Research Interests

Glaciers and ice sheets, sea level change, paleoclimatology and abrupt climate change

Education

B.S. with Honors (major), St. Lawrence University, 1978
M.S. Geology, University of Waterloo, 1980
Ph.D. Geology, University of Colorado, 1984

Experience

2016 - present: University Distinguished Professor of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University

2018 - present: Adjunct Professor of Quaternary Studies, University of Ulster

1997 - 2016: Professor, College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University

2013 - 2015: Professor of Quaternary Studies, University of Ulster

2012: Visiting Scholar, Harvard University

2010: The Leverhulme Trust Visiting Professorship, University of Edinburgh

2009: Visiting Scholar, Harvard University

2001: Marie Curie Visiting Scientist, University of Ulster

1992 - 1997: Associate Professor, Department of Geosciences, Oregon State University

1988 - 1992: Assistant Professor, Department of Geosciences, Oregon State University

1984 - 1988: Assistant Professor, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago

Professional Activities

• Associate Editor, Science Advances, 2023-present.
• Associate Editor, Journal of Climate, 2017-present.
• Associate Editor, Atmosphere-Ocean, 2012-2017.
• Editor, Journal of Climate, 2012-2015.
• Coordinating Lead Author, Chapter 13 (Sea Level Change), Fifth Assessment Report (AR5), Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). 2010-2013.
• Editorial Advisory Board, Quaternary Science Reviews, 2006-2012.
• Associate Editor, Journal of Climate, 2003-2012.
• Coordinating Lead Author, Report to the U.S. National Science Foundation, “A Research Program for Projecting Future Sea-Level Rise from Land-Ice Loss” (2011).
• Coordinating Lead Author, U.S. Climate Change Science Program, Synthesis and Assessment Product on “Abrupt Climate Change” (2008).
• Member, Panel on the CLIVAR/PAGES Intersection, 2004-2008.
• Member, U.S. National Committee for International Union for Quaternary Research, 2004-2006.
• North American Editor, Quaternary Science Reviews, 1998-2005.
• Editorial Board, Geology, 2002-2004.
• Marine Earth System History (MESH) Steering Committee, NSF, 2003-2005.
• Snow, Ice, and Permafrost Committee, American Geophysical Union, 1996-2002.
• INQUA Commission on Glaciation, 1999-2003.
• Associate Editor, Geophysical Research Letters, 1998 - 2001.
• Chair, Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division, Geological Society of America, 1999-2000.
• 1st Vice-Chair, Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division, Geological Society of America, 1998-1999.
• Steering Committee, EPILOG (Environmental Processes at the Last Glacial Maximum: Land, Oceans, and Glaciers), IMAGES, 1998-2002.
• 2nd Vice-Chair, Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division, Geological Society of America, 1997-1998.
• Steering Committee, Terrestrial Aspects of Earth System History, U.S. Global Change Research Program, National Science Foundation, 1996 - 1997.
• Editorial Advisory Board, Quaternary Science Reviews, 1996-1997.
• Panel Member, Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division, Geological Society of America, 1995-1997.
• Editorial Board, Geology, 1995-1997.
• Councilor (Geohistory) - American Quaternary Association, 1994-1998.
• Associate Editor, Journal of Sedimentary Petrology, 1985-1988.

Awards

2024 Milutin Milankovic Medal, European Geosciences Union

2023 Cesare Emiliani Lecturer, American Geophysical Union

2016 Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science

2016 University Distinguished Professor, Oregon State University

2016 Fellowship, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University (declined)

2012 John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship

2011 Carter Award, Outstanding and Inspirational Graduate Teaching, Oregon State University

2010 Fellow, American Geophysical Union

2008 F.A. Gilfillan Memorial Award for Distinguished Scholarship in Science, Oregon State University

2007 Easterbrook Distinguished Scientist Award, Geological Society of America

2002 Milton Harris Award for Exceptional Achievement in Basic Research, Oregon State University

1997 Gladys W. Cole Memorial Research Award, Geological Society of America

1997 Fellow, Geological Society of America

1995 Thomas T. Sugihara Young Faculty Research Award, Oregon State University

1987 Silver Circle Award, Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching, University of Illinois

Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Fellows

Sanchez, Saray, Ph.D. candidate, 2020-present.

He, Feng, 2014-2017, NOAA Climate and Global Change Postdoctoral Fellow. Currently an Associate Scientist, Center for Climatic Research, UW-Madison.

Hoffman, Jeremy S., Ph.D., 2016, Ocean Temperature Variability during the Late Pleistocene. Now David and Jane Cohn Scientist and Chief Scientist at the Science Museum of Virginia.

Balbas, Andrea M., Ph.D., 2016, Application of Cosmogenic Nuclides and Argon Geochronology to Paleoclimate, Paleomagnetism, and Paleohydrology. AGEP Post-Doc, California Institute of Technology; OSU Post-Doc; now Assistant Professor, California State University, Long Beach.

Barth, Aaron M., Ph.D., 2016, Geochemical and Geostatistical Analyses of Quaternary Climate Variability over Millennial-to-Orbital Timescales. Post-Doc, University of Wisconsin, Madison; now Assistant Professor, Rowan University.

Bill, Nilo S., Ph.D., 2016, Late Cenozoic Climate, Ice-Sheet and Earth-Surface Evolution Derived from Terrestrial and Marine Sedimentary Archives. Now science teacher, Tahoe Expedition Academy.

