2026 Publications

Coxall, H.K., Cronin, T. M., Darling, K., Husum, K., Handl, T., Huber, B. T., Kanvinde, M. M., Razmjooei, M., Vermassen, F., Voelker, A. H. L., Weitkamp, T. M., and O'Regan, M., 2026. Quaternary Arctic planktonic foraminifera: morphological differentiation and taxonomic reassessment of subpolar spinose taxa, J. Micropalaeontol., 45, 581–622, 10.5194/jm-45-581-2026.

Jakobsson, M., Kirchner, N., Nilsson, Stranne, C., Mayer, L., Barnett, J., Holmes, F.A., Calder, B., Deutsch, C., de Boer, A.M., Coxall, H.K, Faehnrich, K., Hong, W-L., Hopper, J.P., Ketzer, M., Noormets, R., O´Regan, M., Ross, N., Sigray, P., Strandell Erstorp, E., Weidner, E., & Wang, Z., 2026. Atlantic water access and the break-up of the C.H. Ostenfeld Gletsjer ice tongue, northwest Greenland. Commun Earth Environ: 7, 493. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-026-03666-x

Ketzer, M., Jakobsson, M., Faehnrich, K., Akhoudas, C. H., Prytherch, J., Chang, C., Yu, C., Sundberg, M., Drake, H., Lattaud, J., Hong, W-L., O’Regan, M., Kirchner, N., & Stranne, C., 2026. Thermogenic methane beneath the North Greenland Ice Sheet revealed by isotopic and geological evidence. Nat. Commun.: 17, 7265. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-026-75951-4

Ciais, P., Peng, S., Chang, J., Li, F., Zhu, Q., Yuan, K., Hugelius, G., Li, H., Cai, Y., Chevallier, F., Tibrewal, K., Kort, E. A., Arndt, K., Watts, J., Buma, B., Besic, N., Palmer, P. I., Cadillo-Quiroz, H., Euskirchen, E., Gondwe, M. J., Hoyt, A., Jackson, R., Malone, S., Monteverde, D., Natali, S., Ramonet, M., Rey-Sanchez, C., Sagang, L. B., Schuur, E. A. G., Vargas, R., Varner, R., Zhang, Z., Poulter, B., 2026. A Global Methane Observation System to Reduce Uncertainty for Anthropogenic and Natural Sources and Sinks for Detecting and Attributing Climate Feedbacks. Advanced Science: e76624. https://doi.org/10.1002/advs.76624

Þórarinsson, P. Á, G. Svensson and S. Wallin, 2026. Boundary layer wind turning and mass flux from an idealised single column model framework perspective. Manuscript to be submitted to Boundary Layer Meteorology.

Kristiansen, J., and Coauthors, 2026. Enhancing Environmental Forecasting in the Polar Regions: A Look Into the New WMO WWRP Polar Coupled Analysis and Prediction for Services (PCAPS) Project. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., BAMS-D-24-0287.1, https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-24-0287.1, in press.

Guo, J., Aroney, S.T.N., Domínguez-Huerta, G., Smith, D., Vik, D., Owusu-Ansah, C., Pratama, A.A., Solonenko, S., Tian, F., Howard-Varona, C., Zhong, Z-P., Fofana, A., Smith, G.J., Hodgkins, S.B., Cronin, D., IsoGenie Field Teams 2010–2017, 2019, EMERGE Coordinators, Woodcroft, B.J., Tyson, G.W., Rich, V.I., Sullivan, M.B., Roux, S., & Bagby, S.C., 2026. Mobile genetic elements shape microbial diversity and functions in thawing permafrost soils. Nat Microbiol 11, 1800–1814. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41564-026-02391-7

Cui, Q., Luo, M., Hong, W-L., Huang, T-H., Sun, W., and Sun, X., 2026. Constraining marine silicate alteration in volcanic material-rich continental margin sediments since the last Glacier Maximum evidenced by stable Si isotopes. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta: ISSN 0016-7037,
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2026.06.031

Gio, R., Popp, A.L., Berggren, M., Liu, J., Liu, J., Gustafsson, D., 2026. High-Resolution Modelling of Dissolved Organic Carbon Dynamics in a Boreal Nested Catchment: Insights from the Krycklan-HYPE Model. Journal of Hydrology. doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2026.135039

