Academic article

• Stijn M A De Schepper; Tristan Cordier; Katrine Sandnes Skaar et al. (2026). Changing sea ice cover led to marine biodiversity shifts in the Late Quaternary. (external link)
• Nele Manon Vollmar; Agnes Weiner; Katja Häkli et al. (2026). Modern Southern Ocean sea ice environments are reflected in eukaryotic DNA from the sea floor. (external link)
• Sina Longman; Kari Grøsfjeld; Stijn M A De Schepper et al. (2026). Late Pliocene Atlantic surface water pulses precede enhanced deeper water inflow and stratification in the Fram Strait. (external link)
• K. St John; R.G. Lucchi; T.A. Ronge et al. (2026). Up-current geomorphic events and local tectonics as primary controls on sediment transport by the West Spitsbergen Current and sedimentation in the Fram Strait since ca. 3 Ma. (external link)
• A. González-Lanchas; B.T. Reilly; M.A. Bárcena et al. (2026). A paleoclimate reference record spanning the last 1 million years from the Fram Strait (Sites U1621 and U1623, IODP Expedition 403). (external link)
• Kyle Mayers; Nele Manon Vollmar; Tristan Cordier et al. (2026). First-year sea ice history in the Arctic Ocean inferred from ancient DNA of Polerella glacialis over the past 50,000 years. (external link)
• Ngoc Loi Nguyen; Joanna Pawłowska; Natalia Szymańska et al. (2025). Assessing the passive dispersal of benthic foraminifera through environmental DNA. (external link)
• C. L. Todd; D. N. Schmidt; Marci M. Robinson et al. (2020). Planktic Foraminiferal Test Size and Weight Response to the Late Pliocene Environment. (external link)
• Mark A. Woods; Ian P Wilkinson; Melanie J. Leng et al. (2019). Tracking Holocene palaeostratification and productivity changes in the Western Irish Sea: A multi-proxy record. (external link)
• Stijn De Schepper; Martin J. Head (2014). New Cenozoic acritarchs: evolution, palaeoecology and correlation potential in high latitude oceans. (external link)
• Stijn De Schepper; Eva I. Fischer; Jeroen Groeneveld et al. (2011). Deciphering the palaeoecology of Late Pliocene and Early Pleistocene dinoflagellate cysts. (external link)
• Jochen Knies; Rune Mattingsdal; Kari Grøsfjeld et al. (2014). Effect of early Pliocene uplift on late Pliocene cooling in the Arctic–Atlantic gateway. (external link)
• Bjørg Risebrobakken; Mari Fjalstad Jensen; Helene R. Langehaug et al. (2023). Buoyancy forcing: A key driver of northern North Atlantic sea surface temperature variability across multiple timescales. (external link)
• Na Wang; Kenneth Neil Mertens; Bernd Krock et al. (2019). Cryptic speciation in Protoceratium reticulatum (Dinophyceae): Evidence from morphological, molecular and ecophysiological data. (external link)
• Rune Mattingsdal; Jochen Knies; Karin Andreassen et al. (2014). A new 6 Myr stratigraphic framework for the Atlantic–Arctic Gateway. (external link)
• Stijn De Schepper; Jessica Louise Ray; Katrine Sandnes Skaar et al. (2019). The potential of sedimentary ancient DNA for reconstructing past sea ice evolution. (external link)
• S. Panitz; U. Salzmann; Bjørg Risebrobakken et al. (2015). Climate variability and long-term expansion of peat lands in Arctic Norway during the late Pliocene (ODP Site 642, Norwegian Sea). (external link)
• Erin L. McClymont; Heather Ford; Sze Ling Ho et al. (2020). Lessons from a high-CO2 world: an ocean view from  ∼ 3 million years ago. (external link)
• Kristine Steinsland; Danielle Grant; Kirsten Fahl et al. (2025). Sea ice variability from the penultimate glacial to the last interglacial in the eastern Fram Strait. (external link)