Cuzzone, Josh K., Ph.D., 2014, An Interdisciplinary Approach Towards Understanding Late Pleistocene Ice Sheet Change. Post-Doc, JPL/Cal Tech; now Assistant Project Scientist, University of California, Irvine.

Beedlow, Andrew C., M.S., 2011, The Use of Surface Energy Balance Models as a Means to Quantify Changes in Glacier Mass Balance: An Application to the Collier Glacier. Now Aviation Weather Product Manager, Campbell Scientific Inc.

Marcott, Shaun A., Ph.D., 2011, Late Pleistocene and Holocene Glacier and Climate Change. Post-Doc at Ice-Core Lab, Oregon State University; now Associate Professor, University of Wisconsin, Madison.

Shakun, Jeremy D., Ph.D., 2010, Analyzing Large Paleoclimate Datasets:Implications for Past and Future Climate Change. NOAA Climate and Global Change Postdoctoral Fellow, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory and Harvard University; now Associate Professor, Boston College.

Ersek, Vasile, Ph.D., 2008, Past Climate Variability in Southwestern Oregon and Relationships with Regional and Hemispheric Climate. Marie Curie post-doc at Oxford University, UK, now Associate Professor, Northumbria University, UK.

Anslow, Faron A., Ph.D., 2008, Modeling and Dating Glacier Fluctuations and Their Relations to Pacific Ocean Climate. Post-doc at University of British Columbia, Canada, now Climatologist, Pacific Climate Impacts Consortium, British Columbia.

Carlson, Anders E., Ph.D., 2006, Dynamics of the Laurentide Ice Sheet. Post-doc at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Assistant/Associate Professor, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Associate Professor, Oregon State University; now Chief Scientist, Oregon Glaciers Institute.

Rinterknecht, Vincent R., Ph.D., 2003, Cosmogenic 10Be Chronology for the Last Deglaciation of the Southern Scandinavian Ice Sheet. Post-doc at Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Lecturer at University of St. Andrews, Scotland, Professor at Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne; now Research Scientist, CEREGE, Aix-en-Provence, France.

Roy, Martin, Ph.D., 2003, Constraints on the Origin of the Middle Pleistocene Transition from the Glacial Sedimentary Record of the North-Central United States. Post-doc at Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, now Professor at University of Quebec at Montreal, Canada.

Vacco, David A., M.S., 2003, A Speleothem Climate Record of the Last Deglaciation from the Pacific Northwest, USA. PhD at Pennsylvania State University (2009). Whereabouts unknown.

Poellot, Colin D., M.S., 2000, Ice Surface Reconstruction and Energy Balance Modeling of Alpine Glaciers. Whereabouts unknown.

Breemer, Chris W., M.S., 2000, Subglacial Hydrology of the Lake Michigan Lobe, Laurentide Ice Sheet. Currently Principal, Cascadia Associates, Portland, OR.

Licciardi, Joeseph M., Ph.D., 2000, Alpine glacier and pluvial lake records of late Pleistocene climate variability in the western United States. Post-doc at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, now Professor, University of New Hampshire.

Mammone, Kerry A., M.S., 1997, Sediment Provenance and Transport on the Siberian Arctic Shelf. Whereabouts unknown.

Bevis, Ken A., Ph.D., 1995, Reconstruction of Late Pleistocene paleoclimatic characteristics in the Great Basin and adjacent areas. Currently Associate Professor, Hanover College, Indiana.

Jenson, John W., Ph.D., 1993, A Nonlinear Numerical Model of the Lake Michigan Lobe, Laurentide Ice Sheet. Currently Professor, Water and Environmental Research Institute, University of Guam.

Publications

See Google Scholar Citations, Peter U. Clark

Clark, P.U., Shakun, J.D., Rosenthal, Y., Zhu, C., Gregory, J.M., Köhler, P., Liu, Z., Schrag, D.P., and Bartlein, P.J., in review, Mean ocean temperature change and decomposition of  the benthic d18O record over the last 4.5 Myr: Climate of the Past, doi:10.5194/egusphere-2024-3010.

Zhu, C., Sanchez, S., Liu, Z., Clark, P.U., He, C., Wan, L., Lu, J., Zhu, C., Li, L., Zhang, S., and Cheng, L., 2024, Enhanced ocean heat storage efficiency during the last deglaciation: Science Advances, v. 10, eadp5156.

Clark, P.U., Shakun, J.D., Rosenthal, Y., Köhler, P., and Bartlein, P.J., 2024, Global and regional temperature change over the past 4.5 million years: Science, v. 383, p. 884-890. doi:10.1126/science.adi1908

He, F., and Clark, P.U., 2022, Freshwater forcing of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation revisited: Nature Climate Change, v. 12, p. 449-454.

Hauer, M.E., Hardy, R.D., Kulp, S. Mueller, V., Wrathall, D.J., and Clark, P.U., 2021, Assessing population exposure to coastal flooding due to sea-level rise: Nature Communications, 10.1038/s41467-021-27260-1.

Golledge, N. R., Clark, P. U., He, F., Dutton, A., Turney, C. S. M., Fogwill, C. J., Naish, T. R., Levy, R. H., Mckay, R. M., Lowry, D. P., Bertler, N. A. N., Dunbar, G. B., and Carlson, A. E., 2021, Retreat of the Antarctic Ice Sheet during the Last Interglaciation and implications for future change: Geophysical Research Letters, v. 48, e2021GL094513.

Pan, L., Powell, E.M., Latychev, K., Mitrovica, J.X., Creveling, J.R., Gomez, N., Hoggard, M.J., and Clark, P.U., 2021, Rapid post-glacial rebound amplifies global sea-level rise following West Antarctic Ice Sheet collapse: 2021, Science Advances, v. 7, eabf7787.

