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Recent Publications
Petrenko, V. V., BenZvi, S., Dyonisius, M., Hmiel, B., Smith, A. M., and Buizert, C. 2024. The potential of in situ cosmogenic 14CO in ice cores as a proxy for galactic cosmic ray flux variations. The Cryosphere, 18, 3439–3451, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-18-3439-2024.
Hmiel, B., Petrenko, V.V., Buizert, C., Smith, A.M., Dyonisius, M.N., Place, P., Yang, B., Hua, Q., Beaudette, R., Severinghaus, J.P., Harth, C., Weiss, R.F., Davidge, L., Diaz, M., Pacicco, M., Menking, J.A., Kalk, M., Faïn, X., Adolph, A., Vimont, I., Murray, L.T. 2024. Characterization of in situ cosmogenic 14CO production, retention and loss in firn and shallow ice at Summit, Greenland. The Cryosphere, 18, 3363–3382, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-18-3363-2024.
Patterson, J.D., Aydin, M., Crotwell, A. M., Petron, G., Severinghaus, J.P., Krummel, P.B., Langenfelds, R.L., Petrenko, V.V., Salzman, E.S. 2023. Reconstructing atmospheric H2 over the past century from bi-polar firn air records. Climate of the Past, 19, 2535 – 2550. https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-19-2535-2023
Buizert, C., Shackleton, S., Severinghaus,J.P., Roberts, W.H.G., Seltzer, A., Bereiter, B., Kawamura, K., Baggenstos, D., Orsi, A.J., Oyabu, I., Birner, B., Morgan, J.D., Brook, E.J., Etheridge, D.M., Thornton, D., Bertler, N., Pyne, R.L., Mulvaney, R., Mosley-Thompson, E., Neff, P.D., Petrenko, V.V. 2023. The new Kr-86 excess ice core proxy for synoptic activity: West Antarctic storminess possibly linked to ITCZ movement through the last deglaciation. Climate of the Past, 19, 579 - 606. https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-19-579-2023
Dyonisius, M., Petrenko, V.V., Smith, A., Hmiel, B., Neff, P., Yang, B., Hua, Q., Schmitt, J., Shackleton, S., Buizert, C., Place, P., Menking, J., Beaudette, R., Harth, C., Kalk, M., Roop, H., Bereiter, B., Armanetti, C., Vimont, I., Michel, S. E., Brook, E., Severinghaus, J., Weiss, R., McConnell, J. 2023. Using ice core measurements from Taylor Glacier, Antarctica to calibrate in situ cosmogenic 14C production rates by muons. The Cryosphere, 17, 843 - 863.https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-17-843-2023
Menking, J.A., Shackleton, S.A., Bauska, T.K., Buffen, A.M., Brook, E.J., Barker, S., Severinghaus, J.P., Dyonisius, M.N., Petrenko, V.V. 2022. Multiple carbon cycle mechanisms associated with the glaciation of Marine Isotope Stage 4. Nature Communications, 13:5443, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-33166-3.
Faïn, X., Rhodes, R.H., Place, P., Petrenko, V.V., Fourteau, K., Chellman, N., Crosier, E., McConnell, J.R., Brook, E.J., Blunier, T., Legrand, M., Chappellaz, J. 2022. Northern Hemisphere atmospheric history of carbon monoxide since preindustrial times reconstructed from multiple Greenland ice cores. Climate of the Past, 18, 631 – 647, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-18-631-2022.
Shackleton, S., Menking, J.A., Brook, E., Buizert, C., Dyonisius, M.N.,Petrenko, V.V., Baggenstos, D., and Severinghaus, J.P. 2021. Evolution of mean ocean temperature in Marine Isotope Stage 4. Climate of the Past, 17, 2273–2289. https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-17-2273-2021.
