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Research Interests
Climate and environmental change, primarily through the lens of paleolimnology (the study of lake sediments and past lake environments) aimed at understanding climate change and glacier fluctuations in Arctic and alpine environments, most recently around the margins of the Greenland Ice Sheet. Research focuses on the Holocene (the last 11,000 years of Earth's history), but studies timescales ranging from the Pliocene to the present.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Education/Academic qualification
Geological Sciences, PhD, University of Colorado Boulder
… → 2007
Geology, MS, Utah State University
… → 2000
Geology, AB, Mount Holyoke College
… → 1997
Research interests
- Artic
- Climate change
- Glacial geology
- Paleolimnology
- Quaternary geology
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Science on our Doorstep: Engaging greater Chicago area communities and policies through podcasting
2/9/22 → 5/20/22
Project: Research project
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Seasonality of Abrupt Climate Change over Greenland: Direct Tests for the Younger Dryas and 8.2 ka event using Paleolimnology
9/1/20 → 8/31/23
Project: Research project
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Fire history of SW Greenland: Characterizing long term climate-fire relationships using lake sediments
6/1/18 → 12/31/18
Project: Research project
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Off-Campus Costs: Doctoral Dissertation Research: A Geospatial Analysis of Alpine Glacial Variability
4/1/18 → 9/30/21
Project: Research project
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Doctoral Dissertation Research: A Geospatial Analysis of Alpine Glacial Variability
4/1/18 → 9/30/21
Project: Research project
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Arctic glaciers and ice caps through the Holocene:a circumpolar synthesis of lake-based reconstructions
Larocca, L. J. & Axford, Y., Mar 30 2022, In: Climate of the Past. 18, 3, p. 579-606 28 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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Arctic chironomids of the northwest North Atlantic reflect environmental and biogeographic gradients
Medeiros, A. S., Milošević, Đ., Francis, D. R., Maddison, E., Woodroffe, S., Long, A., Walker, I. R., Hamerlík, L., Quinlan, R., Langdon, P., Brodersen, K. P. & Axford, Y., Mar 2021, In: Journal of Biogeography. 48, 3, p. 511-525 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
5 Scopus citations -
Direct evidence for thinning and retreat of the southernmost Greenland ice sheet during the Younger Dryas
Carlson, A. E., Reyes, A. V., Gusterson, E., Axford, Y., Wilcken, K. M. & Rood, D. H., Sep 1 2021, In: Quaternary Science Reviews. 267, 107105.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Holocene glacial history of Renland Ice Cap, East Greenland, reconstructed from lake sediments
Medford, A. K., Hall, B. L., Lowell, T. V., Kelly, M. A., Levy, L. B., Wilcox, P. S. & Axford, Y., Apr 15 2021, In: Quaternary Science Reviews. 258, 106883.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access3 Scopus citations -
Large-scale features of Last Interglacial climate: Results from evaluating the lig127k simulations for the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP6)-Paleoclimate Modeling Intercomparison Project (PMIP4)
Otto-Bliesner, B. L., Brady, E. C., Zhao, A., Brierley, C. M., Axford, Y., Capron, E., Govin, A., Hoffman, J. S., Isaacs, E., Kageyama, M., Scussolini, P., Tzedakis, P. C., Williams, C. J. R., Wolff, E., Abe-Ouchi, A., Braconnot, P., Ramos Buarque, S., Cao, J., De Vernal, A., Vittoria Guarino, M. & 19 others, , Jan 11 2021, In: Climate of the Past. 17, 1, p. 63-94 32 p., 632021.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access26 Scopus citations