Stephen Roberts

Quaternary Geologist

Biography

I am a Quaternary Geologist at the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) in Cambridge, UK. My research focuses on reconstructing past environmental change from terrestrial records, principally, lake sediment and peat deposits. I develop novel (bio)geochemical proxies that help to reconstruct past changes in wind, temperature, glacial history, changes in sea level, and place the impact of current and future climate change and modern pollution into a longer term, geological context.

I undertook my PhD fieldwork in Iceland, investigating the use of volcanic ash deposits as chronological markers, and have since participated in numerous international field campaigns to remote and polar regions, including Antarctica, the sub-Antarctic islands, Chile, Iceland and New Zealand.

I am a BAS Diversity Ambassador, and has been a mentor for the BAS Polar Horizons program, which aims to help increase equality, diversity and inclusion within Polar Science.

Research interests

I am a Research Scientist at the British Antarctic Survey (BAS), Cambridge, studying past environmental change in Antarctica and on the Sub-Antarctic islands.

My current research focuses on reconstructing past environments on the Antarctic Peninsula, the Sub-Antarctic Islands, East Antarctica and South America to understand past changes in climate, ice sheet extent and thickness and sea level. This research contributes towards the aims of the strategic science framework at the BAS and forms part of the Natural Environmental Research Council (NERC) environmental science strategy for the UK, which recognises that the Antarctic and Arctic are key components of the global climate system.

I am currently supervising three PhD students developing methods for detecting polymer contamination of (sub)Antarctic and Arctic terrestrial environments, investigating Holocene deglaciation in West Antarctica, and developing wind strength biological and geochemical proxies from lake sediments and peatland records from islands in the Southern Ocean.
Since joining BAS in 2004, I have worked on a variety of different projects investigating: 1) the patterns and rates of past ice shelf and ice sheet loss, glacio-isostatic rebound and relative sea level change in Antarctica; 2) the mechanisms of climate change on the Antarctic Peninsula and in South America over the last c. 30,000 years; 3) former and present-day subglacial lake systems on the Antarctic Peninsula and in East Antarctica; 4) changes in the Southern Hemisphere Westerly Winds around Antarctica.

Collaborations

I use a wide-range of high resolution and state-of-the-art techniques, working closely with colleagues in the UK and Europe to build assessments of the likely causes of past changes in climate. In particular, we have long-standing collaborations with the University of Ghent, Belgium and the University of Durham.

With colleagues in Australia, I am currently investigating changes in past wind strength and more recent plutonium fallout associated with nuclear weapons testing on the islands of the Southern Ocean using lake and peat record.

Publications from NERC Open Research Archive

2024

Li, Chuxian, Enrico, Maxime, Bishop, Kevin, Roberts, Stephen J. , Hodgson, Dominic A. , Lamentowicz, Mariusz, Mauquoy, Dmitri, Mestrot, Adrien, Grosjean, Martin. (2024) Perspectives on using peat records to reconstruct past atmospheric Hg levels. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 482 (). 4 pp. 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2024.136581

Peel, Rebecca H. , Lloyd, Charlotte E. M., Roberts, Stephen J. , Naafs, B. D. A., Bull, Ian D.. (2024) Quantification of microplastic targets in environmental matrices using pyrolysis-gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. Environmental Science: Advances, (). 13 pp. 10.1039/d4va00269e

Griffiths, Huw James , Waller, Catherine, Roberts, Stephen John , Jażdżewska, Anna, Hik, David S.. (2024) Extremely low biodiversity Arctic intertidal habitats as sentinels for environmental change. Frontiers in Marine Science, 11 (). pp. 10.3389/fmars.2024.1494734 (In Press)

Bertrand, Sebastien, Tjallingii, Rik, Kylander, Malin E., Wilhelm, Bruno, Roberts, Stephen J. , Arnaud, Fabien, Brown, Erik, Bindler, Richard. (2024) Inorganic geochemistry of lake sediments: A review of analytical techniques and guidelines for data interpretation. Earth-Science Reviews, 249 (). 31 pp. 10.1016/j.earscirev.2023.104639

2023

Hodgson, Dominic A. , Roberts, Stephen J. , Izagirre, Eñaut, Perren, Bianca B. , De Vleeschouwer, François, Davies, Sarah J., Bishop, Thomas, McCulloch, Robert D., Aravena, Juan-Carlos. (2023) Southern limit of the Patagonian Ice Sheet. Quaternary Science Reviews, 321 (). pp. 10.1016/j.quascirev.2023.108346