Bell, A., Wrathall, D.J., Mueller, V., Chen, J., Oppenheimer, M., Hauer, M., Adams, H., Kulp, S., Clark, P.U., Fussell, E., Magliocca, N., Xiao, T., Gilmore, E., Abel, K., Call, M., and Slangen, A., 2021, Migration towards Bangladesh coastlines projected to increase with sea-level rise through 2100: Environmental Research Letters, v. 16, 024045.

He, C., Liu, Z., Otto-Bliesner, B.L., Brady, E.C., Zhu, C., Thomas, R., Clark, P.U., Zhu, J., Jahn, A., Gu, S., Zhang, J., Nusbaumer, J., Noone, D., Cheng, H., Wang, Y., Yan, M., and Bao, Y., 2021, Hydroclimate footprint of Pan-Asian monsoon water vapor during the last deglaciation: Science Advances, v. 7, eabe2611.

Gomez, N., Weber, M.E., Clark, P.U., Mitrovica, J.X., and Han, H.K., 2020, Antarctic ice dynamics amplified by Northern Hemisphere sea-level forcing: Nature, v. 587, p. 600-604.

Clark, P.U., He, F., Golledge, N.R., Mitrovica, J.X., Dutton, A., Hoffman, J.S., and Dendy, S., 2020, Oceanic forcing of penultimate deglacial and last interglacial sea-level rise: Nature, v. 577, p. 660-664.

Wrathall, D., Mueller, V., Clark, P.U., Oppenheimer, M., Hauer, M., Kulp, S., Gilmore, E., Adams, H., Bell, A., Kopp, R., Abel, K., Call, M., Chen, J., deSherbinin, A., Fussell, E., Hays, C., Magliocca, N., Marino, E., Slangen, A., and Warner, K., 2019, Meeting the looming policy challenge of sea-level change and human migration: Nature Climate Change, v. 9, p. 898–901.

Nauels, A., Gütschow, J., Mengel, M., Meinshausen, M., Clark, P.U., Schleussner, C.-F., 2019, Attributing long-term sea-level rise to Paris Agreement emission pledges: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, v. 116, p. 23487-23492.

Marcott, S.A., Clark, P.U., Shakun, J.A., Brook, E.J., Thompson, P.T., and Caffee, M.W., 2019, New 10Be age constraints on latest Pleistocene and Holocene cirque glaciation in the western United States: npj Climate and Atmospheric Science, doi.org/10.1038/s41612-019-0062-z.

Barth, A.M., Clark, P.U., Bill, N.S., He, F., and Pisias, N.G., 2018, Climate evolution across the Mid-Brunhes Transition: Climate of the Past, v. 14, p. 2071-2087.

Clark, P.U., Mix, A.C., Eby, M., Levermann, A., Rogelj, J., Nauels, A., and Wrathall, D.J., 2018, Sea-level commitment as a gauge for climate policy: Nature Climate Change, v. 8, p. p. 653-655..

Dubé-Loubert, H., Roy, M., Schaefer, J.M., and Clark, P.U., 2018, 10Be dating of former glacial Lake Naskaupi (Quebec-Labrador) and timing of its discharges during the last deglaciation: Quaternary Science Reviews, v. 191, p. 31-40.

Balbas, A., Koppers, A.A.P., Clark, P.U., Coe, R.S., Reilly, B., Stoner, J., and Konrad, K., 2018, Millennial-scale instability in the geomagnetic field prior to the Matuyama-Brunhes Reversal: Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, DOI: 10.1002/2017GC007404.

Rushdi, A., Ersek, V., Mix, A.C., Clark, P.U., 2018, Controls on dripwater chemistry of Oregon Caves National Monument, northwestern United States: Journal of Hydrology, v. 557, p. 30-40.

Barth, A., Clark, P.U., Clark, J., Roe, G.H., Marcott, S.A., McCabe, A.M., Caffee, M.W., Cuzzone, J.K., and Dunlop, P., 2018, Persistent millennial-scale cirque-glacier fluctuations in Ireland between 24,000 and 10,000 years ago: Geology, v. 46, p. 151-154.

Bill, N.S., Mix, H.T., Clark, P.U., Reilly, S.P., Jensen, B.J.L., and Benowitz, J.A., 2018, A stable isotope record of Late Cenozoic surface uplift of southeastern Alaska: Earth and Planetary Science Letters, v. 482, p. 300-311.

Zhang, J., Liu, Z., Brady, E.C., Oppo, D.W., Clark, P.U., Jahn, A., Marcott, S.A., and Lindsay, K., 2017, Asynchronous warming and d18O evolution of deep Atlantic water masses during the last deglaciation: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, v. 114, p. 11075-11080.

Balbas, A., Barth, A.M., Clark, P.U., Clark, J., Caffee, M., O'Connor, J., Baker, V.R., Konrad, K., and Bjornstad, B., 2017, 10Be dating of late-Pleistocene megafloods and Cordilleran ice sheet retreat in the northwestern U.S.: Geology, v. 45, p. 583-586.

Creveling, J.R., Mitrovica, J.X., Clark, P.U., Waelbroeck, C., and Pico, T., 2017, Predicted bounds on peak global mean sea level during marine isotope stages 5a and 5c: Quaternary Science Reviews, v. 163, p. 193-208.