• Stijn De Schepper; Jeroen Groeneveld; B. David A. Naafs et al. (2013). Northern hemisphere glaciation during the globally warm early late Pliocene. (external link)
• Ngoc-Loi Nguyen; Dhanushka Devendra; Natalia Szymanska et al. (2023). Sedimentary ancient DNA: a new paleogenomic tool for reconstructing the history of marine ecosystems. (external link)
• Danielle Grant; Kristine Steinsland; Tristan Cordier et al. (2024). Sedimentary ancient DNA sequences reveal marine ecosystem shifts and indicator taxa for glacial-interglacial sea ice conditions. (external link)
• Ngoc-Loi Nguyen; Joanna Pawłowska; Marek Zajaczkowski et al. (2024). Taxonomic and abundance biases affect the record of marine eukaryotic plankton communities in sediment DNA archives. (external link)
• Kari Grøsfjeld; Stijn De Schepper; Karl Fabian et al. (2014). Dating and palaeoenvironmental reconstruction of the sediments around the Miocene/Pliocene boundary in Yermak Plateau ODP Hole 911A using marine palynology. (external link)
• Jan Hennissen; Martin J. Head; Stijn De Schepper et al. (2017). Dinoflagellate cyst paleoecology during the Pliocene–Pleistocene climatic transition in the North Atlantic. (external link)
• Aurélie Marcelle René Aubry; Stijn De Schepper; Anne de Vernal (2020). Dinocyst and acritarch biostratigraphy of the Late Pliocene to Early Pleistocene at Integrated Ocean Drilling Program Site U1307 in the Labrador Sea. (external link)
• Mark A. Woods; Thijs R.A. Vandenbroucke; Mark Williams et al. (2014). Complex response of dinoflagellate cyst distribution patterns to cooler early Oligocene oceans. (external link)
• Jan A.I. Hennissen; Martin J. Head; Stijn De Schepper et al. (2015). Increased seasonality during the intensification of Northern Hemisphere glaciation at the Pliocene-Pleistocene boundary ~2.6 Ma. (external link)
• Caroline Clotten; Ruediger Stein; Kirsten Fahl et al. (2018). Seasonal sea ice cover during the warm Pliocene: Evidence from the Iceland Sea (ODP Site 907). (external link)
• Stijn De Schepper; Michael Schreck; Kristina Marie Beck et al. (2015). Early Pliocene onset of modern Nordic Seas circulation related to ocean gateway changes. (external link)
• Kenneth Neil Mertens; Nicolas Van Nieuwenhove; Pieter R Gurdebeke et al. (2018). The dinoflagellate cyst genera Achomosphaera Evitt 1963 and Spiniferites Mantell 1850 in Pliocene to modern sediments: a summary of round table discussions. (external link)
• Dhanushka Devendra; Magdalena Łącka; Natalia Szymańska et al. (2023). The development of ocean currents and the response of the cryosphere on the Southwest Svalbard shelf over the Holocene. (external link)
• E.L. McClymont; Sze Ling Ho; H.L. Ford et al. (2023). Climate Evolution Through the Onset and Intensification of Northern Hemisphere Glaciation. (external link)
• Sara Harðardóttir; James S. Haile; Jessica Louise Ray et al. (2024). Millennial-scale variations in Arctic sea ice are recorded in sedimentary ancient DNA of the microalga Polarella glacialis. (external link)
• Stijn De Schepper; Gunn Mangerud (2017). Age and palaeoenvironment of the Utsira Formation in the northern North Sea based on marine palynology. (external link)
• Caroline Clotten; Rüdiger Stein; Kirsten Fahl et al. (2019). On the causes of Arctic sea ice in the warm Early Pliocene. (external link)
• Anne de Vernal; Taoufik Radi; Sébastien Zaragosi et al. (2019). Distribution of common modern dinoflagellate cyst taxa in surface sediments of the Northern Hemisphere in relation to environmental parameters: The new n=1968 database. (external link)
