My research focuses on understanding the extent and dynamics of present, and former ice masses, in the Arctic and pan-North Atlantic. I undertook a PhD at the University of Worcester which investigated plateau icefield glaciation, in the Southern Uplands of Scotland, during a period of abrupt climate change (Younger Dryas; ~12.9 -11.7 ka BP).
Following my PhD, I held short-term lectureships, until I moved to the University of Aberdeen to work as a Post-Doctoral Researcher. Here, my research focused on the Greenland Ice Sheet and reconstructing millennial-scale tidewater glacier behaviour. I joined the University of Hertfordshire, in 2018, as a Senior Lecturer in Physical Geography as well as Head of the Academic Support Unit for c. 3500 students. I moved to NMBU, in 2021, as a Quaternary Geologist.
Fagfelt
- Plateau icefields
- Ice-sheets
- Geomorphology
- Abrupt climate change
- Arctic
- Landsystems
Publikasjoner
Liste med publikasjoner fra min forskning. (Cristin)
2022
Boyes, Benjamin; Linch, Lorna; Pearce, Danni M and Nash, David. (In Review) The last Fennoscandian Ice Sheet glaciation on the Kola Peninsula and Russian Lapland ( Part 1 ): ice flow configuration. Quaternary Science Reviews
Boyes, Benjamin; Linch, Lorna; Pearce, Danni M and Nash, David. (In Review) The last Fennoscandian Ice Sheet glaciation on the Kola Peninsula and Russian Lapland ( Part 2 ): Ice sheet margin positions, evolution, and dynamics. Quaternary Science Reviews
Pearce, Danni M .; Lea, James M.; Mair, Douglas WF; Rea, Brice R.; Schofield, J. Edward; Kamenos, Nicholas A.; Schoenrock, Kathryn M.; Stachnik, Lukasz; Lewis, Bonnie; Barr, Iestyn; Mottram, Ruth.
Greenland tidewater glacier advanced rapidly during the era of Norse settlement. Geology 2022 ;Volume 50.(6) p. 704-709; doi.org/10.1130/G49644.12021
Boyes, Benjamin; Linch, Lorna; Pearce, Danni M .; Kolka, Vasili V.; Nash, David. (2021) The Kola Peninsula and Russian Lapland: a review of Late Weichselian glaciation. Quaternary Science Reviews 2021; 267; /doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2021.107087
Boyes, Benjamin M.; Pearce, Danni M.; Linch, Lorna D. Glacial geomorphology of the Kola Peninsula and Russian Lapland. Journal of Maps 2021 ;Volume 17.(2) pp. 485-503; DOI: 10.1080/17445647.2021.1970036
2019
Schofield E, Pearce D, Mair D, Rea D, Lea J, Kamenous N, Scheonrock K, Barr I, Edwards K. Pushing the limits: palynological investigations at the margins of the Greenland Ice Sheets in the Norse Western Settlement. Environmental Archaeology, 228-242 doi.org/10.1080/14614103.2019.1677075.
Reinardy B, Booth A, Hughes A, Boston C, Åkesson H, Bakke J, Nesje A, Giesen R and Pearce D. Spatial distribution of cold-ice within a temperate glacier - implications for glacier dynamics, sediment transport and foreland geomorphology. The Cryosphere, 13, p827-843 https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-13-827-2019
2018
Schoenrock K, Vad J, Muth A, Pearce D , Rea B, Schofield J, Kamenos N. (2018). New baselines: a description of kelp forests and coralline algae habitats in southwestern Greenland. Diversity, 10, https://doi.org/10.3390/d10040117
Schoenrock K, Bacquet M, Pearce D, Rea B, Schofield E, Lea J Mair D. and Kamenos N, (2018). Influences of salinity of the physiology and distribution of Greenlandic maerl. Journal of Phycology . 54(3), https://doi.org/10.1111/jpy.12774
Pearce D, Mair D, Rea B, Lea J, Schofield E, Kamenos N and Schoenrock K. (2017) The glacial geomorphology of upper Godthåbsfjord (Nuup Kangerlua) in south-west Greenland. Journals of Maps. 14(2), p45-55 https://doi.org/10.1080/17445647.2017.1422447
2017
Pearce D, Ely J, Barr I and Boston CM (2017). Section 3.4.9 Glacier reconstruction . In: Clarke, LE and Nield, JM (Eds.) Geomorphological Techniques (Online Edition). British Society for Geomorphology, London. ISSN: 2047-0371
2015
Boston CM, Reinardy B. and Pearce D , (2015). Examining the effect of changes in plateau icefield mass balance on ice margin retreat patterns and depositional processes (PLATREAT). In: INTERACT Stories of Arctic Science. Eds. Callaghan TV and Savela, H. Danish Center for Environment and Energy, Denmark, p180
McDougal D. and Pearce D, (2015). Little Gatesgarthdale (Honsiter Pass). In: McDougall D. and Evans DJA (eds) (2015). The Quaternary of the Lake District. Quaternary Research Association, London.