Hoffman, J.S., Clark, P.U., Parnell, A.C., and He, F., 2017, Regional and global sea-surface temperatures during the last interglaciation: Science, v. 355, p. 276-279.

Bakker, P., Clark, P.U., Golledge, N.R., Schmittner, A., Weber, M.E., 2017, Centennial-scale Holocene climate variations amplified by Antarctic Ice Sheet discharge: Nature, v. 541, p. 72-76.

Ullman, D.J., Carlson, A.E., Hostetler, S.W., Clark, P.U., Cuzzone, J., Milne, G.A., Winsor, K., and Caffee, M., 2016, Final Laurentide ice-sheet deglaciation and Holocene climate-sea level change: Quaternary Science Reviews, v. 152, p. 49-59.

Cuzzone, J.K., Clark, P.U.,, Carlson, A.E., Ullman, D.J., Rinterknecht, V.R., Milne, G.A., Lunkka, J.-P., Wohlfarth, B., Marcott, S.A., and Caffee, M., 2016, Final deglaciation of the Scandinavian Ice Sheet and implications for the Holocene global sea-level budget: Earth and Planetary Science Letters, v. 448, 34-41.

Balbas, A., Koppers, A.A.P., Kent, D.V., Konrad, K., and Clark, P.U., 2016, Identification of the short-lived Santa Rosa geomagnetic excursion in lavas on Floreana Island (Galapagos) by 40Ar/39Ar geochronology: Geology. v. 44, p. 359-362.

Barth, A.M., Clark, P.U., Clark, J., McCabe, A.M., and Caffee, M., 2016, Last Glacial Maximum cirque glaciation in Ireland and implications for reconstructions of the Irish Ice Sheet: Quaternary Science Reviews, v. 141, p. 85-93.

Clark, P.U., Shakun, J.D., Marcott, S.A., Mix, A.C., Eby, M., Kulp, S., Levermann, A., Milne, G.A., Pfister, P., Santer, B.D., Schrag, D.P., Solomon, S., Stocker, T.F., Strauss, B.H., Weaver, A.J., Winkelmann, R., Archer, D., Bard, E., Goldner, A., Lambeck, K., Pierrehumbert, R.T., and Plattner, G.-K., 2016, Consequences of twenty-first century policy for multi-millennial climate and sea-level change: Nature Climate Change, v. 6, p. 360-369.

Liu, J., Milne, G.A., Kopp, R.E., Clark, P.U., and Shennan, I., 2016, Sea-level constraints on the amplitude and source distribution of meltwater pulse 1A: Nature Geoscience, v. 9, p. 130-134.

Shakun, J.D., Clark, P.U., Marcott, S.A., Brook, E.J., Lifton, N.A., Caffee, M., and Shakun, W.R., 2015, Cosmogenic dating of Late-Pleistocene glaciation, southern tropical Andes, Peru: Journal of Quaternary Science, v. 30, p. 841-847.

Clark, P.U., Church, J.A., Gregory, J.M., and Payne, A.J., 2015, Recent progress in understanding and projecting regional and global mean sea-level change: Current Climate Change Reports, v. 1, p. 224-246.

Shakun, J.D., Clark, P.U., He, F., Lifton, N.A., Liu, Z., and Otto-Bliesner, B.L., 2015, Regional and global forcing of glacier retreat during the last deglaciation: Nature Communications, v. 6, doi: 10.1038/ncomms9059.

Dutton, A., Carlson, A.E., Long, A.J., Milne, G.A., Clark, P.U., DeConto, R., Horton, B., Rahmstorf, S., and Raymo, M.E., 2015, Sea-level rise due to polar ice-sheet mass loss during past warm periods: Science, v. 349, p. aaa4019-1 to aaa4019-9.

Frieler, K., Clark, P.U., He, F., Buizert, C., Reese, R., Ligtenberg, S.R.M., van den Broeke, M.R., Winkelmann, R., and Levermann, A., 2015, Consistent evidence of increasing Antarctic accumulation with warming: Nature Climate Change, v. 5, p. 348-352.

Otto-Bliesner, B.L., Russell, J.M., Clark, P.U., Liu, Z., Overpeck, J.T., Konecky, B., deMenocal, P., Nicholson, S.E., He, F., and Lu, Z., 2014, Coherent changes of northern and eastern equatorial Africa rainfall during the last deglaciation: Science, v. 346, p. p. 1223-1227.

Gregory, J.M., Church, J.A., Clark, P.U., Payne, A.J., Merrifield, M.A., Nerem, R.S., Nunn, P.D., Pfeffer, W.T., and Stammer D., 2014, Comment on ?Expert assessment of sea-level rise by AD 2100 and AD 2300?, by Horton et al. [2014]: Quaternary Science Reviews, v. 97, p. 193-194.

Clark, P.U., and Tarasov, L., 2014, Closing the sea level budget at the Last Glacial Maximum: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, v. 111, p. 15861-15862.

Reusche, M., Winsor, K., Carlson, A.E., Marcott, S.A., Rood, D.H., Novak, A., Roof, S., Retelle, M., Werner, A., Caffee, M., and Clark, P.U., 2014, 10Be surface exposure ages on the late-Pleistocene and Holocene history of Linnébreen on Svalbard: Quaternary Science Reviews, v. 89, p. 5-12.

Weber, M.E., Clark, P.U., Kuhn, G., Timmermann, A., Sprenk, D., Gladstone, R., Zhang, X., Lohmann, G., Menviel, L., Chikamoto, M., Friedrich, T.,and Ohlwein, C., 2014, Millennial-scale variability in Antarctic ice-sheet discharge during the last deglaciation: Nature, v. 510, p. 134-138.