McCulloch, Robert D., Mansilla, Claudia A., Roberts, Stephen J. , Tisdall, Eileen W.. (2023) Late Quaternary climatic inferences from southern Patagonia (~53°S): A holistic palaeoecological approach to tracking the behaviour of the southern westerly winds. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 631 (). 14 pp. 10.1016/j.palaeo.2023.111822

Heredia Barión, Pablo, Roberts, Stephen J. , Spiegel, Cornelia, Binnie, Steven A., Wacker, Lukas, Davies, Joanna, Gabriel, Imogen, Jones, Vivienne J., Blockley, Simon, Pearson, Emma J., Foster, Louise, Davies, Sarah J., Roland, Thomas P., Hocking, Emma P., Bentley, Michael J., Hodgson, Dominic A. , Hayward, Chris L., McCulloch, Robert D., Strelin, Jorge A., Kuhn, Gerhard. (2023) Holocene deglaciation and glacier readvances on the Fildes Peninsula and King George Island (Isla 25 de Mayo), South Shetland Islands, NW Antarctic Peninsula. The Holocene, 33 (). pp. 10.1177/09596836231157059

Heredia Barión, Pablo A., Strelin, Jorge A., Roberts, Stephen J. , Spiegel, Cornelia, Wacker, Lukas, Niedermann, Samuel, Bentley, Michael J., Pearson, Emma J., Manograsso Czalbowski, Tamara, Davies, Sarah J., Schnetger, Bernhard, Grosjean, Martin, Arcusa, Stephanie, Perren, Bianca , Kuhn, Gerhard. (2023) The impact of Holocene deglaciation and glacial dynamics on the landscapes and geomorphology of Potter Peninsula, King George Island (Isla 25 Mayo), NW Antarctic Peninsula. Frontiers in Earth Science, 10 (). 38 pp. 10.3389/feart.2022.1073075

2022

Adams, Jonathan R., Johnson, Joanne S. , Roberts, Stephen J. , Mason, Philippa J., Nichols, Keir A., Venturelli, Ryan A., Wilcken, Klaus, Balco, Greg, Goehring, Brent, Hall, Brenda, Woodward, John, Rood, Dylan H.. (2022) New 10Be ages improve Holocene ice sheet thinning history near the grounding line of Pope Glacier, Antarctica. The Cryosphere, 16 (). pp. 10.5194/tc-16-4887-2022

Roberts, Stephen J. , McCulloch, Robert D., Emmings, Joseph F., Davies, Sarah J., Van Nieuwenhuyze, Wim, Sterken, Mieke, Heirman, Katrien, Van Wichelen, Jeroen, Diaz, Carolina, Van de Vyver, Evelien, Whittle, Alex , Vyverman, Wim, Hodgson, Dominic A. , Verleyen, Elie. (2022) Late glacial and Holocene glacial and palaeolake history of the Última Esperanza region of Southern Patagonia. Frontiers in Earth Science, 10 (). 32 pp. 10.3389/feart.2022.813396

2021

Johnson, Joanne S. , Pollard, David, Whitehouse, Pippa L., Roberts, Stephen J. , Rood, Dylan H., Schaefer, Joerg M.. (2021) Comparing glacial‐geological evidence and model simulations of ice sheet change since the last glacial period in the Amundsen Sea sector of Antarctica. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, 126 (). 20 pp. 10.1029/2020JF005827

2020

Perren, Bianca B. , Hodgson, Dominic A. , Roberts, Stephen J. , Sime, Louise , Van Nieuwenhuyze, Wim, Verleyen, Elie, Vyverman, Wim. (2020) Southward migration of the Southern Hemisphere westerly winds corresponds with warming climate over centennial timescales. Communications Earth & Environment, 1 (). 8 pp. 10.1038/s43247-020-00059-6

Li, Chuxian, Sonke, Jeroen E., Le Roux, Gaël, Piotrowska, Natalia, Van der Putten, Nathalie, Roberts, Stephen J. , Daley, Tim, Rice, Emma, Gehrels, Roland, Enrico, Maxime, Mauquoy, Dmitri, Roland, Thomas P., De Vleeschouwer, François. (2020) Unequal anthropogenic enrichment of mercury in Earth’s Northern and Southern Hemispheres. ACS Earth and Space Chemistry, 4 (). pp. 10.1021/acsearthspacechem.0c00220