Hannachi A., Finke K., Trendafilov N., Monselesan D., Risbey J., Chapman C., and Chafik L., 2026. Weather and climate extremes: Simplex, dynamical systems and hull clustering. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 131. https://doi.org/10.1029/2025JD045044

Guasconi, D., Pallandt, M., Martinović, T., Aleinikovienė, J., Behling, D., Filipek, S., Lehtonen, A., Mäkipää, R., Tupek, B., Baldrian, P., & Manzoni, S. (2026). Integrating microbial community composition with abiotic drivers enhances prediction of soil respiration in managed Scots pine forests. Applied Soil Ecology, 222, 107015. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsoil.2026.107015

Chen, F., Zhao, X., Yue, W., Wang, S., Zhang, Y., Chen, Y., Hua, M., Esper, J., Büntgen, U., Ljungqvist, F.C., Hessl, A.E., Torbenson, M.C.A., Yuan, Y., Hadad, M.A., Roig, F.A., Cao, H., Zhang, H., Liang, Y. & Chen, F., 2026. Climate-driven reduction in biomass production of the Eurasian steppe coincides with nomadic migration during the first millennium CE. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 123: e2513573123.

Wang, J., Steinman, B.A., Ljungqvist, F.C., Miao, Y. & Yang, B., 2026. Projected Late 21st Century Warming Unprecedented in Northwest China in a Holocene Context. Geophysical Research Letters, 53: e2025GL117890.

Li, G., Yang, B., Wu, G., Feng, G., Ljungqvist, F.C., Che, T., Zhang, Y., Yang, H., Guan, X., Huang, C., Xiao, J. & Miao, Y., 2025. Increased desertification exposure in dryland areas. Ecological Indicators, 179, 114264. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2025.114264

Fan, B., Yang, B., Wang, F., Ljungqvist, F.C. & Bräuning, A. 2025. Spatio-temporal characteristics of the 8.2 and 4.2 ka BP climate events in the East Asian summer monsoon region recorded by stalagmite δ18O data. Science China Earth Sciences 68, 2839–2852. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11430-025-1621-5

Sen, A., Sevin, B., Kotliarov, A., Hong, W-L., Szymczycha, B., Diak, M., Lepland, A. & Knies, J., 2026. Life on the edge: distinctive and diverse communities in the chemotone peripheral to Arctic seeps. Marine Biology: 173, 113. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-026-04853-2

Jang, K., Bayon, G., Han, Y., Joe, J.J., Jun, S-J., Son, Y, J., Matthiessen, J., O’Regan, M., Vogt, C., Stein, R., Sakamoto, T., Byun, E., Woo, K. S., Nam, S-I, 2026. Mid-Pleistocene Transition linked to Arctic seaway expansion. Communications Earth & Environment: 7, 449. Doi: 10.1038/s43247-026-03570-4

Razmjooei, M.J., Spielhagen, R.F., Bauch, H.A., Vermassen, F., Jakobsson, M., and O'Regan, M., 2026. Evaluating the reliability of radiocarbon chronologies in Arctic Ocean sediments using calcareous nannofossil bioevents. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology: 695, 113847. DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2026.113847

du Bois d'Aische, E., Jonard, F., Hirst, C., Villani, M., Thomas, M., Giesler, R., Mörth, C-M., Lundin, E., Van Oost, K., Vanacker, V., 2026. Permafrost Thaw Drives Iron and Organic Carbon Release Into Soil Pore Water During Palsa to Degraded Palsa Transition. Permafrost and Periglacial Processes: 37, 1. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ppp.70018

Li, D., Cui, Q., Liu, H., Huang, T-H., Hong, W-L., Hu, B., Huang, J., Luo, M., Sun, W., Sun, X., 2026. Silicon isotope-based assessments of biogenic and dissolved silica content determination in marine sediments. Chemical Geology: 704, 123251. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2026.123251

Hietbrink, S., Dugan, B., Patton, H., Hong, W-L., 2026. Impact of glacial-interglacial cycles on the groundwater system of the Lofoten-Vesterålen continental margin, Norway, since the Last Interglacial. Hydrogeol J: 34, 367–385. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10040-025-02994-0

