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Raja S. Ganeshram is affiliated with the University of Edinburgh in the United Kingdom and focuses their research primarily within Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science. Their scholarly work spans several related subfields including Atmospheric Science, Oceanography, Environmental Chemistry, Ecology, and Global and Planetary Change.

Their research topics cover a range of environmental and climatic phenomena. Key areas include Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics, Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies, Marine and coastal plant biology, Climate change and permafrost, and Climate variability and models.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Raja S. Ganeshram include:

  • Coherent response of the Indian Monsoon Rainfall to Atlantic Multi-decadal Variability over the last 2000 years (2020, Scientific Reports)
  • An Arctic Strait of Two Halves: The Changing Dynamics of Nutrient Uptake and Limitation Across the Fram Strait (2021, Global Biogeochemical Cycles)
  • Nitrate isotope investigations reveal future impacts of climate change on nitrogen inputs and cycling in Arctic fjords: Kongsfjorden and Rijpfjorden (Svalbard) (2022, Biogeosciences)
  • Nitrate assimilation and regeneration in the Barents Sea: insights from nitrate isotopes (2021, Biogeosciences)
  • Anthropogenic nitrogen pollution threats and challenges to the health of South Asian coral reefs (2023, Frontiers in Marine Science)

The scientist has published frequently in journals such as Biogeosciences, SSRN Electronic Journal, Global Biogeochemical Cycles, Frontiers in Marine Science, and Nature Communications. Their work often appears in venues known for environmental and biogeochemical research.

Collaborative research features prominently, with frequent co-authors including Laetitia Pichevin, Robyn E. Tuerena, Jessica Arnull, Anne M. Wilson, and Aminath Shaha Hashim. These collaborations suggest an active engagement with interdisciplinary teams within their fields of study.

Best Publications

  • Impacts of atmospheric anthropogenic nitrogen on the open ocean.

    R. A. Duce;J. LaRoche;K. Altieri;K. R. Arrigo

  • The GEOTRACES Intermediate Data Product 2017

    Reiner Schlitzer;Robert F. Anderson;Elena Masferrer Dodas;Maeve Lohan

  • Glacial-interglacial variability in denitrification in the World's Oceans: Causes and consequences

    Raja S. Ganeshram;Thomas F. Pedersen;Stephen E. Calvert;Gavin W. McNeill

  • An experimental investigation of Barite formation in seawater

    Raja S. Ganeshram;Roger François;Judy Commeau;Susan L. Brown-Leger

  • Variations in tropical convection as an amplifier of global climate change at the millennial scale

    Tara S. Ivanochko;Raja S. Ganeshram;Geert-Jan A. Brummer;Gerald Ganssen

  • Reduced nitrogen fixation in the glacial ocean inferred from changes in marine nitrogen and phosphorus inventories.

    Raja S. Ganeshram;Thomas F. Pedersen;Stephen E. Calvert;Roger Francois

  • Factors controlling the burial of organic carbon in laminated and bioturbated sediments off NW Mexico: Implications for hydrocarbon preservation

    Raja S. Ganeshram;Stephen E. Calvert;Thomas F. Pedersen;Gregory L. Cowie

  • Coupled sea surface temperature–seawater δ18O reconstructions in the Arabian Sea at the millennial scale for the last 35 ka

    Pallavi Anand;Pallavi Anand;Dick Kroon;Arun Deo Singh;Raja S. Ganeshram

  • Productivity collapses in the Arabian Sea during glacial cold phases

    Arun Deo Singh;Simon J. A. Jung;Kate Darling;Raja Ganeshram

  • Glacial‐interglacial variability in upwelling and bioproductivity off NW Mexico: Implications for Quaternary paleoclimate

    Raja S. Ganeshram;Thomas F. Pedersen

  • Nitrogen flows from European watersheds to coastal marine waters

    Gilles Billen;Marie Silvestre;Bruna Grizzetti;Adrian Leip

  • Palaeoclimate reconstructions reveal a strong link between El Niño-Southern Oscillation and Tropical Pacific mean state.

    Aleksey Yu Sadekov;Raja Ganeshram;Laetitia Pichevin;Rose Berdin

  • Enhanced carbon pump inferred from relaxation of nutrient limitation in the glacial ocean

    L. E. Pichevin;B. C. Reynolds;R. S. Ganeshram;I. Cacho

  • Discriminatory classification of natural and anthropogenic waters in two U.K. estuaries

    Robert G.M. Spencer;Andy Baker;Jason M.E. Ahad;Gregory L. Cowie

  • Sea‐surface temperature records of Termination 1 in the Gulf of California: Challenges for seasonal and interannual analogues of tropical Pacific climate change

    Erin L. McClymont;Erin L. McClymont;Raja S. Ganeshram;Laetitia E. Pichevin;Helen M. Talbot

  • Nitrogen flows from European regional watersheds to coastal marine waters

    G Billen;M Silvestre;B Grizzetti;A Leip

  • Seasonal progression of diatom assemblages in surface waters of Ryder Bay, Antarctica

    Amber L. Annett;Damien S. Carson;Xavier Crosta;Andrew Clarke

  • The estuarine mixing behaviour of peatland derived dissolved organic carbon and its relationship to chromophoric dissolved organic matter in two North Sea estuaries (U.K.)

    Robert G.M. Spencer;Jason M.E. Ahad;Andy Baker;Gregory L. Cowie

  • Nitrogen processes in coastal and marine ecosystems

    Maren Voss;Alex Baker;Hermann W. Bange;Daniel Conley

  • Comparative roles of upwelling and glacial iron sources in Ryder Bay, coastal western Antarctic Peninsula

    Amber L. Annett;Marta Skiba;Sian F. Henley;Hugh J. Venables

  • Holocene productivity changes off Adelie Land (East Antarctica)

    Delphine Denis;Xavier Crosta;Sabine Schmidt;Damien S. Carson

Frequent Co-Authors

Xavier Crosta
Xavier Crosta University of Bordeaux
Sabine Schmidt
Sabine Schmidt University of Bordeaux
Anthony E. Fallick
Anthony E. Fallick University of Glasgow
Erin L. McClymont
Erin L. McClymont Durham University
Jacques Giraudeau
Jacques Giraudeau University of Bordeaux
Michel Cremer
Michel Cremer University of Bordeaux
Sébastien Zaragosi
Sébastien Zaragosi University of Bordeaux
Maren Voss
Maren Voss Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research
Dick Kroon
Dick Kroon University of Edinburgh
Thomas F. Pedersen
Thomas F. Pedersen University of Victoria

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