Our publications
Publications
2021
Hotaling S, Lutz S, Dial RJ, Anesio AM, Benning LG, Fountain AG, Kelley JL, McCutcheon J, Skiles SM, Takeuchi N and Hamilton TL (2021). Biological albedo reduction on ice sheets, glaciers, and snowfields. Earth ArXiv (and submitted to Earth-Science Reviews), DOI: 10.31223/X58S3Z [Pre-print]
Perini, L., Andrejašič, K., Gostinčar, C., Gunde-Cimerman, N. and Zalar, P. (2021). Greenland and Svalbard glaciers host unknown basidiomycetes: the yeast Camptobasidium arcticum sp. nov. and the dimorphic Psychromyces glacialis gen. and sp. Nov.. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, DOI: 10.1099/ijsem.0.004655
McCutcheon, J., Lutz, S., Williamson, C., Cook, J.M., Tedstone, A.J., Vanderstraeten, A., Wilson, S.A., Stockdale, A., Bonneville, S., Anesio, A.M., Yallop, M.L., McQuaid, J.B., Tranter, M. and Benning, L.G. (2021). Mineral phosphorus drives glacier algal blooms on the Greenland Ice Sheet. Nature Communications, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-20627-w
2020
Cook, J. M., Tedstone, A. J., Williamson, C., McCutcheon, J., Hodson, A. J., Dayal, A., Skiles, M., Hofer, S., Bryant, R., McAree, O., McGonigle, A., Ryan, J., Anesio, A. M., Irvine-Fynn, T. D. L., Hubbard, A., Hanna, E., Flanner, M., Mayanna, S., Benning, L. G., van As, D., Yallop, M., McQuaid, J., Gribbin, T., and Tranter, M. (2020). Glacier algae accelerate melt rates on the western Greenland Ice Sheet. The Cryosphere. DOI:10.5194/tc-2019-58
Holland, A.T., Pinto, B.B., Layton, R., Williamson, C. J., Anesio, A., Vogel, T.M., Larose, C. and Tranter, M. (2020). Over Winter Microbial Processes in a Svalbard Snow Pack: An Experimental Approach. Frontiers in Microbiology, 11, 1366. DOI:10.3389/fmicb.2020.01029
Mogrovejo, D.C., Perini, L., Gostinčar, C., Sepčić, K., Turk, M., Ambrožič-Avguštin, J., Brill, F.H.H. and Gunde-Cimerman, N. (2020). Prevalence of Antimicrobial Resistance and Hemolytic Phenotypes in Culturable Arctic Bacteria. Frontiers in Microbiology, 11:570. DOI:10.3389/fmicb.2020.00570
Nicholes, M.J., Williamson, C., Tranter, M., Holland, A., Yallop, M. and Anesio, A.M. (2020). Photodegradation and biodegradation of dissolved organic matter on the surface of the Greenland Ice Sheet. Biogeosciences. DOI:10.5194/bg-2020-227
Poniecka, E.A., Bagshaw, E.A., Sass, H., Segar, A., Webster, G., Williamson, C., Anesio, A.M. and Tranter, M. (2020). Physiological Capabilities of Cryoconite Hole Microorganisms. Frontiers in Microbiology. DOI:10.3389/fmicb.2020.01783
Tedstone, A. J., Cook, J. M., Williamson, C. J., Hofer, S., McCutcheon, J., Irvine-Fynn, T. D. L., Gribbin, T., and Tranter, M. (2020). Algal growth and weathering crust structure drive variability in Greenland Ice Sheet ice albedo. The Cryosphere, 1-24. DOI:10.5194/tc-2019-131
Williamson, C., Cook, J., Tedstone, A., Yallop, M., McCutcheon, J., Poniecka, E., Campbell, D., Irvine-Fynn, T., McQuaid, J., Perkins, R. and Anesio, A., (2020). Algal photophysiology drives darkening and melt of the Greenland Ice Sheet.