Kazemi, R. Schlageter, W., Hmiel, B., Weber, T.S., Murray, L.T., Petrenko, V.V. 2021. Investigating methane emissions from geologic microseepage in Western New York State, United States. Elementa, 9: 1. https://online.ucpress.edu/elementa/article/9/1/00066/117169/Investigating-methane-emissions-from-geologic
Petrenko, V.V., A.M. Smith, E.M. Crosier, R. Kazemi, P. Place, A. Colton, B. Yang, Q. Hua, L.T. Murray. 2021. An improved method for atmospheric 14CO measurements. Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, 14, 2055–2063. https://amt.copernicus.org/articles/14/2055/2021/.
Aydin, M., G. L. Britten, S. A. Montzka, C. Buizert, F. Primeau, V.V. Petrenko, M. B. Battle, M. R. Nicewonger, J. Patterson, B. Hmiel, and E. S. Saltzman. 2020. Anthropogenic Impacts on Atmospheric Carbonyl Sulfide Since the 19th Century Inferred From Polar Firn Air and Ice Core Measurements. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 125, e2020JD033074. https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2020JD033074
Menking, J.A., Brook, E.J., Schilt, A. Shackleton, S., Dyonisius, M., Severinghaus, J.P., Petrenko, V.V. 2020. Millennial‐Scale Changes in Terrestrial and Marine Nitrous Oxide Emissions at the Onset and Termination of Marine Isotope Stage 4. Geophysical Research Letters, 47, e2020GL089110. https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2020GL089110
Shackleton, S. , Baggenstos, D., Menking, J.A., Dyonisius, M.N., Bereiter, B., Bauska, T.K., Rhodes, R.H., Brook, E.J., , Petrenko, V.V., McConnell, J.R., Kellerhals, T., Häberli, M., Schmitt, J., , Fischer, H. and Severinghaus, J.P. 2020. Global ocean heat content in the Last Interglacial. Nature Geoscience, 13, 77-81. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41561-019-0498-0.
M. N. Dyonisius, V. V. Petrenko, A. M. Smith, Q. Hua, B. Yang, J. Schmitt, J. Beck, B. Seth, M. Bock, B. Hmiel, I. Vimont, J. A. Menking, S. A. Shackleton, D. Baggenstos, T. K. Bauska, R. H. Rhodes, P. Sperlich, R. Beaudette, C. Harth, M. Kalk, E. J. Brook, H. Fischer, J. P. Severinghaus, R. F. Weiss. 2020. Old carbon reservoirs were not important in the deglacial methane budget. Science. 367, 907-910. https://science.sciencemag.org/content/367/6480/907.abstract
B. Hmiel, V.V Petrenko, M.N. Dyonisius, C. Buizert, A.M. Smith, P.F. Place, C. Harth, R. Beaudette, Q. Hua, B. Yang, I. Vimont, S.E. Michel, J.P. Severinghaus, D. Etheridge, T. Bromley, J. Schmitt, X. Faïn, R.F. Weiss, E.J. Dlugokencky, Preindustrial 14CH4 indicates greater anthropogenic fossil CH4 emissions, Nature. 2020 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-020-1991-8
Recent News
Humans are a bigger source of climate-altering methane, new studies suggest: Science Magazine article on Michael's Science paper. February 2020.
Old Carbon reservoirs unlikely to cause massive greenhouse gas release: Article on Michael's Science paper. February 2020.
Natural gas is much 'dirtier' energy souce than we thought: National Geographic article on Ben's Nature paper. February 2020.
Oil and Gas May Be a Far Bigger Climate Threat Than We Knew: New York Times article on Ben's Nature paper. February 2020.
Antarctic scientists begin hunt for sky’s ‘detergent’: Nature Article on upcoming Law Dome Project, November 2018
Antarctic ice mission seeks mystery molecules that scrub sky: Article on upcoming Law Dome Project, October 2018
Could the key to reversing climate change lie beneath the Antarctic? Scientists will drill 800ft deep holes in ice sheets to find a mystery 'detergent' that could clean the air of harmful greenhouse gases: Daily Mail article on upcoming Law Dome Project, October 2018
"Why does ice make that sound?": An analysis of the sound in Peter's ice drop video, April 2018
Viral video of ice dropping into a borehole originally tweeted by Peter, February 2018.