Johnson, Joanne S. , Roberts, Stephen J. , Rood, Dylan H., Pollard, David, Schaefer, Joerg M., Whitehouse, Pippa L., Ireland, Louise C. , Lamp, Jennifer L., Goehring, Brent M., Rand, Cari, Smith, James A. . (2020) Deglaciation of Pope Glacier implies widespread early Holocene ice sheet thinning in the Amundsen Sea sector of Antarctica.. Earth & Planetary Science Letters, 548 (). 13 pp. 10.1016/j.epsl.2020.116501

Nývlt, Daniel, Glasser, Neil F., Hocking, Emma, Oliva, Marc, Roberts, Stephen J. , Roman, Matěj. (2020) Chapter 5 – Tracing the deglaciation since the Last Glacial Maximum. In: Oliva, Marc, Ruiz-Fernández, Jesús (eds.). Past Antarctica: Paleoclimatology and Climate Change, , Academic Press, pp. 10.1016/B978-0-12-817925-3.00005-7

Kaufman, Darrell, McKay, Nicholas, Routson, Cody, Erb, Michael, Davis, Basil, Heiri, Oliver, Jaccard, Samuel, Tierney, Jessica, Dätwyler, Christoph, Axford, Yarrow, Brussel, Thomas, Cartapanis, Olivier, Chase, Brian, Dawson, Andria, de Vernal, Anne, Engels, Stefan, Jonkers, Lukas, Marsicek, Jeremiah, Moffa-Sánchez, Paola, Morrill, Carrie, Orsi, Anais, Rehfeld, Kira, Saunders, Krystyna, Sommer, Philipp S., Thomas, Elizabeth, Tonello, Marcela, Tóth, Mónika, Vachula, Richard, Andreev, Andrei, Bertrand, Sebastien, Biskaborn, Boris, Bringué, Manuel, Brooks, Stephen, Caniupán, Magaly, Chevalier, Manuel, Cwynar, Les, Emile-Geay, Julien, Fegyveresi, John, Feurdean, Angelica, Finsinger, Walter, Fortin, Marie-Claude, Foster, Louise, Fox, Mathew, Gajewski, Konrad, Grosjean, Martin, Hausmann, Sonja, Heinrichs, Markus, Holmes, Naomi, Ilyashuk, Boris, Ilyashuk, Elena, Juggins, Steve, Khider, Deborah, Koinig, Karin, Langdon, Peter, Larocque-Tobler, Isabelle, Li, Jianyong, Lotter, André, Luoto, Tomi, Mackay, Anson, Magyari, Eniko, Malevich, Steven, Mark, Bryan, Massaferro, Julieta, Montade, Vincent, Nazarova, Larisa, Novenko, Elena, Pařil, Petr, Pearson, Emma, Peros, Matthew, Pienitz, Reinhard, Płóciennik, Mateusz, Porinchu, David, Potito, Aaron, Rees, Andrew, Reinemann, Scott, Roberts, Stephen , Rolland, Nicolas, Salonen, Sakari, Self, Angela, Seppä, Heikki, Shala, Shyhrete, St-Jacques, Jeannine-Marie, Stenni, Barbara, Syrykh, Liudmila, Tarrats, Pol, Taylor, Karen, van den Bos, Valerie, Velle, Gaute, Wahl, Eugene, Walker, Ian, Wilmshurst, Janet, Zhang, Enlou, Zhilich, Snezhana. (2020) A global database of Holocene paleotemperature records. Scientific Data, 7 (). pp. 10.1038/s41597-020-0445-3

2019

Dickens, W.A., Kuhn, G., Leng, M.J. , Graham, A.G.C., Dowdeswell, J.A., Meredith, M.P. , Hillenbrand, C.-D. , Hodgson, D.A. , Roberts, S.J. , Sloane, H., Smith, J.A. . (2019) Enhanced glacial discharge from the eastern Antarctic Peninsula since the 1700s associated with a positive Southern Annular Mode. Scientific Reports, 9 (). 13 pp. 10.1038/s41598-019-50897-4

