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Zhonghui Liu is affiliated with the University of Hong Kong in China and has contributed extensively to the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science. Their research spans a range of subfields including Atmospheric Science, Ecology, Earth-Surface Processes, Paleontology, and Oceanography.

The scientist's work covers main topics such as:

  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology
  • Geological formations and processes
  • Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Geological and Geophysical Studies
  • Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils

Liu has published papers in multiple notable journals with frequent contributions to Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Quaternary Science Reviews, Nature Communications, Geophysical Research Letters, and Science Bulletin. Some of the recent publications include:

  • Possible obliquity-forced warmth in southern Asia during the last glacial stage, 2020, Science Bulletin
  • Applying an extended theory of planned behavior to predict willingness to pay for green and low-carbon energy transition, 2023, Journal of Cleaner Production
  • Salinity-controlled isomerization of lacustrine brGDGTs impacts the associated MBT5ME terrestrial temperature index, 2021, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
  • Tectonic degassing drove global temperature trends since 20 Ma, 2022, Science
  • Orbital climate variability on the northeastern Tibetan Plateau across the Eocene-Oligocene transition, 2020, Nature Communications

Collaborations are a significant aspect of Liu's research activities. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Huanye Wang
  • Weiguo Liu
  • Hu Liu
  • Yunning Cao
  • Hongxuan Lu

Best Publications

  • Global cooling during the eocene-oligocene climate transition.

    Zhonghui Liu;Zhonghui Liu;Mark Pagani;David Zinniker;Robert DeConto

  • High Earth-system climate sensitivity determined from Pliocene carbon dioxide concentrations

    Mark Pagani;Zhonghui Liu;Zhonghui Liu;Jonathan LaRiviere;Ana Christina Ravelo

  • Tropical ocean temperatures over the past 3.5 million years.

    Timothy D. Herbert;Laura Cleaveland Peterson;Kira T. Lawrence;Zhonghui Liu

  • A 40-million-year history of atmospheric CO2

    Yi Ge Zhang;Mark Pagani;Zhonghui Liu;Steven M. Bohaty

  • Patterns and mechanisms of early Pliocene warmth

    A. V. Fedorov;C. M. Brierley;C. M. Brierley;K. T. Lawrence;Z. Liu

  • Evolution of the Eastern Tropical Pacific Through Plio-Pleistocene Glaciation

    Kira T. Lawrence;Zhonghui Liu;Timothy D. Herbert

  • The role of carbon dioxide during the onset of Antarctic glaciation

    Mark Pagani;Matthew Huber;Zhonghui Liu;Steven M. Bohaty

  • Greatly Expanded Tropical Warm Pool and Weakened Hadley Circulation in the Early Pliocene

    Chris M. Brierley;Alexey V. Fedorov;Zhonghui Liu;Timothy D. Herbert

  • A 12-million-year temperature history of the tropical Pacific Ocean.

    Yi Ge Zhang;Mark Pagani;Zhonghui Liu

  • The influence of 14C reservoir age on interpretation of paleolimnological records from the Tibetan Plateau

    Juzhi Hou;William Joseph D'Andrea;Zhonghui Liu

  • High-latitude influence on the eastern equatorial Pacific climate in the early Pleistocene epoch

    Zhonghui Liu;Timothy D. Herbert

  • Large Holocene summer temperature oscillations and impact on the peopling of the northeastern Tibetan Plateau

    Juzhi Hou;Juzhi Hou;Yongsong Huang;Yongsong Huang;Jiangtao Zhao;Jiangtao Zhao;Zhonghui Liu

  • Dynamics of the intertropical convergence zone over the western Pacific during the Little Ice Age

    Hong Yan;Wei Wei;Willie Soon;Zhisheng An

  • South China Sea hydrological changes and Pacific Walker Circulation variations over the last millennium.

    Hong Yan;Liguang Sun;Delia W. Oppo;Yuhong Wang

  • Alkenone-based reconstruction of late-Holocene surface temperature and salinity changes in Lake Qinghai, China

    Zhonghui Liu;Andrew C. G. Henderson;Andrew C. G. Henderson;Yongsong Huang

  • Biogeochemical evidence of Holocene East Asian summer and winter monsoon variability from a tropical maar lake in southern China

    Guodong Jia;Yang Bai;Xiaoqiang Yang;Luhua Xie

  • A 4-Ma record of thermal evolution in the tropical western Pacific and its implications on climate change

    Li Li;Qianyu Li;Qianyu Li;Jun Tian;Pinxian Wang

  • 800-kyr land temperature variations modulated by vegetation changes on Chinese Loess Plateau

    Hongxuan Lu;Weiguo Liu;Weiguo Liu;Hong Yang;Huanye Wang;Huanye Wang

  • Possible obliquity-forced warmth in southern Asia during the last glacial stage

    Cheng Zhao;Cheng Zhao;Eelco J. Rohling;Eelco J. Rohling;Zhengyu Liu;Xiaoqiang Yang

  • Late Miocene episodic lakes in the arid Tarim Basin, western China.

    Weiguo Liu;Zhonghui Liu;Zhisheng An;Zhisheng An;Jimin Sun

  • Late Holocene coupled moisture and temperature changes on the northern Tibetan Plateau

    Yuxin He;Cheng Zhao;Zheng Wang;Huanye Wang

Frequent Co-Authors

Weiguo Liu
Weiguo Liu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Zhisheng An
Zhisheng An Chinese Academy of Sciences
Timothy D. Herbert
Timothy D. Herbert Brown University
Mark Pagani
Mark Pagani Yale University
Aifeng Zhou
Aifeng Zhou Lanzhou University
Chuanlun L. Zhang
Chuanlun L. Zhang Southern University of Science and Technology
Zicheng Yu
Zicheng Yu Lehigh University
Eelco J. Rohling
Eelco J. Rohling Utrecht University
Yongsong Huang
Yongsong Huang Brown University
Yan Zhao
Yan Zhao Chinese Academy of Sciences

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