2014
Pearce D, Rea B, Bradwell T and McDougall D. (2014). Glacial Geomorphological map of the central Southern Uplands, Scotland. Journal of Maps, 10(3) p457-465 https://doi.org/10.1080/17445647.2014.886492
Undervisning
I contribute to the following courses:
Batchelor's
- GEO210 Quaternary Geology
- GEO211 Quaternary Geology Field Course
Masters
- MINA302 Introduction to Masters
- JORD210 GIS and Dynamic Modelling
- GEO310 Paleo-environment and Climate Change (Course coordinator)
Postgraduate Supervision & Viva Examinations
2022 -2023 60 credit Masters, Margrethe Otnes 'Reconstructing glacial fluctuations in SW Svalbard'
2021 External examiner: Hugo Armstrong, University of Leeds – 'Volume changes in the glaciers and ice caps of west Greenland since the Little Ice Age'
2018 -2022 PhD, Ben Boyes 'Glaciation of the Kola Peninsula during the Last Glacial-Interglacial Transition (20-10 ka)'
2019-2021 Masters by Research. Will Dakus 'Glacio-fluvial sedimentary responses to progressive High-Arctic deglaciation.'
Mer om meg og CV
Memberships of Professional Bodies
2021 – present NORDQUA
2015-present Scottish Alliance for Geoscience, Environment and Society
2011-present European Geoscience Union (EGU), American Geophysical Union (AGU)
2003-present British Society for Geomorphology (BSG), Quaternary Research Association (QRA)
Journal editorial board member
- Open Quaternary
- Journal of Remote Sensing
Journal and funding peer-reviewer
- 2022| International journal: Annals of Glaciology
- 2021| External reviewer - National Science Foundation funding body (NSF America)
- Since 2015| International journals: Geology, Journal of Quaternary Science, Proceedings of the Geologists Association, Journal of Maps, Nature, Boreas and Environmental and Earth Sciences.
2022| European Geosciences Geomorphology ECR Division Rep See here for details
2021 Award-winning fieldwork video for the Svalbard Integrated Arctic Earth Observing System. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_SVQ42sN5g
Convened - International Conferences
- 2022| Convenor at the European Geosciences Union (EGU), Austria ' Mountain glaciations: Developments in geomorphology, geochronology, glaciology and climate change' Stefan Winkler, Danni Pearce , Bethan Davies, Jacob Bendle, Emma Cooper, Neil Glasser, Rachel Oien, Giovanni Monegato, Jürgen Reitner
- 2021| Convenor at the European Geosciences Union (EGU), Austria ' Mountain Glaciations and icesheet glaciations: Glacial landforms and their palaeoclimatic interpretation' Danni Pearce Stefan Winkler, April Dalton, Lauren Knight, Giovanni Monegato, Jürgen Reitner
- 2020 online| Danni Pearce session chair at European Geosciences Union (EGU), Austria, ' Mountain Glaciations: Challenge and potential - Glacial landforms and their palaeoclimatic interpretation' Convenors: Stefan Winkler | Co-conveners: Lauren Knight, Giovanni Monegato, Jürgen Reitner
- 2019| Convener at the International Union for Quaternary Research (INQUA), Dublin, 2019 ' Quaternary glaciations: Processes, Sediments and Landforms. ' Convenors: Lorna Linch, Danni Pearce , Jan Piotrowski and Dave Evans.