Eriksson, A., Wild, B., Hong, W-L., Holmstrand, H., Nascimento, F.J.A., Bonaglia, S., Kosmach, D., Semiletov, I., Shakhova, N., and Gustafsson, Ö., 2026. Enhanced methane cycling across the Laptev Sea signaled by time-integrated biomarkers of aerobic methane oxidation. Biogeosciences: 23, 4. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-23-1459-2026

Fonseca, A., Hermans, M., Nascimento, F.J.A., Stranne, C., Norkko, A., Gustafsson, B.G., and Humborg, C., 2026. Evidence for cable bacteria inhabiting deep in anoxic sediment reveals a novel ecological niche. Environmental Microbiome: 21, 54. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40793-026-00895-7

Cocker, S.L., Tirlea, D., Francis, E., Kuzmina, S., Zazula, G.D., Froese, D.G., 2026. Latest Pleistocene (17,500–13,500 cal yr BP) Arctic ground squirrel (Sciuridae: Urocitellus parryii) middens record late persistence of steppe-tundra in central Yukon Territory. Quaternary Research: 130, 81-99. doi:10.1017/qua.2025.10032

Wanket, C., Cocker, S. L., De Sanctis, B., Oliveira, M., Bond, J., Jensen, B. J. L., … Shapiro, B. (2026). Continuity of eastern Beringian megafauna phylogenetic diversity following deposition of the Late Pleistocene Dawson tephra. Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research, 58(1). https://doi.org/10.1080/15230430.2025.2606444

Rodríguez-Varela, R., Pochon, Z., Mas-Sandoval, A., Yaka, R., Fortes-Lima, C.A., García Rubio, A., Márquez-Grant, N., Marí, J., Graziani, G., Abárzuza, A.F., Vicente, M., Lorca-Francisco, L., Linderholm, A., .... & Anders Götherström, 2026. Analysis of medieval burials from Ibiza reveals genetic and pathogenic diversity during the Islamic period. Nat Commun: 17, 2703. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-026-70615-9

Bergström, A., Furtwängler, A., Johnston, S., ... Linderholm, A.,..., and Skoglund, P., 2026. Genomic history of early dogs in Europe. Nature: 651, 986–994. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-026-10112-7

Renoult, M., Sagoo, N., Hörner, J., and Mauritsen, T., 2026. Snowball Earth transitions from Last Glacial Maximum conditions provide an independent upper limit on Earth's climate sensitivity. Earth System Dynamics: 17, 2. https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-17-303-2026

Zhong, Y., Lu, Z., Kaboth-Bahr, S., ... Vermassen, F., ..., Liu, Q., 2026. Precession modulates the poleward expansion of atmospheric circulation to the Arctic Ocean. Nat Commun: 16, 1143. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-56542-1

Henriksson, L., McKenzie, T., Yau, Y.Y.Y., Cheung, H.L.S., Majtényi-Hill, C., Ljungberg, W., Tomer, A.S., Bonaglia, S. and Santos, I.R., 2026. Large methane oxidation across an oxygen gradient in Baltic Sea deep waters. Limnol. Oceanogr. Lett: 11, e70081. https://doi.org/10.1002/lol2.70081

Martens, J., Hönisch, B., Coxall, H.K., O’Regan, M., Vermassen, F., Jakobsson, M., Yan, B., Hurley, S., 2026. Towards understanding archaeal lipid biomarker (GDGT) distributions in central Arctic Ocean sediments. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2026.04.019

Zhang, Y., Wei, J., Li, Z., Dai, N., Zheng, W., Yin, Q., de Boer, A.M., Shi, Z., and Zhang, L., 2026. Weakened miocene temperature response to orbital forcing compared to the modern-day. Clim. Past: 22, 879–889. https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-22-879-2026

Santos, M., Bröder, L., O’Regan, M., Hernandez, I., Tesi, T., Bigler, L., Haghipour, N., Nelson, D.B., and Lattaud, J., 2026. Holocene sea ice and paleoenvironment conditions in the Beaufort Sea (Canadian Arctic) using lipid biomarkers. Climate of the Past: 22, 187–203. doi: 10.5194/cp-22-187-2026