Whittle, Alex, Amesbury, Matthew J., Charman, Dan J., Hodgson, Dominic A. , Perren, Bianca B. , Roberts, Stephen J. , Gallego-Sala, Angela V.. (2019) Salt-enrichment impact on biomass production in a natural population of peatland dwelling Arcellinida and Euglyphida (testate amoebae). Microbial Ecology, 78 (). pp. 10.1007/s00248-018-1296-8

2018

Saunders, Krystyna M., Roberts, Stephen J. , Perren, Bianca , Butz, Christoph, Sime, Louise , Davies, Sarah, Van Nieuwenhuyze, Wim, Grosjean, Martin, Hodgson, Dominic A. . (2018) Holocene dynamics of the Southern Hemisphere westerly winds and possible links to CO2 outgassing. Nature Geoscience, 11 (). pp. 10.1038/s41561-018-0186-5

2017

Verleyen, Elie, Tavernier, Ines, Hodgson, Dominic A. , Whitehouse, Pippa L., Kudoh, Sakae, Imura, Satoshi, Heirman, Katrien, Bentley, Michael J., Roberts, Steve J. , De Batist, Marc, Sabbe, Koen, Vyverman, Wim. (2017) Ice sheet retreat and glacio-isostatic adjustment in Lützow Holm Bay, East Antarctica. Quaternary Science Reviews, 169 (). pp. 10.1016/j.quascirev.2017.06.003

Hillenbrand, Claus-Dieter , Smith, James A. , Hodell, David A., Greaves, Mervyn, Poole, Christopher R., Kender, Sev, Williams, Mark, Andersen, Thorbjorn Joest, Jernas, Patrycja E., Elderfield, Henry, Klages, Johann P., Roberts, Stephen , Gohl, Karsten, Larter, Robert D. , Kuhn, Gerhard. (2017) West Antarctic Ice Sheet retreat driven by Holocene warm water incursions. Nature, 547 (). pp. 10.1038/nature22995

Roberts, Stephen J. , Monien, Patrick, Foster, Louise C., Loftfield, Julia, Hocking, Emma P., Schnetger, Bernhard, Pearson, Emma J., Juggins, Steve, Fretwell, Peter , Ireland, Louise , Ochyra, Ryszard, Haworth, Anna R., Allen, Claire S. , Moreton, Steven G., Davies, Sarah J., Brumsack, Hans-Jürgen, Bentley, Michael J., Hodgson, Dominic A. . (2017) Past penguin colony responses to explosive volcanism on the Antarctic Peninsula. Nature Communications, 8 (). 16 pp. doi:10.1038/ncomms14914

2016

Sime, Louise S. , Hodgson, Dominic , Bracegirdle, Thomas J. , Allen, Claire , Perren, Bianca , Roberts, Stephen , de Boer, Agatha M.. (2016) Sea ice led to poleward-shifted winds at the Last Glacial Maximum: the influence of state dependency on CMIP5 and PMIP3 models. Climate of the Past, 12 (). pp. doi:10.5194/cp-12-2241-2016

Tytgat, Bjorn, Verleyen, Elie, Sweetlove, Maxime, D'hondt, Sofie, Ciercx, Pia, Van Ranst, Eric, Peeters, Karolien, Roberts, Stephen , Namsaraev, Zorigto, Wilmotte, Annick, Vyverman, Wim, Willems, Anne. (2016) Bacterial community composition in relation to bedrock type and macrobiota in soils from the Sør Rondane Mountains, East Antarctica. FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 92 (). 13 pp. 10.1093/femsec/fiw126

Hodgson, Dominic A. , Whitehouse, Pippa L., De Cort, Gijs, Berg, Sonja, Verleyen, Elie, Tavernier, Ines, Roberts, Stephen J. , Vyverman, Wim, Sabbe, Koen, O'Brien, Philip. (2016) Rapid early Holocene sea-level rise in Prydz Bay, East Antarctica. Global and Planetary Change, 139 (). pp. 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2015.12.020

Foster, Louise C., Pearson, Emma J., Juggins, Steve, Hodgson, Dominic A. , Saunders, Krystyna M., Verleyen, Elie, Roberts, Stephen J. . (2016) Development of a regional glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraether (GDGT)-temperature calibration for Antarctic and sub-Antarctic lakes. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 433 (). pp. 10.1016/j.epsl.2015.11.018

