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Enhanced phosphorus weathering contributed to Late Miocene cooling (2025)
Journal Article
Zhong, Y., Li, Z., Shi, X., Isson, T., Yu, J., Kender, S., Liang, Z., Swann, G. E. A., Pullen, A., Weber, M. E., Du, J., Larrasoaña, J. C., Zhang, J., Song, Y., González, F. J., Kaboth-Bahr, S., Li, H., Zhang, Q., Zhao, D., Cao, W., …Liu, Q. (2025). Enhanced phosphorus weathering contributed to Late Miocene cooling. Nature Communications, 16(1), Article 1124. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-56477-7

Late Miocene climate evolution provides an opportunity to assess Earth’s climate sensitivity to carbon cycle perturbation under warmer-than-modern conditions. Despite its relevance for understanding the climate system, the driving mechanisms underlyi... Read More about Enhanced phosphorus weathering contributed to Late Miocene cooling.

Carbon Cycle and Circulation Change in the North Pacific Ocean at the Initiation of Northern Hemisphere Glaciation Constrained by Boron-Based Proxies in Diatoms (2024)
Journal Article
Donald, H. K., Swann, G. E., Rae, J. W., & Foster, G. L. (2024). Carbon Cycle and Circulation Change in the North Pacific Ocean at the Initiation of Northern Hemisphere Glaciation Constrained by Boron-Based Proxies in Diatoms. Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology, 39(11), Article e2024PA004968. https://doi.org/10.1029/2024pa004968

The intensification of Northern Hemisphere glaciation (iNHG) at 2.73Ma is associated with a reorganization of the subarctic Pacific Ocean and abrupt drop in opal mass accumulation rates. Uncertainty, however, remains around the extent to which these... Read More about Carbon Cycle and Circulation Change in the North Pacific Ocean at the Initiation of Northern Hemisphere Glaciation Constrained by Boron-Based Proxies in Diatoms.

δ18O Records (2024)
Book Chapter
Leng, M., Barker, P., Swann, G., Snelling, A., & Lacey, J. (2025). δ18O Records. In Encyclopedia of Quaternary Science (Third Edition), Volume 2 (39-49). Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-323-99931-1.00071-4

Dual impacts of hydrology and damming on eutrophication: Comparison of two Ramsar wetlands in the middle Yangtze floodplain (2024)
Journal Article
Zeng, L., Engels, S., Swann, G. E., Chen, X., Huang, X., Cao, Y., & McGowan, S. (2024). Dual impacts of hydrology and damming on eutrophication: Comparison of two Ramsar wetlands in the middle Yangtze floodplain. Journal of Hydrology, 641, Article 131839. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2024.131839

Dam construction for social-economic benefits has raised substantial biological and ecological concerns. However, contrasting findings have been reported regarding the role of hydrological modification in floodplain lake ecosystems. Here, we evaluate... Read More about Dual impacts of hydrology and damming on eutrophication: Comparison of two Ramsar wetlands in the middle Yangtze floodplain.

South Georgia marine productivity over the past 15 ka and implications for glacial evolution (2024)
Journal Article
Wilkin, J. T., Kender, S., Dejardin, R., Allen, C. S., Peck, V. L., Swann, G. E., McClymont, E. L., Scourse, J. D., Littler, K., & Leng, M. J. (2024). South Georgia marine productivity over the past 15 ka and implications for glacial evolution. Journal of Micropalaeontology, 43(1), 165-186. https://doi.org/10.5194/jm-43-165-2024

The subantarctic islands of South Georgia are located in the Southern Ocean, and they may be sensitive to future climate warming. However, due to a lack of well-dated subantarctic palaeoclimate archives, there is still uncertainty about South Georgia... Read More about South Georgia marine productivity over the past 15 ka and implications for glacial evolution.

A global compilation of diatom silica oxygen isotope records from lake sediment – trends and implications for climate reconstruction (2024)
Journal Article
Meister, P., Alexandre, A., Bailey, H., Barker, P., Biskaborn, B. K., Broadman, E., Cartier, R., Chapligin, B., Couapel, M., Dean, J. R., Diekmann, B., Harding, P., Henderson, A. C., Hernandez, A., Herzschuh, U., Kostrova, S. S., Lacey, J., Leng, M. J., Lücke, A., MacKay, A. W., …Meyer, H. (2024). A global compilation of diatom silica oxygen isotope records from lake sediment – trends and implications for climate reconstruction. Climate of the Past, 20(2), 363-392. https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-20-363-2024

Oxygen isotopes in biogenic silica (δ18OBSi) from lake sediments allow for quantitative reconstruction of past hydroclimate and proxy-model comparison in terrestrial environments. The signals of individual records have been attributed to different fa... Read More about A global compilation of diatom silica oxygen isotope records from lake sediment – trends and implications for climate reconstruction.

Sea level controls on the provenance of fine-grained sediments in the Xisha Trough, northwestern South China Sea over the last ~30 ka (2023)
Journal Article
Zhang, Q., Swann, G. E., Liu, J., Gao, W., Cui, Z., Li, G., Zhao, X., & Li, W. (2023). Sea level controls on the provenance of fine-grained sediments in the Xisha Trough, northwestern South China Sea over the last ~30 ka. Marine Geology, 466, Article 107184. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.margeo.2023.107184

The Xisha Trough situated in the northwestern South China Sea (SCS), plays a pivotal role in transporting sediments from the Red River into the deep-sea basin of the SCS, and thus is a critical place to examine variations in source-to-sink process of... Read More about Sea level controls on the provenance of fine-grained sediments in the Xisha Trough, northwestern South China Sea over the last ~30 ka.

An effective method to extract and purify radiolaria from tropical marine sediments (2023)
Journal Article
Zhang, Q., & Swann, G. E. (2023). An effective method to extract and purify radiolaria from tropical marine sediments. Frontiers in Marine Science, 10, Article 1150518. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2023.1150518

Radiolaria are the primary contributors to biogenic opal in the tropical ocean, and their isotope compositions are potentially useful tool for reconstructing the silicon cycle in mid-depth waters. To date little attention has been paid to their isoto... Read More about An effective method to extract and purify radiolaria from tropical marine sediments.

Isotope sample preparation of diatoms for paleoenvironmental research (2023)
Journal Article
Swann, G. E., & Snelling, A. (2023). Isotope sample preparation of diatoms for paleoenvironmental research. PLoS ONE, 18(2), Article e0281511. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0281511

Isotopes in diatoms are increasingly used in palaeoenvironmental studies in both lacustrine and marine settings, enabling the reconstruction of a range of variables including temperature, precipitation, salinity, glacial discharge, carbon dynamics an... Read More about Isotope sample preparation of diatoms for paleoenvironmental research.

Ecosystem deterioration in the middle Yangtze floodplain lakes over the last two centuries: Evidence from sedimentary pigments (2023)
Journal Article
Zeng, L., Swann, G. E., Leng, M. J., Chen, X., Ji, J., Huang, X., & McGowan, S. (2023). Ecosystem deterioration in the middle Yangtze floodplain lakes over the last two centuries: Evidence from sedimentary pigments. Quaternary Science Reviews, 302, Article 107954. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2023.107954

Water quality of floodplain lakes in the Yangtze region which supports ca. 450 million people is being severely compromised by nutrient pollution, climate change and dam installation resulting from intensive socio-economic development. However, due t... Read More about Ecosystem deterioration in the middle Yangtze floodplain lakes over the last two centuries: Evidence from sedimentary pigments.