Church, J.A., Clark, P.U., Cazenave, A., Gregory, J.M., Jevrejeva, S., Levermann, A., Merrifield, M.A., Milne, G.A., Nerem, R.S., Nunn, P.D., Payne, A.J., Pfeffer, W.T., Stammer D., and Unnikrishnan, A.S., 2013, Sea-level rise by 2100: Science, v. 342, p. 1445.

Menounos, B., Clague, J.J., Clarke, G.K.C., Marcott, S.A., Osborn, G., Clark, P.U., Tennant, C., and Novak, A.M., 2013, Late Holocene Tiedemann Glacier advance modulated by surface debris cover: Earth and Planetary Science Letters, v. 384, p. 154-164.

Church, J.A., Clark, P.U., Cazenave, A., Gregory, J.M., Jevrejeva, S., Levermann, A., Merrifield, M.A., Milne, G.A., Nerem, R.S., Nunn, P.D., Payne, A.J., Pfeffer, W.T., Stammer D., and Unnikrishnan, A.S., 2013, Sea Level Change. In: Climate Change 2013: The Physical Science Basis. Contribution of Working Group I to the Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [Stocker, T.F., Qin, D., Plattner, G.-K., Tignor, M., Allen, S.K., Boschung, J., Nauels, A., Xia, Y., Bex, V. and Midgley, P.M. (eds.)]. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom and New York, NY, USA, p. 1137-1216.

Levermann, A., Clark, P.U., Marzeion, B., Pollard, D., Radic, V., and Robinson, A., 2013, Closing the budget of future sea-level commitment: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, v. 110, p. 13745?13750.

Petersen, S.V., Schrag, D.P., and Clark, P.U., 2013, A new mechanism for Dansgaard-Oeschger cycles: Paleoceanography, v. 28, 1-7, doi:10.1029/2012PA002364.

Marcott, S.A., Shakun, J.D., Clark, P.U., and Mix, A.C., 2013, A reconstruction of regional and global temperature for the last 11,300 Years: Science, v. 339, p. 1198-1201.

He, F., Shakun, J.D., Clark, P.U., Carlson, A.E., Liu, Z., Otto-Bliesner, B.L., and Kutzbach, J.E., 2013, Northern Hemisphere forcing of the last deglaciation in the Southern Hemisphere: Nature, v. 494, p. 81-85.

Liu, Z., Carlson, A.E., He, F., Brady, E., Otto-Bliesner, B.L., Briegleb, B., Wehrenberg, M., Clark, P.U., Wu, S., Cheng, J., Zhang, J., and Noone, D., 2012, Younger Dryas cooling and Greenland climate response to CO2: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, v. 109, p. 11101-11104

Clark, P.U., 2012, Ice sheets in transition: Science, v. 337, p. 656-658.

Carlson, A.E., and Clark, P.U., 2012, Sources of sea-level rise and freshwater discharge during the last deglaciation: Reviews of Geophysics, v. 50, doi: 10.1029/2011RG000371.

Ersek, V., Clark, P.U., and Mix, A.C., Cheng, H., and Edwards, R.L., 2012, Holocene winter climate variability in mid-latitude western North America: Nature Communications, doi: 10.1038/ncomms2222.

Shakun, J.D., Clark, P.U., He, F., Marcott, S.A., Mix, A.C., Liu, Z., Otto-Bliesner, B., Schmittner, A., and Bard, E., 2012, Global warming preceded by increasing carbon dioxide concentrations during the last deglaciation: Nature, v. 484, p. 49-54.

Gomez, N., Pollard, D., Mitrovica, J.X., Huybers, P., and Clark, P.U., 2012, Evolution of a coupled marine ice sheet ? sea level model: Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 117, F01013, doi:10.1029/2011JF002128.

Clark, J., McCabe, A.M., Bowen, D.Q., and Clark, P.U., 2012, Response of the Irish Ice Sheet to abrupt climate change during the last deglaciation: Quaternary Science Reviews, v. 35, p. 100-115.

Clark, P.U., Shakun, J.D., Baker, P.A., Bartlein, P.J., Brewer, S., Brook, E.J., Carlson, A.E., Cheng, H., Kaufman, D.S., Liu, Z., Marchitto, T.M., Mix, A.C., Morrill, C., Otto-Bliesner, B., Pahnke, K., Russell, J.M., Whitlock, C., Adkins, J.F., Blois, J.L., Clark, J., Colman, S.C., Curry, W.N., Flower, B.P., He, F., Johnson, T.C., Lynch-Stieglitz, J., Markgraf, V., McManus, J.F., Mitrovica, J.X., Moreno, P.I., and Williams, J.W., 2012, Global climate evolution during the last deglaciation: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, doi: 10.1073/pnas.1116619109.

Rushdi, A.I., Clark, P.U., Mix, A.C., Ersek, V., Simoneit, B.R.T., Cheng, H., and Edwards, R.L., 2011, Composition and sources of lipid compounds in speleothem calcite from southwestern Oregon and their paleoenvironmental implications: Environmental Earth Sciences, v. 62, p. 1245-1261.

Ukkonen, P., Aaris-Sørensen, K., Arppe, L., Clark, P.U., Daugnora, L., Lister, A., Lõugas, L., Seppä, H., Sommer, R.S., Stuart, A.J., Wojtal, P. and Zupi, I., 2011, Woolly mammoth ( Mammuthus primigeniu s Blum.) and its environment in northern Europe during the last glaciation: Quaternary Science Reviews, v. 30, p. 693-712.