2015

Davies, Sarah J., Lamb, Henry F., Roberts, Stephen J. . (2015) Micro‐XRF core scanning in palaeolimnology: recent developments. In: Croudace, Ian W., Rothwell, R.G. (eds.). Micro-XRF studies of sediment cores: Applications of a non-destructive tool for the environmental sciences, Dordrecht, Springer, pp. (Developments in Paleoenvironmental Research, ). 10.1007/978-94-017-9849-5_7

Strother, Stephanie L., Salzmann, Ulrich, Roberts, Stephen J. , Hodgson, Dominic A. , Woodward, John, Van Nieuwenhuyze, Wim, Verleyen, Elie, Wyverman, Wim, Moreton, Steven G.. (2015) Changes in Holocene climate and the intensity of Southern Hemisphere Westerly Winds based on a high-resolution palynological record from sub-Antarctic South Georgia. The Holocene, 25 (). pp. 10.1177/0959683614557576

2014

Tavernier, Ines, Verleyen, Elie, Hodgson, Dominic A. , Heirman, Katrien, Roberts, Stephen J. , Imura, Satoshi, Kudoh, Sakae, Sabbe, Koen, De Batist, Marc, Vyverman, Wim. (2014) Absence of a Medieval Climate Anomaly, Little Ice Age and twentieth century warming in Skarvsnes, Lützow Holm Bay, East Antarctica. Antarctic Science, 26 (). pp. doi:10.1017/S0954102014000029

Bentley, Michael J., Ó Cofaigh, Colm, Anderson, John B., Conway, Howard, Davies, Bethan, Graham, Alastair G.C., Hillenbrand, Claus-Dieter , Hodgson, Dominic A. , Jamieson, Stewart S.R., Larter, Robert D. , Mackintosh, Andrew, Smith, James A. , Verleyen, Elie, Ackert, Robert P., Bart, Philip J., Berg, Sonja, Brunstein, Daniel, Canals, Miquel, Colhoun, Eric A., Crosta, Xavier, Dickens, William A., Domack, Eugene, Dowdeswell, Julian A., Dunbar, Robert, Ehrmann, Werner, Evans, Jeffrey, Favier, Vincent, Fink, David, Fogwill, Christopher J., Glasser, Neil F., Gohl, Karsten, Golledge, Nicholas R., Goodwin, Ian, Gore, Damian B., Greenwood, Sarah L., Hall, Brenda L., Hall, Kevin, Hedding, David W., Hein, Andrew S., Hocking, Emma P., Jakobsson, Martin, Johnson, Joanne S. , Jomelli, Vincent, Jones, R. Selwyn, Klages, Johann P., Kristoffersen, Yngve, Kuhn, Gerhard, Leventer, Amy, Licht, Kathy, Lilly, Katherine, Lindow, Julia, Livingstone, Stephen J., Massé, Guillaume, McGlone, Matt S., McKay, Robert M., Melles, Martin, Miura, Hideki, Mulvaney, Robert , Nel, Werner, Nitsche, Frank O., O'Brien, Philip E., Post, Alexandra L., Roberts, Stephen J. , Saunders, Krystyna M., Selkirk, Patricia M., Simms, Alexander R., Spiegel, Cornelia, Stolldorf, Travis D., Sugden, David E., van der Putten, Nathalie, van Ommen, Tas, Verfaillie, Deborah, Vyverman, Wim, Wagner, Bernd, White, Duanne A., Witus, Alexandra E., Zwartz, Dan. (2014) A community-based geological reconstruction of Antarctic Ice Sheet deglaciation since the Last Glacial Maximum. Quaternary Science Reviews, 100 (). pp. doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2014.06.025

Hodgson, Dominic A. , Graham, Alastair G.C., Roberts, Stephen J. , Bentley, Michael J., Cofaigh, Colm Ó, Verleyen, Elie, Vyverman, Wim, Jomelli, Vincent, Favier, Vincent, Brunstein, Daniel, Verfaillie, Deborah, Colhoun, Eric A., Saunders, Krystyna M., Selkirk, Patricia M., Mackintosh, Andrew, Hedding, David W., Nel, Werner, Hall, Kevin, McGlone, Matt S., Van der Putten, Nathalie, Dickens, William A., Smith, James A. . (2014) Terrestrial and submarine evidence for the extent and timing of the Last Glacial Maximum and the onset of deglaciation on the maritime-Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands. Quaternary Science Reviews, 100 (). pp. doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2013.12.001