• Jan Hennissen; Martin J. Head; Stijn De Schepper et al. (2014). Palynological evidence for a southward shift of the North Atlantic Current at ∼2.6 Ma during the intensification of late Cenozoic Northern Hemisphere glaciation. (external link)
• Nicolas Van Nieuwenhove; Martin J. Head; Audrey Limoges et al. (2020). An overview and brief description of common marine organic-walled dinoflagellate cyst taxa occurring in surface sediments of the Northern Hemisphere. (external link)
• Jochen Manfred Knies; Gerrit Lohmann; Stijn M A de Schepper et al. (2025). Into the Blue: An ERC Synergy Grant Resolving Past Arctic Greenhouse Climate States. (external link)
• Jamie L. Boyd; James B. Riding; Mattthew J. Pound et al. (2018). The relationship between Neogene dinoflagellate cysts and global climate dynamics. (external link)
• Ning Tan; Gilles Ramstein; Christophe Dunas et al. (2017). Exploring the MIS M2 glaciation occurring during a warm and high atmospheric CO2 Pliocene background climate. (external link)
• Kristine Steinsland; Danielle Grant; Ulysses S Ninnemann et al. (2023). Sea ice variability in the North Atlantic subpolar gyre throughout the last interglacial. (external link)
• Sina Panitz; Stijn De Schepper; Ulrich Salzmann et al. (2017). Mid-Piacenzian variability of Nordic Seas surface circulation linked to terrestrial climatic change in Norway. (external link)
• Sina Panitz; Ulrich Salzmann; Bjørg Risebrobakken et al. (2016). Climate variability and long-term expansion of peatlands in Arctic Norway during the late Pliocene (ODP Site 642, Norwegian Sea). (external link)
• Sina Panitz; Ulrich Salzmann; Bjørg Risebrobakken et al. (2018). Orbital, tectonic and oceanographic controls on Pliocene climate and atmospheric circulation in Arctic Norway. (external link)
• Anna Hauge Braaten; Kim A. Jakob; Sze Ling Ho et al. (2023). Limited exchange between the deep Pacific and Atlantic oceans during the warm mid-Pliocene and Marine Isotope Stage M2 "glaciation". (external link)
• Michael Schreck; Seung-Il Nam; Caroline Clotten et al. (2017). Neogene dinoflagellate cysts and acritarchs from the high northern latitudes and their relation to sea surface temperature. (external link)
• Stijn De Schepper; Kristina Marie Beck; Gunn Mangerud (2016). Late Neogene dinoflagellate cyst and acritarch biostratigraphy for Ocean Drilling Program Hole 642B, Norwegian Sea. (external link)
• Paul Eduard Bachem; Bjørg Risebrobakken; Stijn De Schepper et al. (2017). Highly variable Pliocene sea surface conditions in the Norwegian Sea. (external link)
• Bjørg Risebrobakken; Carin Andersson; Stijn De Schepper et al. (2016). Low-frequency Pliocene climate variability in the eastern Nordic Seas. (external link)

Conference lecture

• Ingrid Myklestad Sætersdal; Magdalena Lacka; Bjørg Risebrobakken et al. (2026). Assessing biodiversity shifts in a western Norwegian fjord over the last three centuries using sedimentary ancient DNA. (external link)
• Jochen Manfred Knies; Henry Patton; Peter-Lasse Giertzuch et al. (2026). New evidence for Greenland ice sheet expansion beyond its present shelf break during the Mid-Pleistocene Transition. (external link)
• Nele Manon Vollmar; Tristan Cordier; Agnes Weiner et al. (2025). Is sea-ice cover reflected in sedimentary DNA? – a case study from the Weddell Sea, Southern Ocean. (external link)
• Nele Manon Vollmar; Tristan Cordier; Agnes Weiner et al. (2025). Evaluation of sedimentary DNA as a Southern Ocean sea ice proxy. (external link)