Clark, P.U., 2011, Deglacial history of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet in the Weddell Sea embayment: Constraints on past ice volume change: Comment: Geology, v. 39, no. 5, doi:10.1130.G31533C.1

Marcott, S.A., Clark, P.U., Padman, L, Klinkhammer, G.P., Springer, S., Liu, Z., Otto-Bliesner, B., Carlson, A.E., Ungerer, A., Padman, J., He, F., Cheng, J., and Schmittner, A., 2011, Ice-shelf collapse from subsurface warming as a trigger for Heinrich events: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, v. 108, p. 13415-13419.

Shakun, J.D., Burns, S.J., Clark, P.U., Cheng, H., and Edwards, R.L., 2011, Milankovitch-paced Termination II in a Nevada speleothem: Geophysical Research Letters, v. 38, L18701, doi:10.1029/2011GL048560.

Carlson, A.E., Ullman, D.J., Anslow, F.S., He, F., Clark, P.U., Liu, Z., and Otto-Bliesner, B.L., 2011, Modeling the surface mass-balance response of the Laurentide Ice Sheet to Bølling warming and its contribution to Meltwater Pulse 1A: Earth and Planetary Science Letters, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2011.07.008.

Weber, M.E., Clark, P.U., Kuhn, G., Ricken, W., Mitrovica, J.X., and Hostetler, S.W., 2011, Interhemispheric ice-sheet synchronicity during the Last Glacial Maximum: Science, v. 334, p. 1265-1269.

Schmittner, A., Urban, N.M., Shakun, J.D., Mahowald, N.M., Clark, P.U., Bartlein, P.J., Mix, A.C., and Rosell-Melé, A., 2011, Climate sensitivity estimated from reconstructions of the Last Glacial Maximum: Science, v. 334, 1385-1388.

PALSEA (PALeo SEA level working group), 2010, The sea-level conundrum: case studies from palaeo-archives: Journal of Quaternary Science, v. 25, p. 19-25.

Gomez, N., Mitrovica, J.X., Tamisiea, M.E., and Clark, P.U., 2010, A new projection of sea-level change in response to collapse of marine sectors of the Antarctic Ice Sheet: Geophysical Journal International, v. 180, p. 623-634.

Pisias, N.G., Clark, P.U., and Brook, E.J., 2010, Dominant modes of climate variability during marine isotope stage 3 (60-25 ka): Journal of Climate, v. 23, p. 1581-1588.

Ersek, V., Mix, A.C., and Clark, P.U., 2010, Temporal variations of oxygen isotopes in rainwater from southwestern Oregon: Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 115, doi:10.1029/2009 JD013345.

Anslow, F.S., Clark, P.U., Kurz, M.D., and Hostetler, S.W., 2010, Geochronology and paleoclimatic implications of the last deglaciation of the Mauna Kea Ice Cap, Hawaii: Earth and Planetary Science Letters, v. 297, p. 234-248.

Gomez, N., Mitrovica, J.X., Huybers, P., and Clark, P.U., 2010, Self stabilization of marine ice-sheet grounding lines: Nature Geoscience, v. 3, p. 850-853.

Liu, Z., Otto-Bliesner, B.L., He, F., Brady, E., Tomas, R., Clark, P.U., Carlson, A.E., Lynch-Stieglitz, J., Curry, W., Brook, E., Erickson, D., Jacob, R., Kutzbach, J., and Cheng, J., 2009, Transient simulation of last deglaciation with a new mechanism for Bølling-Allerød warming: Science, v. 325, p. 310-314.

Carlson, A.E., Clark, P.U., Haley, B., and Klinkhammer, G.P., 2009, Routing of western Canadian Plains runoff during the 8.2 ka cold event: Geophysical Research Letters, v. 36, L14704, doi:10.1029/2009GL038778.

Clark, P.U., Dyke, A.S., Shakun, J.D., Carlson, A.E., Clark, J., Wohlfarth, B., Mitrovica, J.X., Hostetler, S.W., and McCabe, A.M., 2009, The Last Glacial Maximum: Science, v. 325, p. 710-714.

Carlson, A.E., Clark, P.U., and Hostetler, S.W., 2009, Comment: Radiocarbon deglaciation chronology of the Thunder Bay, Ontario area and implications for ice sheet retreat patterns: Quaternary Science Reviews, v. 28, p. 2546-2547.

Clark, P.U., and Huybers, P., 2009, Interglacial and future sea level: Nature, v. 462, p. 856-857.

Clark, J., McCabe, A.M., Schnabel, C., Clark, P.U., McCarron, S., Freeman, S.P.H.T., Maden, C., and Xu, S., 2009, A cosmogenic 10Be chronology of the last deglaciation of western Ireland, and implications for sensitivity of the Irish Ice Sheet to climate change: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 121, p. 3-16, doi: 10.1130/B26288.1.

Clark, J., McCabe, A.M., Schnabel, C., Clark, P.U., Freeman, S.P.H.T., Maden, C., and Xu, S., 2009, 10Be chronology of the last deglaciation of County Donegal, northwestern Ireland: Boreas, v. 38, p. 111-118, doi 10.1111/j.1502-3885.2007.00040.x.

Mitrovica, J.X., Gomez, N., and Clark, P.U., 2009, The sea-level fingerprint of West Antarctic collapse: Science, v. 323, p. 753.