Mackintosh, Andrew N., Verleyen, Elie, O'Brien, Philip E., White, Duanne A., Jones, R. Selwyn, McKay, Robert, Dunbar, Robert, Gore, Damian B., Fink, David, Post, Alexandra L., Miura, Hideki, Leventer, Amy, Goodwin, Ian, Hodgson, Dominic A. , Lilly, Katherine, Crosta, Xavier, Golledge, Nicholas R., Wagner, Bernd, Berg, Sonja, van Ommen, Tas, Zwartz, Dan, Roberts, Stephen J. , Vyverman, Wim, Masse, Guillaume. (2014) Retreat history of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet since the Last Glacial Maximum. Quaternary Science Reviews, 100 (). pp. doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2013.07.024

Ó Cofaigh, Colm, Davies, Bethan J., Livingstone, Stephen J., Smith, James A. , Johnson, Joanne S. , Hocking, Emma P., Hodgson, Dominic A. , Anderson, John B., Bentley, Michael J., Canals, Miquel, Domack, Eugene, Dowdeswell, Julian A., Evans, Jeffrey, Glasser, Neil F., Hillenbrand, Claus-Dieter , Larter, Robert D. , Roberts, Stephen J. , Simms, Alexander R.. (2014) Reconstruction of ice-sheet changes in the Antarctic Peninsula since the Last Glacial Maximum. Quaternary Science Reviews, 100 (). pp. doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2014.06.023

Griffiths, Huw J. , Whittle, Rowan J. , Roberts, Stephen J. , Belchier, Mark, Linse, Katrin , Thatje, Sven. (2014) Decapoda: crabs and lobsters. In: De Broyer, Claude, Koubbi, Philippe, Griffiths, Huw , Raymond, Ben, d'Udekem d'Acoz, Cedric, Van de Putte, Anton, Danis, Bruno, David, Bruno, Grant, Susie , Gutt, Julian, Held, Christoph, Hosie, Graham, Huettmann, Falk, Post, Alexandra, Ropert-Coudert, Yan (eds.). Biogeographic Atlas of the Southern Ocean, Cambridge, Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research, pp.

Hodgson, Dominic A. , Graham, Alastair G.C., Griffiths, Huw J. , Roberts, Stephen J. , Cofaigh, Colm Ó, Bentley, Michael J., Evans, David J.A.. (2014) Glacial history of sub-Antarctic South Georgia based on the submarine geomorphology of its fjords. Quaternary Science Reviews, 89 (). pp. doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2013.12.005

Van Daele, M., Moernaut, J., Silversmit, G., Schmidt, S., Fontijn, K., Heirman, K., Vandoorne, W., De Clercq, M., Van Acker, J., Wolff, C., Pino, M., Urrutia, R., Roberts, S.J. , Vincze, L., De Batist, M.. (2014) The 600 yr eruptive history of Villarrica Volcano (Chile) revealed by annually laminated lake sediments. Geological Society of America Bulletin, 126 (). pp. 10.1130/B30798.1

2013

Van Nieuwenhuyze, Wim, Roberts, S.J. , Mcculloch, R., Verleyen, E., Hodgson, D.A. , Sterken, M., Van De Vyver, E., Van Wichelen, J., Heirman, K., Sabbe, K., Vyverman, W.. (2013) A paleolimnological reconstruction of Holocene climate change in southern Patagonia. Diatomededelingen, 37 (). pp.

Griffiths, H.J. , Whittle, R.J. , Roberts, S.J. , Belchier, M., Linse, K. . (2013) Antarctic crabs: invasion or endurance?. PLoS One, 8 (). pp. 10.1371/journal.pone.0066981

Fernandez-Carazo, Rafael, Verleyen, Elie, Hodgson, Dominic A. , Roberts, Stephen J. , Waleron, Krzysztof, Vyverman, Wim, Wilmotte, Annick. (2013) Late Holocene changes in cyanobacterial community structure in maritime Antarctic lakes. Journal of Paleolimnology, 50 (). pp. doi:10.1007/s10933-013-9700-3