- 2019| Convener at the International Union for Quaternary Research (INQUA), Dublin, 'Glacier response to abrupt climate change.' Convenors: Clare Boston, Danni Pearce , Sam Roberson and Sven Lukas
- 2015| Convener at the International Union for Quaternary Research (INQUA), Japan, ' Quaternary glaciations: Processes, Sediments and Landforms. ' Convenors: Lorna Linch, Danni Pearce , Iestyn Barr and Jan Piotrowski.
- 2013,2014,2015| Convenor at the European Geosciences Union (EGU), Austria ' Integrating Ice core, Marine, and Terrestrial records 60-8 ka BP .' Convenors: Wim Hoek, Irka Hajdas, Didier Roche, Achim Brauer, Sune Rasmussen, Hans Renssen, Danni Pearce and Jennifer Stanford.
Convenor National Conferences
- 2015| Convener for the Scottish Universities Research in Glacial Environments (SURGE), Aberdeen, Co-convener Doug Mair.
- 2014| Convener for the Quaternary Research Association (QRA), London, ' Quaternary Revolutions.' Co-convenors: Dan Charman, James Scourse, Danielle Schreve, Antony Long, Danni Pearce , Tom Hill, Catherine Souch and John Catt.
- 2012| Convenor for QRA Glacial Landsystems Working Group, Scotland, ' Glaciation of the Scottish Boarders .' Co-conveners: Dave Evans and Brice Rea.
Conferences (*oral Pearce presented)
2022
International Glaciological Society, Edinburgh | A new high-resolution glacial geomorphological map of the Republic of Karelia, northwest Russia. Ben Boyes, Danni Pearce , Lorna Lynch Oral
International Glaciological Society, Edinburgh | Short-term calving variability at Hansbreen (Svalbard) observed with millimetre-wave radar, TLS, and time-lapse camera images. Will Harcourt, Wojciech Gajek, Danni Pearce , Doug Benn, Matteo Spagnolo, Brice Rea. Orally
British Society for Geomorphology, Newcastle | A new high-resolution glacial geomorphological map of the Republic of Karelia, northwest Russia. Ben Boyes, Danni Pearce , Lorna Lynch Oral
European Geoscience Union (EGU), Vienna | Hansbreen's calving-driven ice loss derived from seismic data supported by millimeter-wave radar scans and neural networks. Wojciech Gajek, Will Harcourt and Danni Pearce Oral
European Geoscience Union (EGU), Vienna | Millimeter-wave radar observations of glacier calving at Hansbreen (Svalbard) correlated with TLS, time-lapse camera images and seismic records. William D. Harcourt, Duncan A. Robertson, David G. Macfarlane, Brice R. Rea, Matteo Spagnolo, Doug I. Benn, Michael R. James, Wojciech Gajek, Danni Pearce , and Penelope How. Oral European
Geoscience Union (EGU), Vienna| Fennoscandian Ice Sheet glaciation on the Kola Peninsula and Russian Lapland. Ben Boyes, Danni Pearce, Lorna Lynch and David Nash Oral
Quaternary Research Association, Sheffield (moved online due to UK covid rates) | Reconstructing Late Weichselian Fennoscandian Ice Sheet glaciation on the Kola Peninsula and Russian Lapland. Ben Boyes , Danni Pearce , Lorna Lynch and David Nash. Orally
Scottish Alliance for Geoscience, Environment and Society, Glasgow| Multi-sensor observations of glacier calving at Hansbreen, Svalbard. William D. Harcourt, Duncan A. Robertson, David G. Macfarlane, Brice R. Rea, Matteo Spagnolo, Doug I. Benn, Michael R. James, Wojciech Gajek, Danni Pearce , and Penelope How. Posts
2021
European Geoscience Union (EGU), Vienna | Fennoscandian Ice Sheet glaciation in NW Arctic Russia during the Last Glacial-Interglacial Transition. Ben Boyes, Danni Pearce , Lorna Lynch Poster
Royal Geographical Society International Conference | The ViPs project: a palaeoscience response to the challenges of virtual teaching or a pedagogy that's here to stay? Simon Hutchinson, Karen Bacon, Jane Bunting, Kim Davies, Liz Hurrell, Des McDougall, Danni Pearce and Nickki Whithouse Oral