Bazvand, A., Sadeghi, A., Adabi, M.H., Jamali, A.M., Razmjooei, M.J., 2026. Campanian-Maastrichtian paleo-depth variations in the Zagros early foreland basin (Lurestan Zone, Iran): Implications for basin evolution and regional paleoenvironmental changes. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences: 303, 107041. DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2026.107041

Suosaari, E.P., Dupraz, C., Oehlert, A.M., Lascu, I., Vitek, B.E., Piggot, A.M., Palma, A.T., Reid, R.P., 2026. Coupled authigenic Mg silicate and carbonate precipitation in saline lakes of the Salar de Atacama, Northern Chile. The Depositional Record: 12, 1. https://doi.org/10.1002/dep2.70055

Visscher, P.T., Boussagol, P., Bourillot, R., Dupraz, C., Braissant, O., Decho, A.W., Burns, B.P., White III, R.A., Tomko, P., Vennin, E., 2026. A critical role of heterotrophic bacteria in early diagenesis of carbonates through exopolymer degradation and calcium release. The Depositional Record: 12, 1. https://doi.org/10.1002/dep2.70057

Wu, W., Zheng, L., Holmstrand, H., Tarbier, B., Wild, B., Shakhova, N., Kosmach, D., Semiletov, I., Brüchert, V., Xu, Y., Gustafsson, Ö., 2026. Intensive methane seep region on the outer East Siberian Arctic Shelf shows biomarker evidence for aerobic oxidation of methane. Organic Geochemistry: 215, 105171. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.orggeochem.2026.105171

Yuan, B., Wu, C., de Wit, C.A., Mohr, C., Andrade, M., Moreno, I., Brüchert, V., Smittenberg, R., MacLeod, M., 2026. Polychlorinated Alkane Profiles and Concentrations in Bolivian Andes Soils Point to a Long-Range Transport Influence. Environmental Science & Technology: 60, 11. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.5c14672

Ståhl, E., O'Regan, M., Feinauer, I.S., Johnson, E., Razmjooei, M.,J., Heintzman, P.D., Linderholm, A., 2026. Testing a novel genomic-based approach for Arctic Ocean biostratigraphy. Marine Micropaleontology: 204, 102573. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marmicro.2026.102573

Orme, L.C., Ludlow, F., Langton, N., Sjöström, J.K., Kylander, M.E., Murphy, C., Pyne-O'Donnell, S.D.F., Turner, J.N., Li, N., Davies, S.J., Mitchell, F.J.G. and Matthews, J.A., 2026. Storminess in North West Europe and volcanic activity during the Holocene. Climate of the Past: 22, 2, 287–313. https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-22-287-2026

O'Regan, M., Jakobsson, M., and Moran, K., 2026. Did the central Arctic become a sediment-starved basin in the Quaternary? Marine Geology: 494, 107729. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.margeo.2026.107729

Möller, P., Hammarlund, D., Ljung, K., O’Regan, M., Hoff, L., Ståhl, E., Jakobsson, M., 2026. Holocene subaqueous landslide dynamics in the Lake Siljan-Orsasjön Basin, south-central Sweden. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms: 51(3), e70279. https://doi.org/10.1002/esp.70279

Sicard, M., de Boer, A.M., Coxall, H.L., Koenigk, T., Karami, M. P., Labastida, R.G.N., Jakobsson, M., O’Regan, M., Vermassen, F., 2026. Variations in Arctic Ocean Dynamics and Hydrography Under 127 ka Last Interglacial Conditions and Future Warming. Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology: 41, 3, e2025PA005247. https://doi.org/10.1029/2025PA005247

Marsh, W.A., Scarsbrook, L., Yüncü, E., ... Linderholm, A., ... et al., 2026. Dogs were widely distributed across western Eurasia during the Palaeolithic. Nature: 651, 995–1003. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-026-10170-x

Johnson, E., Feinauer, I.S., Regnéll, C., Jin, C., Chacón-Duque, J.C., Oteo-García, G., Gyllencreutz, R., Greenwood, S.L., Dalén, L., Heintzman, P.D., and Linderholm, A., 2026. Ancient environmental genome reveals a migratory brown bear individual in Early Holocene Scandinavia. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 123 (16) e2527944123, https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2527944123