Hodgson, Dominic A. , Roberts, Stephen J. , Smith, James A. , Verleyen, Elie, Sterken, Mieke, Labarque, Minke, Sabbe, Koen, Vyverman, Wim, Allen, Claire S. , Leng, Melanie J. , Bryant, Charlotte. (2013) Late Quaternary environmental changes in Marguerite Bay, Antarctic Peninsula, inferred from lake sediments and raised beaches. Quaternary Science Reviews, 68 (). pp. 10.1016/j.quascirev.2013.02.002

2012

Sterken, Mieke, Roberts, Stephen , Hodgson, Dominic , Vyverman, Wim, Balbo, Andrea L., Sabbe, Koen, Moreton, Steven G., Verleyen, Elie. (2012) Holocene glacial and climate history of Prince Gustav Channel, northeastern Antarctic Peninsula. Quaternary Science Reviews, 31 (). pp. 10.1016/j.quascirev.2011.10.017

Verleyen, Elie, Hodgson, Dominic , Gibson, John, Imura, Satoshi, Kaup, Enn, Kudoh, Sakake, De Wever, Aaike, Hoshino, Tamotsu, McMinn, Andrew, Obbels, Dagmar, Roberts, Donna, Roberts, Stephen , Sabbe, Kobe, Souffreau, Caroline, Tavernier, Ines, Van Nieuwenhuyze, Wim, Van Ranst, Eric, Vindevogel, Nicole, Vyverman, Wim. (2012) Chemical limnology in coastal East Antarctic lakes: monitoring future climate change in centres of endemism and biodiversity. Antarctic Science, 24 (). pp. 10.1017/S0954102011000642

2011

Convey, Peter , Hopkins, David W., Roberts, Stephen J. , Tyler, Andrew N.. (2011) Global southern limit of flowering plants and moss peat accumulation. Polar Research, 30 (). 10 pp. 10.3402/polar.v30i0.8929

Johnson, Joanne , Bentley, Michael, Roberts, Stephen , Binnie, Steven A., Freeman, Stewart P.H.T.. (2011) Holocene deglacial history of the northeast Antarctic Peninsula – A review and new chronological constraints. Quaternary Science Reviews, 30 (). pp. 10.1016/j.quascirev.2011.10.011

Pearson, Emma J., Juggins, Steve, Talbot, Helen M., Weckström, Jan, Rosén, Peter, Ryves, David B., Roberts, Stephen , Schmidt, Roland. (2011) A lacustrine GDGT-temperature calibration from the Scandinavian Arctic to Antarctic: Renewed potential for the application of GDGT-paleothermometry in lakes. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 75 (). pp. 10.1016/j.gca.2011.07.042

Roberts, Stephen J. , Hodgson, Dominic A. , Sterken, Mieke, Whitehouse, Pippa L., Verleyen, Elie, Vyverman, Wim, Sabbe, Koen, Balbo, Andrea, Bentley, Michael J., Moreton, Steven G.. (2011) Geological constraints on glacio-isostatic adjustment models of relative sea-level change during deglaciation of Prince Gustav Channel, Antarctic Peninsula. Quaternary Science Reviews, 30 (). pp. 10.1016/j.quascirev.2011.09.009

Verleyen, Elie, Hodgson, Dominic A. , Koen, Sabbe, Holger, Cremer, Emslie, Steven D., Gibson, John, Hall, Brenda, Imura, Satoshi, Kudoh, Sakae, Marshall, Gareth J. , McMinn, Andrew, Melles, Martin, Newman, Louise, Roberts, Donna, Roberts, Steve J. , Singh, Shiv M., Sterken, Mieke, Tavernier, Ines, Verkulich, Sergey, Van de Vyver, Evelien, Van Nieuwenhuyze, Wim, Wagner, Bernd, Vyverman, Wim. (2011) Post-glacial regional climate variability along the East Antarctic coastal margin – evidence from shallow marine and coastal terrestrial records. Earth-Science Reviews, 104 (). pp. 10.1016/j.earscirev.2010.10.006

Watcham, E.P., Bentley, M.J., Hodgson, D.A. , Roberts, Stephen , Fretwell, P.T. , Lloyd, J.M., Larter, R.D. , Whitehouse, P.L., Leng, M.J. , Monien, P., Moreton, S.G.. (2011) A new Holocene relative sea level curve for the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Quaternary Science Reviews, 30 (). pp. 10.1016/j.quascirev.2011.07.021