Quaternary Research Association |Virtual Palaeoscience (ViPs): collating, curating and developing virtual lab and field trip resources for palaeoenvironmental teaching. Liz Hurrell, Simon Hutchinson, Jane Bunting and Danni Pearce Oral
Quaternary Research Association | A new high-resolution geomorphological map of the Kola Peninsula and Russian Lapland, northwest Arctic Russia. Ben Boyes, Danni Pearce and Lorna Lynch. Orally
2020
*European Geosciences Union (EGU), General Assembly, Vienna, Austria| Deglaciation of the Kola Peninsula, Arctic Russia, during the Last Glacial-Interglacial Transition Ben Boyes, Lorna Linch and Danni Pearce
*UK Learning and Teaching conference | 'Academic Support in Universities' Danni Pearce , Phil Porter, Ali Cain, Andrew Smith and Danny Buckley Oral
*Euro-Global Climate Change Conference, Paris France| Canceled due to Covid19 Invited oral
European Geosciences Union (EGU), General Assembly, Vienna, Austria| Deglaciation of the Kola Peninsula, Arctic Russia, during the Last Glacial-Interglacial Transition. Ben Boyes, Lorna Lynch and Danni Pearce Oral (online)
2019
*International Quaternary Research Association (INQUA), Dublin, Ireland | Rapid and sustained tidewater glacier advance during the era of Norse settlement in Greenland. Danni Pearce , Doug Mair, Brice Rea, James Lea, Ed Schofield, Nick Kamenos and Kate Schoenrock.
*INQUA, Dublin, Ireland| Deglaciation of the Kola Peninsula, Arctic Russia, during the Last Glacial-Interglacial Transition. Ben Boyes, Lorna Lynch and Danni Pearce
*EGU, General Assembly, Vienna, Austria| A millennial-scale record of tidewater glacier advance and retreat, SW Greenland. Danni Pearce , Doug Mair, Brice Rea, James Lea, Ed Schofield, Nick Kamenos and Kate Schoenrock.
* EGU, Vienna, Austria Rapid advance, and rapid retreat at Kangiata Nunaata Sermia: potential for long term numerical model validation of Greenland outlet glacier dynamics. Danni Pearce , Doug Mair, Brice Rea, James Lea, Ed Schofield, Nick Kamenos and Kate Schoenrock.
* Big Bang Science Fair Eastern| 'Glaciological Experiments' Danni Pearce Invited
2018
British Science Week, South East| The Greenland Ice Sheet. Danni Pearce Invited
* International Rhodolith Workshop, Brittany, France | A comparison of bacterial diversity and function in the maerl Lithothamnion glaciale Kjellman (Corallinales, Rhodophyta) from southwestern Greenland. Kathryn Schoenrock, K. Matterson, L. Hofmann, D. de Beer, N. Kamenos, Danni Pearce, Brice Rea, Ed Schofield, James Lea and Douglas Mair
2017
*British Science Week, Scotland| Exploring the Greenland Ice Sheet. Danni Pearce Invited
*American Geosciences Union (AGU)| Rapid advance and retreat over centennial/millennial timescales at Kangiata Nunaata Sermia, SW Greenland - implications for modeling and behavior of tidewater glaciers. James Lea, Douglas Mair, Brice R Rea, James Schofield, Nicholas Kamenos, Danni Pearce , and Kathryn M. Schoenrock Invited
EGU, Vienna, Austria Marine algae inform past calving rates of a tide water glacier in western Greenland. Kathryn Schoenrock, Danni Pearce , Douglas Mair, Brice Rea, James Schofield, James Lea, Nicholas Kamenos Poster
2016
*EU Younger Dryas glacier-climate reconstruction Leverhulme meeting, UK| Reconstructing Younger Dryas glaciation and regional palaeo-climatic inferences. Danni Pearce Invited
Ocean Sciences Conference, New Orleans, USA |Marine algae inform past calving rates of a tide water glacier in western Greenland.” Kathryn Schoenrock, Nicholas Kamenos, Danni Pearce Douglas Mair, Brice Rea, James Schofield, James Lea, and Lukasz Stachnik.