• Agnes Weiner; Ingrid Myklestad Sætersdal; Magdalena Lacka et al. (2025). Using sedimentary ancient DNA to trace changes in past marine biodiversity in Norwegian fjords. (external link)
• Anna Hauge Braaten; Niklas Meinicke; Sze Ling Ho et al. (2019). Mid-Pliocene North Atlantic sea surface temperatures from clumped isotope thermometry. (external link)
• Stijn De Schepper; Jeroen Groeneveld; B. David A. Naafs et al. (2013). How to glaciate the Northern Hemisphere in the globally warm world of the Late Pliocene?. (external link)
• Danielle Grant; Kristine Steinsland; Sigrid Mugu et al. (2021). The Last Interglacial in the Labrador Sea: a sedimentary ancient DNA investigation. (external link)
• Kristine Steinsland; Ulysses S Ninnemann; Kristen Fahl et al. (2021). Last Interglacial sea ice variability and paleoceanography of the Labrador Sea. (external link)
• Stijn De Schepper; Jeroen Groeneveld; B. David A. Naafs et al. (2011). The role of the North Atlantic in the mid-Pliocene glaciation of Marine Isotope Stage M2. (external link)
• Jan Hennissen; Martin J. Head; Jeroen Groeneveld et al. (2011). Dinoflagellate cysts and foraminiferal geochemistry from marine isotope stages G7 to 102 (Plio–Pleistocene) in the eastern North Atlantic. (external link)
• Stijn De Schepper; Stephen Louwye; Martin J. Head (2011). Pliocene to Early Quaternary palynology of the Bering Sea: initial results from IODP Site U1341. (external link)
• Stijn De Schepper; Eva i. Fischer; Martin J. Head et al. (2011). A multi-proxy approach for investigating Pliocene–Pleistocene North Atlantic environmental change and dinoflagellate cyst palaeoecology. (external link)
• Stijn De Schepper; Michael Schreck; Kristina Marie Beck et al. (2016). Emergence of the Nordic Seas circulation in the Early Pliocene. (external link)
• Eric Capo; Inger Greve Alsos; Daniel Ariztegui et al. (2021). Unifying the sedaDNA scientific community. (external link)
• Bjørg Risebrobakken; Sina Panitz; Paul Eduard Bachem et al. (2017). Land-ocean interactions at high latitudes during the Pliocene. (external link)
• Stijn De Schepper (2017). Pliocene Nordic Seas paleoceanography: surface circulation and sea ice evolution. (external link)
• Jessica Louise Ray; Stijn De Schepper; Katrine Sandnes Skaar (2017). Testing ancient DNA as a proxy for sea ice reconstruction. (external link)
• Stijn De Schepper; Kristina Beck; Gunn Mangerud (2013). Late Neogene palynostratigraphy of ODP Site 642, Vøring Plateau – towards a framework for dating the Utsira Formation. (external link)
• Stijn De Schepper; Bjørg Risebrobakken; Sze Ling Ho (2017). North Atlantic and Nordic Seas synthesis. (external link)
• Stijn De Schepper (2017). Reconstructing the sea ice evolution of the Late Pliocene Iceland Sea. (external link)
• Stijn De Schepper; Gunn Mangerud (2011). The Utsira Formation – towards a stratigraphical and palaeoenvironmental framework based on palynology. (external link)
• Stijn De Schepper (2011). Pliocene glacials and interglacials as analogues for present and future climate?. (external link)
• Nele Manon Vollmar; Katja Häkli; Tristan Cordier et al. (2023). Evaluating sedimentary ancient DNA as new proxy for sea ice variability in the Southern Ocean. (external link)
• Stijn De Schepper (2023). SedDNA in Polar Paleoceanography. (external link)
• Stijn De Schepper (2023). The DNA of (past) sea ice. (external link)
• Tristan Cordier; Danielle Grant; Jessica Louise Ray et al. (2021). Towards a reconstruction of the past sea ice variations in the Arctic with sediment aDNA. (external link)