2019
Dukhovskoy, D., Yashayaev, I., Proshutinsky, A., Bamber, J., Bashmachnikov, I., Chassignet, E. P/, Lee, C. M., and Tedstone, A. J. (2019). Role of Greenland Freshwater Anomaly in the Recent Freshening of the Subpolar North Atlantic. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 124(5), 3333-3360. DOI:10.1029/2018JC014686
Hofer, S., Tedstone, A. J., Fettweis, X., & Bamber, J. L. (2019). Cloud microphysics and circulation anomalies control differences in future Greenland melt. Nature Climate Change, 9(7), 523. DOI:10.1038/s41558-019-0507-8
Holland, A. T., Williamson, C. J., Sgouridis, F., Tedstone, A. J., McCutcheon, J., Cook, J. M., Poniecka, E., Yallop, M. L., Tranter, M., Anesio, A. M. & The Black & Bloom Group (2019). Dissolved organic nutrients dominate melting surface ice of the Dark Zone (Greenland Ice Sheet). Biogeosciences, 16, 3283–3296. DOI:10.5194/bg-16-3283-2019
Nicholes, M. J., Williamson, C. J., Tranter, M., Holland, A., Poniecka, E., Yallop, M. L., & Anesio, A. (2019). Bacterial dynamics in supraglacial habitats of the Greenland Ice Sheet. Frontiers in Microbiology, 10, 1366. DOI:10.3389/fmicb.2019.01366/full
Perini, L., Gostinčar, C., Anesio, A. M., Williamson, C., Tranter, M., & Gunde-Cimerman, N. (2019). Darkening of the Greenland Ice Sheet: fungal abundance and diversity are associated with algal bloom. Frontiers in Microbiology, 10, 557. DOI:10.3389/fmicb.2019.00557
Takeuchi, N., Tanaka, S., Konno, Y., Irvine-Fynn, T. D. L., Rassner, S. M., & Edwards, A. (2019). Variations in phototroph communities on the ablating bare-ice surface of glaciers on Brøggerhalvøya, Svalbard. Frontiers in Earth Science, 7, 4. DOI:10.3389/feart.2019.00004
Williamson, C., Cameron, K. A., Cook, J. M., Zarsky, J. D., Stibal, M., & Edwards, A. (2019). Glacier algae: a dark past and a darker future. Frontiers in Microbiology, 10, 524. DOI:10.3389/fmicb.2019.00524
2018
Bamber, J., Tedstone, A., King, M., Howat, I., Enderlin, E., van den Broeke, M., & Noel, B. (2018). Land ice freshwater budget of the Arctic and North Atlantic Oceans: 1. Data, methods, and results. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 123(3), 1827-1837. DOI:10.1002/2017JC013605
Chrismas, N. A., Williamson, C. J., Yallop, M. L., Anesio, A. M., & Sánchez‐Baracaldo, P. (2018). Photoecology of the Antarctic cyanobacterium Leptolyngbya sp. BC1307 brought to light through community analysis, comparative genomics and in vitro photophysiology. Molecular Ecology, 27(24), 5279-5293. DOI:10.1111/mec.14953
Lutz, S., McCutcheon, J., McQuaid, J. B., & Benning, L. G. (2018). The diversity of ice algal communities on the Greenland Ice Sheet as revealed by oligotyping. Microbial Genomics, 4(3), e000159. DOI:10.1099/mgen.0.000159
Poniecka, E. A., Bagshaw, E. A., Tranter, M., Sass, H., Williamson, C. J., Anesio, A. M., and the Black & Bloom team (2018). Rapid development of anoxic niches in supraglacial ecosystems. Arctic, Antarctic and Alpine Research, 50(1), S100015. DOI:10.1080/15230430.2017.1420859
Skiles, S. M., Flanner, M., Cook, J. M., Dumont, M., & Painter, T. H. (2018). Radiative forcing by light-absorbing particles in snow. Nature Climate Change, 964–971. DOI:10.1038/s41558-018-0296-5
Stevens, I. T., Irvine‐Fynn, T. D. L., Porter, P. R., Cook, J. M., Edwards, A., Smart, M., Moorman, B. J., Hodson, A. J., and Mitchell, A. C. (2018). Near‐surface hydraulic conductivity of northern hemisphere glaciers. Hydrological Processes, 32(7), 850-865. DOI:10.1002/hyp.11439
2017
Anesio, A. M., Lutz, S., Chrismas, N. A., & Benning, L. G. (2017). The microbiome of glaciers and ice sheets. npj Biofilms and Microbiomes, 3(1), 10. DOI:10.1038/s41522-017-0019-0
Cook, J. M., Sweet, M., Cavalli, O., Taggart, A., & Edwards, A. (2018). Topographic shading influences cryoconite morphodynamics and carbon exchange. Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research, 50(1), S100014. DOI:10.1080/15230430.2017.1414463
Cook, J. M., Hodson, A. J., Gardner, A. S., Flanner, M., Tedstone, A. J., Williamson, C., Irvine-Fynn, T. D. L., Nilsson, J., Bryant, R., and Tranter, M. (2017b). Quantifying bioalbedo: a new physically based model and discussions of empirical methods for characterising biological influence on ice and snow albedo. The Cryosphere, 11(6), 2611-2632. DOI:10.5194/tc-11-2611-2017
Cook, J., Hodson, A. J., Taggart, A., Mernild, S. H., & Tranter, M. (2017a). A predictive model for the spectral “bioalbedo” of snow. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, 122(1), 434-454. DOI:10.1002/2016JF003932
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Hofer, S., Tedstone, A. J., Fettweis, X., & Bamber, J. L. (2017). Decreasing cloud cover drives the recent mass loss on the Greenland Ice Sheet. Science Advances, 3(6), e1700584. DOI:10.1126/sciadv.1700584
Tedstone, A. J., Bamber, J. L., Cook, J. M., Williamson, C. J., Fettweis, X., Hodson, A. J., & Tranter, M. (2017). Dark ice dynamics of the south-west Greenland Ice Sheet. The Cryosphere, 11(6), 2491-2506. DOI:10.5194/tc-11-2491-2017
Williamson, C., Anesio, A., Cook, J., Tedstone, A., Poniecka, E., Holland, A., Fagan, D., Tranter, M. and Yallop, M. (2018). Ice algal bloom development on the surface of the Greenland Ice Sheet. FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 94(3), fiy025. DOI:10.1093/femsec/fiy025
2016
Musilova, M., Tranter, M., Bamber, J. L., Takeuchi, N., & Anesio, A. (2016). Experimental evidence that microbial activity lowers the albedo of glaciers. Geochemical Perspectives Letters, 2(0), 106-116. DOI:10.7185/geochemlet.1611
2015
Tedesco, M., Doherty, S., Warren, S., Tranter, M., Stroeve, J., Fettweis, X., & Alexander, P. (2015). What darkens the Greenland ice sheet? Eos. DOI:10.1029/2015EO035773