2015
*EGU, Vienna, Austria Reconstructing Younger Dryas plateau icefields in the Tweedsmuir Hills, Southern Uplands, Scotland: Style, dynamics and palaeo-climatic implications. Danni Pearce , Brice Rea, Tom Bradwell, Des McDougall, David Small and Iestyn Barr .
S cottish Universities Research in Glacial Environments (SURGE) UK| Reconstructing a major SW Greenland tidewater glacier. Danni Pearce , Douglas Mair, Brice Rea, James Schofield, James Lea, Nicholas Kamenos, Kathryn Schoenrock, and Lukasz Stachnik Poster
2014
Quaternary Research Association ADM, London| Glacier-based climate reconstructions: approaches, limitations, and future directions. Danni Pearce , Iestyn Barr, Clare Boston and Matt Standell Poster
American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, USA| Regional scale climatic trends derived from Younger Dryas glaciers in Britain. Danni Pearce , Brice Rea, Iestyn Barr, David Small, Des McDougall Poster
QRA 50 ADM | The Moffatdale RSF cluster, Southern Uplands: a paraglacial signal of concentrated erosion of bedrock. David Jarman and Danni Pearce Poster
2013
* International Glaciological Society | Reconstructing plateau icefields: Evaluating empirical and modeled approaches. Danni Pearce , Brice Rea and Iestyn Barr
*EGU, Vienna| Unraveling Younger Dryas glaciation in the Tweedsmuir Hills, Southern Uplands, Scotland. Danni Pearce , Brice Rea, Iestyn Barr, Jeremy Everest, Nick Primmer, Pete Langdon, Mary Edwards and Des McDougall
EGU, Vienna| Reconstructing plateau icefields: Evaluating empirical and modeled approaches. Danni Pearce , Brice Rea and Iestyn Barr Poster *2012|International Glaciological Society British Branch Meeting| Evidence for a Lateglacial plateau icefield in the Tweedsmuir Hills, Southern Uplands, Scotland. Danni Pearce , Brice Rea, Tom Bradwell and Andrew Finlayson.
2012
EGU, Vienna| Lateglacial geomorphology in the Tweedsmuir Hills, Scotland – Implications for retreat patterns, glacier reconstruction and chronology. Danni Pearce, Brice Rea and Des McDougall. Posts
UK Polar Network, Sheffield| Reconstruction of a plateau icefield: a glaciological approach to reconstruction. Danni Pearce , Sven Lukas and Simon Carr.
2011
*QRA ADM, Durham| Glaciation of the Tweedsmuir Hills, Southern Uplands, Scotland. Danni Pearce , Brice Rea, Des McDougall, Tom Bradwell and Andrew Finlayson. 2011|INQUA XVIII, Bern, Austria| Reconstruction of a plateau icefield in the English Lake District: a modified approach to reconstructing palaeoclimate. Danni Pearce , Sven Lukas and Simon Carr Poster
INQUA XVIII, Bern, Austria| Lateglacial geomorphology in the Tweedsmuir Hills, Scotland – Implications for retreat patterns, glacier reconstruction and chronology. Danni Pearce , Brice Rea and Des McDougall. Posts
2010
International Glaciological Society ADM, Aberystwyth| 4D Modeling of Glacier Evolution: High Resolution Monitoring of Virkisjöukll, SE Iceland. Jez Everest, Tom Bradwell, Andrew Finlayson, Lee Jones, Danni Pearce , Mike Raines and Tom Shanhan. Posts
2009
EGU, Vienna| Glacier Reconstruction and Mass-Balance Modeling as a Geomorphic and Palaeoclimatic Tool. Simon Carr, Sven Lukas, Stephanie Mills and Danni Pearce