2010

Fretwell, Peter Thomas , Hodgson, Dominic , Watcham, Emma, Bentley, Michael, Roberts, Stephen . (2010) Holocene isostatic uplift of the South Shetland Islands, Antarctic Peninsula, modelled from raised beaches. Quaternary Science Reviews, 29 (). pp. 10.1016/j.quascirev.2010.04.006

Roberts, Stephen J. , Hodgson, Dominic A. , Shelley, Samantha, Royles, Jessica , Griffiths, Huw J. , Deen, Tara J., Thorne, Michael A.S. . (2010) Establishing lichenometric ages for nineteenth- and twentieth-century glacier fluctuations on South Georgia (South Atlantic). Geografiska Annaler Series A Physical Geography, 92A (). pp. 10.1111/j.1468-0459.2010.00382.x

2009

Bentley, M.J., Hodgson, D.A. , Smith, J.A. , Cofaigh, C.O, Domack, E.W., Larter, R.D. , Roberts, S.J. , Brachfeld, S., Leventer, A., Hjort, C., Hillenbrand, C-D. , Evans, J.. (2009) Mechanisms of Holocene palaeoenvironmental change in the Antarctic Peninsula region. The Holocene, 19 (). pp. 10.1177/0959683608096603

Hodgson, Dominic A. , Roberts, Stephen J. , Bentley, Michael J., Carmichael, Emma L., Smith, James A. , Verleyen, Elie, Vyverman, Wim, Geissler, Paul, Leng, Melanie J., Sanderson, David C.W.. (2009) Exploring former subglacial Hodgson Lake, Antarctica. Paper II: palaeolimnology. Quaternary Science Reviews, 28 (). pp. doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2009.04.014

Hodgson, Dominic A. , Roberts, Stephen J. , Bentley, Michael J., Smith, James A. , Johnson, Joanne S. , Verleyen, Elie, Vyverman, Wim, Hodson, Andy J., Leng, Melanie J., Cziferszky, Andreas . (2009) Exploring former subglacial Hodgson Lake, Antarctica Paper I: site description, geomorphology and limnology. Quaternary Science Reviews, 28 (). pp. doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2009.04.011

Roberts, S.J. , Hodgson, D.A. , Bentley, M.J., Sanderson, D.C.W., Milne, G., Smith, J.A. , Verleyen, E., Balbo, A.. (2009) Holocene relative sea-level change and deglaciation on Alexander Island, Antarctic Peninsula, from elevated lake deltas. Geomorphology, 112 (). pp. doi:10.1016/j.geomorph.2009.05.011

2008

Roberts, Stephen , Hodgson, Dominic , Bentley, M.J., Smith, James , Millar, Ian, Olive, V., Sugden, David E.. (2008) The Holocene history of George VI ice shelf, Antarctic Peninsula from clast-provenance analysis of epishelf lake sediments. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 259 (). pp. 10.1016/j.palaeo.2007.10.010

2007

Smith, James A. , Bentley, Michael J., Hodgson, Dominic A. , Roberts, Stephen J. , Leng, Melanie J. , Lloyd, Jeremy M., Barrett, Melissa S., Bryant, Charlotte, Sugden, David E.. (2007) Oceanic and atmospheric forcing of early Holocene ice shelf retreat, George VI Ice Shelf, Antarctica Peninsula. Quaternary Science Reviews, 26 (). pp. doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2006.05.006

2006

Hodgson, D.A. , Bentley, M.J., Roberts, S.J. , Smith, J.A. , Sugden, D.E., Domack, E.W.. (2006) Examining Holocene stability of Antarctic Peninsula ice shelves. Eos. Transactions, American Geophysical Union, 87 (). pp. 10.1029/2006EO310001

Smith, James A. , Hodgson, Dominic A. , Bentley, Michael J., Verleyen, Elie, Leng, Melanie J., Roberts, Steven J. . (2006) Limnology of two Antarctic epishelf lakes and their potential to record periods of ice shelf loss. Journal of Paleolimnology, 35 (). pp. doi:10.1007/s10933-005-1333-8

2005

Bentley, M.J., Hodgson, D.A. , Sugden, D.E., Roberts, S.J. , Smith, J.A., Leng, M.J. , Bryant, C. (2005) Early Holocene retreat of the George VI Ice Shelf, Antarctic Peninsula. Geology, 33 (). pp. 10.1130/G21203.1

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