Ersek, V., Hostetler, S.W., Cheng, H., Clark, P.U., Anslow, F.S., Mix, A.C., and Edwards, R.L., 2009, Environmental influences on speleothem growth in southwestern Oregon during the last 380,000 years: Earth and Planetary Science Letters, v. 279, p. 316-325.

Sane, S., Desai, C.S., Jenson, J.W., Contractor, D.N., Carlson, A.E., and Clark, P.U., 2008, Application of the Disturbed State Concept (DSC) model to two Pleistocene tills: Quaternary Science Reviews, v. 27, p. 267-283.

Clark, P.U., Delworth, T.L., and Weaver, A.J., 2008, Freshwater forcing: Will history repeat itself?: Science, v. 320, p. 316.

Anslow, F.S., Hostetler, S.W., Bidlake, W.R., and Clark, P.U., 2008, Distributed energy balance modeling of South Cascade Glacier, Washington, and assessment of model uncertainty: Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 113, F02019, doi:10.1029/2007JF000850.

Rinterknecht, V.R., Bitinas, A., Clark, P.U., Raisbeck, G.M., Yiou, F., and Brook, E.J., 2008, Timing of the last deglaciation in Lithuania: Boreas, v. 37, p. 426-433.

Carlson, A.E., and Clark, P.U., 2008, Rapid climate change and Arctic Ocean freshening: Comment: Geology, doi: 10.1130/G24786C.1.

Carlson, A.E., Jenson, J.W., and Clark, P. U., 2007, Subglacial hydrology of the James Lobe of the Laurentide Ice Sheet: Quaternary Science Reviews, v. 26, p. 1384-1397.

Rinterknecht, V.R., Pavlovskaya, I.E., Clark, P.U., Raisbeck, G.M., Yiou, F., and Brook, E.J., 2007, Timing of the last deglaciation in Belarus: Boreas, v. 36, p. 307-313.

Clark, P.U., Hostetler, S.W., Pisias, N.G., Schmittner, A., and Meissner, K.J., 2007, Mechanisms for a ~7-kyr climate and sea-level oscillation during marine isotope stage 3, in Schmittner, A., Chiang, J., and Hemming, S., Eds., Ocean Circulation: Mechanisms and Impacts, American Geophysical Union, Geophysical Monograph 173, Washington, D.C., pp. 209-246.

Carlson, A.E., Clark, P.U., Raisbeck, G.M., and Brook, E.J., 2007, Rapid Holocene deglaciation of the Labrador sector of the Laurentide Ice Sheet: Journal of Climate, v. 20, p. 5126-5133.

Roy, M., Clark, P.U., Duncan, R.A., and Hemming, S.R., 2007, Insights into the late Cenozoic configuration of the Laurentide Ice Sheet from 40Ar/39Ar dating of glacially transported minerals in midcontinent tills: Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, v. 8, Q09006, doi: 10.1029/2006GC001572.

Carlson, A.E., Clark, P.U., Haley, B., Klinkhammer, G.P., Simmons, K., Brook, E.J., and Meissner, K., 2007, Geochemical proxies of freshwater routing during the Younger Dryas cold event: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, v. 104, p. 6556-6561.

McCabe, A.M., Clark, P.U., Smith, D.E., and Dunlop, P., 2007, A revised model for the last deglaciation of eastern Scotland: Journal of the Geological Society of London, v. 164, p. 313-316.

McCabe, A.M., Clark, P.U., and Clark, J., 2007, Radiocarbon constraints on the history of the western Irish Ice Sheet prior to the Last Glacial Maximum: Geology, v. 35, p. 147-150.

Clark, P.U., Archer, D., Pollard, D., Blum, J.D., Rial, J.A., Brovkin, V., Mix, A.C., Pisias, N.G., and Roy, M., 2006, The Middle Pleistocene transition: Characteristics, mechanisms, and implications for long-term changes in atmospheric pCO2: Quaternary Science Reviews, v. 25, p. 3150-3184.

Meissner, K.M., and Clark, P.U., 2006, The impact of floods versus routing on the thermohaline circulation: Geophysical Research Letters, v. 33, doi:10.1029/2006GL026705.

Rinterknecht, V.R., Clark, P.U., Raisbeck, G.M., Yiou, F., Bitinas, A., Brook, E.J., Marks, L., Zelcs, V., Lunkka, J.-P., Pavlovskaya I.E., Piotrowski, J.A., and Raukas, A., 2006, The last deglaciation of the southeastern sector of the Scandinavian Ice Sheet: Science, v. 311, p. 1449-1452.

Vacco, D.A., Clark, P.U., Mix, A.C., Cheng, H., and Edwards, R.L., 2005, A speleothem record of Younger Dryas cooling from the Klamath Mountains, Oregon: Quaternary Research, v. 64, p. 249-256.

Alley, R.B., Clark, P.U., Huybrechts, P., and Joughin, I., 2005, Ice-sheet and sea-level changes: Science, v. 310, p. 456-460.

McCabe, A.M., Clark, P.U., and Clark, J., 2005, AMS 14C dating of deglacial events in the Irish Sea Basin and other sectors of the British-Irish Ice Sheet: Quaternary Science Reviews, v. 24, p. 1673-1690.

Bassett, S.E., Milne, G.A., Mitrovica, J.X., and Clark, P.U., 2005, Ice sheet and solid earth influences on far-field sea-level histories: Science, v. 309, p. 925-928.

Rinterknecht, V.R., Marks, L., Piotrowski, J., Raisbeck, G.M., Yiou, F., Brook, E.J., and Clark, P.U., 2005, Cosmogenic 10Be ages on the Pomeranian Moraine, Poland: Boreas, v. 34, p. 186-191.

