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Stefan Mulitza

Stefan Mulitza

D-Index & Metrics

Earth Science

D-Index
60
Citations
11287
World Ranking
1935
National Ranking
126

Overview

Stefan Mulitza is affiliated with the University of Bremen in Germany and works primarily in the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Environmental Science. Their research covers multiple subfields, including Atmospheric Science, Ecology, Earth-Surface Processes, Oceanography, and Environmental Chemistry.

Their work engages with a range of scientific topics such as Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Isotope Analysis in Ecology, Geological formations and processes, Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena, Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology, Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils, and Marine and coastal ecosystems.

Notable recent publications by Mulitza include:

  • A global climatology of the ocean surface during the Last Glacial Maximum mapped on a regular grid (GLOMAP), 2021, Climate of the past
  • Subsurface ocean warming preceded Heinrich Events, 2022, Nature Communications
  • Mid- to Late Holocene Contraction of the Intertropical Convergence Zone Over Northeastern South America, 2021, Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology
  • Integrating palaeoclimate time series with rich metadata for uncertainty modelling: strategy and documentation of the PalMod 130k marine palaeoclimate data synthesis, 2020, Earth system science data
  • Active North Atlantic deepwater formation during Heinrich Stadial 1, 2021, Quaternary Science Reviews

Frequent co-authors in their research include Cristiano Mazur Chiessi, Ana Luíza Spadano Albuquerque, Janne Repschläger, Christoph Häggi, and Enno Schefuß.

Mulitza has published in a variety of scientific venues, with the most frequent being Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Publishing Network for Geoscientific and Environmental Data (PANGAEA) (Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research), Quaternary Science Reviews, Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology, and Global and Planetary Change.

Best Publications

  • Constraints on the magnitude and patterns of ocean cooling at the Last Glacial Maximum

    C. Waelbroeck;A. Paul;M. Kucera;A. Rosell-Melé

  • Atlantic meridional overturning circulation during the Last Glacial Maximum.

    Jean Lynch-Stieglitz;Jess F. Adkins;William B. Curry;Trond Dokken

  • Warming of the tropical Atlantic Ocean and slowdown of thermohaline circulation during the last deglaciation

    Carsten Rühlemann;Stefan Mulitza;Peter J. Müller;Gerold Wefer

  • Rapid 20th-century increase in coastal upwelling off northwest Africa.

    Helen McGregor;Mihai Dima;Mihai Dima;Helmut W Fischer;Stefan Mulitza

  • Wet phases in the Sahara/Sahel region and human migration patterns in North Africa

    Isla S. Castañeda;Stefan Mulitza;Enno Schefuß;Raquel A. Lopes dos Santos

  • The South Atlantic in the Late Quaternary: Reconstruction of Material Budgets and Current Systems

    Gerold Wefer;Stefan Mulitza;Volker Ratmeyer

  • Increase in African dust flux at the onset of commercial agriculture in the Sahel region

    Stefan Mulitza;David Heslop;Daniela Pittauerova;Helmut W. Fischer

  • Sahel megadroughts triggered by glacial slowdowns of Atlantic meridional overturning

    Stefan Mulitza;Matthias Prange;Jan Berend Stuut;Matthias Zabel

  • Distribution of major elements in Atlantic surface sediments (36°N–49°S): Imprint of terrigenous input and continental weathering

    Aline Govin;Ulrike Holzwarth;David Heslop;Lara Ford Keeling

  • Planktonic foraminifera as recorders of past surface-water stratification

    Stefan Mulitza;Anke Dürkoop;Walter Hale;Gerold Wefer

  • Temporal and spatial structure of multi-millennial temperature changes at high latitudes during the Last Interglacial

    Emilie Capron;Aline Govin;Emma J. Stone;Valérie Masson-Delmotte

  • North Atlantic Deep Water Production during the Last Glacial Maximum

    Jacob N.W. Howe;Alexander Matthew Piotrowski;Taryn L. Noble;Taryn L. Noble;Stefan Mulitza

  • Trends in coastal upwelling intensity during the late 20th century

    N Narayan;André Paul;Stefan Mulitza;Michael Schulz

  • Temperature:δ18O relationships of planktonic foraminifera collected from surface waters

    Stefan Mulitza;Demetrio Boltovskoy;Barbara Donner;Helge Meggers

  • Sensitivity of planktic foraminifera to sea surface temperature and export production as derived from sediment trap data

    Snježana Žarić;Barbara Donner;Gerhard Fischer;Stefan Mulitza

  • Stable Isotopes of Planktonic Foraminifera From Tropical Atlantic/Caribbean Core-Tops: Implications for Reconstructing Upper Ocean Stratification

    Silke Steph;Marcus Regenberg;Ralf Tiedemann;Stefan Mulitza

  • Orbital- and millennial-scale changes in the hydrologic cycle and vegetation in the western African Sahel: insights from individual plant wax δD and δ^(13)C

    Eva M. Niedermeyer;Eva M. Niedermeyer;Enno Schefuß;Alex L. Sessions;Stefan Mulitza

  • Glacial-interglacial variability in Atlantic meridional overturning circulation and thermocline adjustments in the tropical North Atlantic

    Raquel A. Lopes dos Santos;Matthias Prange;Isla S. Castañeda;Enno Schefuß

  • Interhemispheric symmetry of the tropical African rainbelt over the past 23,000 years

    James A. Collins;Enno Schefuß;David Heslop;David Heslop;Stefan Mulitza

  • Estimating the hydrogen isotopic composition of past precipitation using leaf-waxes from western Africa

    James A. Collins;Enno Schefuß;Stefan Mulitza;Matthias Prange

  • Synchronous and proportional deglacial changes in Atlantic meridional overturning and northeast Brazilian precipitation

    Stefan Mulitza;Cristiano M. Chiessi;Enno Schefuß;Jörg Lippold

Frequent Co-Authors

Cristiano Mazur Chiessi
Cristiano Mazur Chiessi Universidade de São Paulo
Enno Schefuß
Enno Schefuß University of Bremen
Matthias Zabel
Matthias Zabel University of Bremen
Michael Schulz
Michael Schulz Norwegian Meteorological Institute
Matthias Prange
Matthias Prange University of Bremen
André Paul
André Paul University of Bremen
André Oliveira Sawakuchi
André Oliveira Sawakuchi Universidade de São Paulo
David Heslop
David Heslop Australian National University
Ralf Tiedemann
Ralf Tiedemann Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research

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