olivine

    Peter Köhler;Jens Hartmann;Dieter A. Wolf-Gladrow

  • Global CO2-consumption by chemical weathering: What is the contribution of highly active weathering regions?

    Jens Hartmann;Jens Hartmann;Nils Jansen;Nils Jansen;Hans H. Dürr;Stephan Kempe

  • Making sense of palaeoclimate sensitivity

    E.J. Rohling;A. Sluijs;H.A. Dijkstra;P. Köhler

  • A 156 kyr smoothed history of the atmospheric greenhouse gases CO 2 , CH 4 , and N 2 O and their radiative forcing

    Peter Köhler;Christoph Nehrbass-Ahles;Jochen Schmitt;Thomas F. Stocker

  • Making sense of palaeoclimate sensitivity

    E. J. Rohling;A. Sluijs;H. A. Dijkstra;P. Köhler

  • The effects of tree species grouping in tropical rainforest modelling: Simulations with the individual-based model Formind

    Peter Köhler;Andreas Huth

  • What caused Earth's temperature variations during the last 800,000 years? Data-based evidence on radiative forcing and constraints on climate sensitivity

    Peter Köhler;Richard Bintanja;Hubertus Fischer;Hubertus Fischer;Fortunat Joos;Fortunat Joos

  • Geoengineering impact of open ocean dissolution of olivine on atmospheric CO 2 , surface ocean pH and marine biology

    Peter Köhler;Jesse F Abrams;Christoph Völker;Judith Hauck

  • Quantitative interpretation of atmospheric carbon records over the last glacial termination

    Peter Köhler;Hubertus Fischer;Guy Munhoven;Richard E. Zeebe;Richard E. Zeebe

  • Lessons learned from applying a forest gap model to understand ecosystem and carbon dynamics of complex tropical forests

    Rico Fischer;Friedrich Bohn;Mateus Dantas de Paula;Claudia Dislich;Claudia Dislich

  • The role of Southern Ocean processes in orbital and millennial CO2 variations – A synthesis

    Hubertus Fischer;Hubertus Fischer;Hubertus Fischer;Jochen Schmitt;Jochen Schmitt;Jochen Schmitt;Dieter Lüthi;Dieter Lüthi;Thomas F. Stocker;Thomas F. Stocker

  • A reconstruction of atmospheric carbon dioxide and its stable carbon isotopic composition from the penultimate glacial maximum to the last glacial inception

    Robert Schneider;Robert Schneider;Jochen Schmitt;Jochen Schmitt;Jochen Schmitt;P. Köhler;Fortunat Joos;Fortunat Joos

  • Constraint of the CO2 rise by new atmospheric carbon isotopic measurements during the last deglaciation

    Anna Lourantou;Jošt V. Lavrič;Peter Köhler;Jean-Marc Barnola

  • Reconstruction of a continuous high-resolution CO 2 record over the past 20 million years

    R. S. W. van de Wal;B. de Boer;L. J. Lourens;P. Köhler

  • The geoengineering potential of artificially enhanced silicate weathering of olivine

    Peter Köhler;Jens Hartmann;Dieter A. Wolf-Gladrow

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

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

Frequent Co-Authors

Jochen Schmitt
Jochen Schmitt University of Bern
Hubertus Fischer
Hubertus Fischer University of Bern
Frank Lamy
Frank Lamy Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Thomas F. Stocker
Thomas F. Stocker University of Bern
Lukas Wacker
Lukas Wacker ETH Zurich
Brent Alloway
Brent Alloway University of Auckland
Gregor Knorr
Gregor Knorr Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Fortunat Joos
Fortunat Joos University of Bern
Gerrit Lohmann
Gerrit Lohmann University of Bremen
Andreas Huth
Andreas Huth Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research

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