Rinterknecht, V.R., Clark, P.U., Raisbeck, G.M., Yiou, F., Brook, E.J., Tschudi, S., and Lunkka, J.P., 2004, Cosmogenic 10Be dating of the Salpausselka I Moraine in southwestern Finland: Quaternary Science Reviews, v. 23, p. 2283-2289.

Roy, M., Clark, P.U., Raisbeck, G.M., and Yiou, F., 2004, Geochemical constraints on the origin of the middle Pleistocene transition from the glacial sedimentary record of the north-central U.S.: Earth and Planetary Science Letters, v. 227, p. 281-296.

Clark, P.U., McCabe, A.M., Mix, A.C., and Weaver, A.J., 2004, Rapid rise of sea level 19,000 years ago and its global implications: Science, v. 304, p. 1141-1144.

Cottet-Puinel, M., Weaver, A., Hillaire-Marcel, C., de Vernal, A., Clark, P.U., and Eby, M., 2004, Variation of Labrador Sea deep water formation over the last glacial cycle in a climate model of intermediate complexity: Quaternary Science Reviews, v. 23, p. 449-465.

Licciardi, J.M., Clark, P.U., Brook, E.J., Elmore, D., and Sharma, P., 2004, Variable responses of western USA glaciers during the last deglaciation: Geology, v. 32, p. 81-84.

Roy, M., Clark, P.U., Barendregt, R.W., Glassman, J.R., Enkin, R.J., and Baker, J., 2004, Glacial stratigraphy and paleomagnetism of late Cenozoic deposits of the north-central U.S.: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 116, p. 30-41.

McCabe, A.M., and Clark, P.U., 2003, Deglacial chronology from County Donegal, Ireland: Implications for deglaciation of the British-Irish Ice Sheet: Journal of the Geological Society of London, v. 160, p. 847-855.

Clark, P.U., Brook, E.J., Raisbeck, G.M., Yiou, F., and Clark, J., 2003, Cosmogenic 10Be ages of the Saglek Moraines, Torngat Mountains, Labrador: Geology, v. 31, p. 617-620.

Weaver, A.J., Saenko, O.A., Clark, P.U., and Mitrovica, J.X., 2003, Meltwater pulse 1A from Antarctica as a trigger of the Bolling-Allerod warm period: Science, v. 299, p. 1709-1713.

Dyke, A.S., Andrews, J.T., Clark, P.U., England, J.H., Miller, G.H., Shaw, J., and Veillette, J., 2002, The Laurentide and Innuitian Ice Sheets during the Last Glacial Maximum: Quaternary Science Reviews , v. 21, p. 9-32.

Marshall, S.J., and Clark, P.U., 2002, Basal temperature evolution of North American ice sheets and implications for the 100-kyr cycle: Geophysical Research Letters, v. 29, doi: 10.1029/2002GL015192.

Clark, P.U., 2002, Early deglaciation in the tropical Andes: Science, v.298.

Breemer, C.W., Clark, P.U., and Haggerty, R., 2002, Subglacial hydrology of the late-Pleistocene Lake Michigan Lobe, Laurentide Ice Sheet: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 114, p. 665-674.

Clark, P.U., Mitrovica, J.X., Milne, G.A., and Tamisiea, M., 2002, Sea-level fingerprinting as a direct test for the source of global meltwater pulse IA: Science, v. 295, p. 2438-2441.

Clark, P.U., and Mix, A.C., eds., 2002, Ice Sheets and Sea Level of the Last Glacial Maximum: Quaternary Science Reviews, v. 21, nos. 1-3, 454 p.

Clark, P.U., Pisias, N.G., Stocker, T.F., and Weaver, A.J., 2002, The role of the thermohaline circulation in abrupt climate change: Nature, v. 415, p. 863-869.

Clark, P.U., Marshall, S.J., Clarke, G.K.C., Hostetler, S.W., Licciardi, J.M., and Teller, J.T., 2001, Freshwater forcing of abrupt climate change during the last glaciation: Science, v. 293, p. 283-287.

Licciardi, J.M., Clark, P.U., Brook, E.J., Pierce, K.L., Kurz, M.D., Elmore, D., and Sharma, P., 2001, Cosmogenic 3He and 10Be chronologies of the northern Yellowstone Ice Cap, Montana, USA: Geology, v. 29, p. 1095-1098.

Clark, P.U., and Mix, A.C., 2000, Ice sheets by volume: Nature, v. 406, p. 689-690.

Hostetler, S.W., Bartlein, P.J., Clark, P.U., Small, E.E., and Soloman, A.M., 2000, Mesoscale climate and surface-atmosphere feedbacks along the southern margin of the Laurentide Ice Sheet 11,000 years ago: Nature, v. 405, p. 334-337.

Hostetler, S.W., and Clark, P.U., 2000, Tropical climate at the last glacial maximum inferred from glacier mass-balance modeling: Science, v. 290, p. 1747-1750.

Alley, R.B., and Clark, P.U., 1999, The deglaciation of the northern hemisphere: A global perspective: Annual Reviews of Earth and Planetary Sciences, v. 27, p. 149-182.

Clark, P.U., Alley, R.B., and Pollard, D., 1999, Northern Hemisphere ice-sheet influences on global climate change: Science, v. 286, p. 1104-1111.

McCabe, A.M., and Clark, P.U., 1998, Ice-sheet variability around the North Atlantic Ocean during the last deglaciation: Nature, v. 392, p. 373-377.