My research is focused on creating reconstructions of vegetation and climate for the Late glacial and Holocene period. I analyze pollen and plant macrofossils from sediments collected in lake and bog environments. Combining these records with other proxies such as loss-on-ignition and a good chronology provides information on interactions between the landscape, climate and vegetation. Previously I have worked with North-Western European sites. Currently I am focusing on multiple islands in the Southern Ocean as part of the 'Effects and Responses to changing environments in the Sub-Antarctic' (CHANGE) project.

 

Academic lecture

• Zwier, Maaike (2024). Pollen studies in the (sub-)Antarctic: exciting applications. (external link)
• van der Bilt, Willem Godert Maria; D`Andrea, William Joseph; Zwier, Maaike et al. (2023). Holocene leaf wax isotopes from South Georgia reveal unprecedented shifts in Southern Westerlies during Common Era. (external link)
• Zwier, Maaike; van der Bilt, Willem Godert Maria; Schneider, Tobias et al. (2023). Exotic pollen reveals Holocene wind dynamics in the sub-Antarctic. (external link)
• Zwier, Maaike; van der Bilt, Willem Godert Maria; Bakke, Jostein et al. (2023). Long-distance transported pollen record from sub-Antarctic Kerguelen shows Southern Hemisphere Westerly Wind dynamics during the Holocene. (external link)
• Zwier, Maaike; Quintana, Christian (2023). Terrestrial paleo proxies. (external link)
• Zwier, Maaike; van der Bilt, Willem Godert Maria; Bakke, Jostein et al. (2022). Holocene vegetation variability on sub-Antarctic islands: Palynological inferred climate reconstructions.. (external link)
• Zwier, Maaike; Bjune, Anne Elisabeth; van der Bilt, Willem Godert Maria et al. (2022). Holocene vegetation and climate variability inferred from lake sediment records in the sub-Antarctic. (external link)
• Zwier, Maaike; van der Bilt, Willem Godert Maria; Bakke, Jostein et al. (2022). Palynological evidence of Holocene climate variability and Southern Hemisphere Westerly Wind dynamics in the sub-Antarctic. (external link)
• Zwier, Maaike; van der Bilt, Willem Godert Maria; Bakke, Jostein et al. (2022). Palynological evidence of Holocene climate variability and Southern Hemisphere Westerly Wind dynamics in the sub-Antarctic. (external link)
• Zwier, Maaike; Bjune, Anne Elisabeth; van der Bilt, Willem (2021). Southern Hemisphere Westerly Winds and Holocene climate variability on sub-Antarctic South Georgia. (external link)
• Zwier, Maaike; Bjune, Anne Elisabeth; van der Bilt, Willem (2020). Pollen inferred Holocene vegetation and climate variability on sub-Antarctic South Georgia. (external link)

Lecture

• Zwier, Maaike; van der Bilt, Willem Godert Maria; Bjune, Anne Elisabeth et al. (2024). Long-distance transported pollen record from sub-Antarctic Kerguelen shows Southern Hemisphere Westerly Wind dynamics during the Holocene. (external link)
• Zwier, Maaike (2022). Holocene vegetation and climate variability inferred from lake sediment records in the sub-Antarctic. (external link)
• Zwier, Maaike (2022). Applications of palynology and X-ray fluorescence spectrometry . (external link)
• Zwier, Maaike (2021). Reconstructing past environments in the sub-Antarctic. (external link)

Academic article

• Zwier, Maaike; van der Bilt, Willem Godert Maria; Schneider, Tobias et al. (2024). Holocene changes in the position of the Southern Hemisphere Westerlies recorded by long-distance transport of pollen to the Kerguelen Islands. (external link)
• van der Bilt, Willem Godert Maria; D’Andrea, William J.; Oppedal, Lea Toska et al. (2022). Stable Southern Hemisphere westerly winds throughout the Holocene until intensification in the last two millennia. (external link)
• Zwier, Maaike; Bilt, Willem Godert Maria van der; de Stigter, Henko et al. (2021). Pollen evidence of variations in Holocene climate and Southern Hemisphere Westerly Wind strength on sub- Antarctic South Georgia. (external link)
• McMichael, Chrystal; Witteveen, Nina; Scholz, Simon et al. (2021). 30,000 years of landscape and vegetation dynamics in a mid-elevation Andean valley. (external link)

Popular scientific article

• Zwier, Maaike (2021). A strong breeze and chance of storms: How we used pollen to create a wind forecast from 10,000 years ago. (external link)
• Zwier, Maaike (2020). Research on remote islands – Where your closest neighbor is an astronaut. (external link)
• Zwier, Maaike; Mac Cuirc, Criostóir (2020). How tiny algae highlight our current climate problems. (external link)

Poster

• Zwier, Maaike (2020). Holocene climate variability on sub-Antarctic South Georgia. (external link)

See a complete overview of publications in Cristin.

The CHANGE project.

Effects and responses to changing environments in the Sub-Antarctic (CHANGE) is a three-year project funded by the Department of Biological Sciences, University of Bergen.

https://www.uib.no/en/rg/EECRG/131735/change-project