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Overview

Pierre Regnier is affiliated with the Université Libre de Bruxelles in Belgium. Their research focuses primarily on Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Environmental Science, with significant contributions in the subfields of Oceanography, Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science, Environmental Chemistry, and Ecology.

The main topics of Regnier's work include Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics, Marine and Coastal Ecosystems, Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena, Atmospheric Chemistry and Aerosols, Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses, Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes, and Climate Change Policy and Economics.

Regnier has published extensively in multiple respected venues. Some of the frequent publication venues include Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Global Biogeochemical Cycles, Nature, Nature Climate Change, and Geoscientific Model Development.

Their recent notable papers are:

  • The Global Methane Budget 2000-2017 (2020), NOAA Institutional Repository
  • A comprehensive quantification of global nitrous oxide sources and sinks (2020), Nature
  • The land-to-ocean loops of the global carbon cycle (2022), Nature
  • River ecosystem metabolism and carbon biogeochemistry in a changing world (2023), Nature
  • Carbon Fluxes in the Coastal Ocean: Synthesis, Boundary Processes, and Future Trends (2022), Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Regnier include:

  • Philippe Ciais
  • Ronny Lauerwald
  • Goulven G. Laruelle
  • Rona L. Thompson
  • Glen P. Peters

Best Publications

  • The global methane budget 2000–2017

    Marielle Saunois;Ann R. Stavert;Ben Poulter;Philippe Bousquet

  • Global carbon budget 2014

    C. Le Quéré;R. Moriarty;R. M. Andrew;G. P. Peters

  • Global carbon budget 2013

    C. Le Quere;G.P. Peters;R.J. Andres;Robbie M Andrew

  • The changing carbon cycle of the coastal ocean

    James E. Bauer;Wei-Jun Cai;Peter A. Raymond;Thomas S. Bianchi

  • A comprehensive quantification of global nitrous oxide sources and sinks

    Hanquin Tian;Rongting Xu;Josep G. Canadell;Rona L. Thompson

  • Anthropogenic perturbation of the carbon fluxes from land to ocean

    Pierre Regnier;Pierre Friedlingstein;Philippe Ciais;Fred T. Mackenzie

  • Quantifying the degradation of organic matter in marine sediments: A review and synthesis

    Sandra Arndt;Sandra Arndt;Bo Barker Jørgensen;Douglas E. LaRowe;Jack Middelburg

  • The land-to-ocean loops of the global carbon cycle

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  • Global perturbation of organic carbon cycling by river damming.

    Taylor Maavara;Ronny Lauerwald;Ronny Lauerwald;Pierre Regnier;Philippe Van Cappellen

  • Spatial patterns in CO2 evasion from the global river network

    Ronny Lauerwald;Ronny Lauerwald;Goulven Gildas Laruelle;Goulven Gildas Laruelle;Jens Hartmann;Philippe Ciais

  • Anthropogenic perturbations of the silicon cycle at the global scale: Key role of the land-ocean transition

    G. G. Laruelle;V. Roubeix;A. Sferratore;B. Brodherr

  • Carbon Fluxes in the Coastal Ocean: Synthesis, Boundary Processes and Future Trends

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  • Regionalized global budget of the CO2 exchange at the air-water interface in continental shelf seas

    Goulven G. Laruelle;Goulven G. Laruelle;Ronny Lauerwald;Ronny Lauerwald;Benjamin Pfeil;Pierre Regnier

  • Around one third of current Arctic Ocean primary production sustained by rivers and coastal erosion

    Jens Terhaar;Ronny Lauerwald;Ronny Lauerwald;Pierre Regnier;Nicolas Gruber

  • Global multi-scale segmentation of continental and coastal waters from the watersheds to the continental margins

    Goulven Gildas Laruelle;H.H. Dürr;H.H. Dürr;Ronny Lauerwald;Ronny Lauerwald;Jens Hartmann

  • Dissolved inorganic carbon and alkalinity fluxes from coastal marine sediments: model estimates for different shelf environments and sensitivity to global change

    V. Krumins;V. Krumins;M. Gehlen;S. Arndt;P. Van Cappellen

  • Quantitative analysis of anaerobic oxidation of methane (AOM) in marine sediments: A modeling perspective

    P. Regnier;P. Regnier;Andy W. Dale;S. Arndt;D. E. LaRowe;D. E. LaRowe

  • Nitrous oxide emissions from inland waters: Are IPCC estimates too high?

    Taylor Maavara;Taylor Maavara;Ronny Lauerwald;Ronny Lauerwald;Goulven G. Laruelle;Goulven G. Laruelle;Zahra Akbarzadeh

  • Coastal vegetation and estuaries are collectively a greenhouse gas sink

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  • Continental shelves as a variable but increasing global sink for atmospheric carbon dioxide.

    Goulven G. Laruelle;Wei-Jun Cai;Xinping Hu;Nicolas Gruber

  • Anaerobic oxidation of methane (AOM) in marine sediments from the Skagerrak (Denmark): II. Reaction-transport modeling

    Andy W. Dale;P. Regnier;N. J. Knab;B.B. Jørgensen

  • Modeling the impact of microbial activity on redox dynamics in porous media

    Martin Thullner;Philippe Van Cappellen;Pierre Regnier

  • Quantitative interpretation of pH distributions in aquatic sediments: A reaction-transport modeling approach

    Parisa Jourabchi;Philippe Van Cappellen;Pierre Regnier

Frequent Co-Authors

Ronny Lauerwald
Ronny Lauerwald University of Paris-Saclay
Goulven Gildas Laruelle
Goulven Gildas Laruelle Université Libre de Bruxelles
Sandra Arndt
Sandra Arndt Université Libre de Bruxelles
Andrew W. Dale
Andrew W. Dale GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Martin Thullner
Martin Thullner Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Philippe Van Cappellen
Philippe Van Cappellen University of Waterloo
Peter Landschützer
Peter Landschützer Max Planck Society
Jens Hartmann
Jens Hartmann Universität Hamburg
Roland Wollast
Roland Wollast Université Libre de Bruxelles
Pierre Friedlingstein
Pierre Friedlingstein University of Exeter

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