Marshall, E.M., Zhu, C., Mayhood, L., Khalid, Z., Yao, H., Panieri, G., Cediel-Becerra, J.D.D., Chevrette, M.G., Strother, J.A., Loesgen, S., 2026. Antinociceptive Benzothiazine and Benzothiazole Natural Products from Marine Croceibacter atlanticus. Journal of Natural Products: 0163-3864. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jnatprod.6c00098

Trasune, L., Orozco, L. E., Salonen, J. S., Otiniano, G. A., Porter, T. J., Weckström, J., Phillips, M. A., Schenk, F., & Heikkila, M. (2026). A comparison of Holocene temperature reconstructions from vegetation proxies and brGDGTs in northern Fennoscandia. Quaternary Science Reviews: 372, 109727. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2025.109727

Watts, J.D., (inclusiv Hugelius, G., ....,  Varner, R.K.), et al., 2026. A global methane observation system to track climate feedbacks for verifiable climate impact. Science: 391,1324-1327. DOI:10.1126/science.aef0459

Sjöström, J., Martínez Cortizas, A., Nylund, A., Piilo, S.R.,Orme, L., Gyllencreutz, R., Schenk, F., Chiverrell, R., KcKeown, M., Claire Ansberque, and Kylander, M.E., 2026. A stormy past: long-term temperature evolution and volcanic activity as drivers of Holocene storminess in the eastern North Atlantic. Quaternary Science Reviews: 381, 109901, ISSN 0277-3791.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2026.109901

Bergelv, F. and Sporre, M.K., 2026. Relation Between High-Pressure Blocking and Aerosol Concentrations in Southern Sweden. Tellus B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology: 78(1), p. 67–83. https://doi.org/10.16993/tellusb.1889

Lutsko, N.J., Wall, C.J., and Gasparini, B., 2026. An analytical model of the lifecycle of tropical anvil cloud radiative effects. JGR Atmospheres: 131, 4. https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2025JD045070.

Trasune, L., Salonen, J. S., Stivrins, N., Amon, L., Stancikaite, M., Gedminiene, L., Veski, S., and Schenk, F., 2026. High temperature seasonality as a signature of late-Quaternary AMOC weakening in Northern Europe. Quaternary Science Reviews. 376, 109843. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2026.109843

Wijnands, F.M.D., O'Regan, M., Coxall, H.K., and Heintzman, P.D., 2026. The promise of sedimentary ancient DNA as a proxy to understand Arctic Ocean palaeoecology and palaeoenvironments. Marine Micropaleontology: 102543, ISSN 0377-8398,
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marmicro.2026.102543

Mármol-Sánchez, E., Fromm, B., Oskolkov, N., Pochon, Z., Dehasque, M., Aslanzadeh, M., Bozlak, E., Brown, K., van der Valk, T., Kalogeropoulos, P., Chacón-Duque, J.C., Biryukova, I., Heintzman, P.D., Furugård, C., Plotnikov, V., Protopopov, A., Andersson, B., Ersmark, E., Peterson, K.J., Friedländer, M.R., Dalén, L., 2026. Ancient RNA expression profiles from the extinct woolly mammoth. Cell: 189, 1, 52-69.e22, ISSN 0092-8674. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2025.10.025

Stanton, D.W.G., Manin, A., Evin, A., Tabbada, K., Linderholm, A., Drinkwater, R., Thalmann, O., [...] , and Frantz, L., 2026. Genomic and morphometric evidence for Austronesian-mediated pig translocation in the Pacific. Science: 391(6780), adv4963. DOI: 10.1126/science.adv4963

Shi, D., Xiao, W., O'Regan, M., Polyak, L., Wang, R., Wu, L., Xu, R., 2026. Pleistocene sediment transport dynamics in the western Arctic Ocean. Global and Planetary Change: 257, 105262,
ISSN 0921-8181. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloplacha.2025.105262.

Kad, P., Steinig, S., de Boer, A.M., Chan, W-L, Hutchinson, D., Ha, K-J., Thirumalai, K., Lunt, D.J., Niezgodzki, I., Parekh, A., Saini, H., 2026. Atmospheric Stabilization Weakened Proto-Low-Level Jet Over the Indian Ocean During the Eocene Hothouse. Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology, Open source preview: 41(1), e2025PA005244. https://doi.org/10.1029/2025PA005244