• Agnes Weiner; Jessica Louise Ray; Margit Hildegard Simon et al. (2022). Using sedimentary ancient DNA to reconstruct the impact of Holocene environmental change on Arctic ecosystems. (external link)
• Agnes Weiner; Tristan Cordier; Jessica Louise Ray et al. (2022). Using ancient DNA sequencing to assess the impact of past environmental changes on marine protist biodiversity. (external link)
• Stijn De Schepper; Jessica Louise Ray (2021). Paleogenomics at NORCE. (external link)
• Stijn De Schepper; Danielle Grant; Kristine Steinsland et al. (2022). Labrador Sea paleoceanography and paleodiversity across the Last Interglacial.. (external link)
• Tristan Cordier; Danielle Grant; Kristine Steinsland et al. (2022). Towards Late Quaternary sea ice reconstructions in the Arctic with sedimentary ancient DNA. (external link)
• Stijn De Schepper; Jessica Louise Ray; Lisa Griem et al. (2020). A sedimentary ancient DNA approach to elucidate the Labrador Sea paleoceanography over the last ~130,000 years. (external link)
• Stijn De Schepper (2019). Investigating past Arctic sea ice: traditional and novel techniques. (external link)
• Stijn De Schepper; Jessica Louise Ray; Henrik Sadatzki et al. (2019). Can sedimentary ancient DNA (sedaDNA) be used for sea ice reconstructions?. (external link)
• Stijn De Schepper (2015). Influence of Pacific–Atlantic ocean gateways on North Atlantic circulation and climate during the Pliocene. (external link)
• Stijn De Schepper; Caroline Clotten; Bjørg Risebrobakken et al. (2018). Sea ice expansion in the Nordic Sea during the Pliocene. (external link)
• Stijn De Schepper; Caroline Clotten; Kirsten Fahl et al. (2018). Arctic Sea Ice Export during the Globally Warm Pliocene. (external link)
• Jessica Louise Ray; Katrine Sandnes Skaar; Henrik Sadatzki et al. (2018). Sea Ice Reconstructions Using Ancient DNA. (external link)
• Gunn Mangerud; Stijn De Schepper (2017). An attempt to date the Utsira Formation used for CO2 storage in the North Sea, using dinoflagellates. (external link)
• Jessica Louise Ray; Stijn De Schepper; Henrik Sadatzki et al. (2019). Can sedimentary ancient DNA (sedaDNA) be used for sea ice reconstructions. (external link)
• Jessica Louise Ray; Stijn De Schepper; Jørund Raukleiv Strømsøe et al. (2018). Late Quaternary sea ice reconstructions in the Greenland Sea using sedimentary ancient DNA. (external link)
• Jessica Louise Ray; Aud Larsen; Christofer Troedsson et al. (2018). Ongoing activities with eDNA as a monitoring tool in high-latitude marine ecosystems. (external link)
• Sina Panitz; Stijn De Schepper; Ulrich Salzman et al. (2016). Norwegian Atlantic Current variability and changes in heat transport to the Arctic during the mid-Piacenzian. (external link)
• Kyle Mayers; Katja Häkli; Nele Manon Vollmar et al. (2024). Sea ice reconstructions using Paleogenomics: Progress in the Arctic and Antarctic. (external link)
• Kyle Mayers; Stijn De Schepper (2024). Reconstructing Arctic ecosystems using the molecular signatures of phytoplankton. (external link)
• Stijn De Schepper; Kristina Beck; Gunn Mangerud (2013). Late Neogene Biostratigraphy and Palaeoceanography of the Norwegian Sea. (external link)
• Jan Hennissen; Martin J. Head; Stijn De Schepper et al. (2013). Palynological and geochemical analysis of North Atlantic circulation at the onset of late Cenozoic Northern Hemisphere glaciation (ca. 2.78–2.52 Ma, MIS G9–100). (external link)
• J Knies; Soma Baranwal; Karl Fabian et al. (2011). Neogene climate dynamics and hydrocarbon migrations on the Yermak Plateau, NW Spitsbergen – New evidence from borehole and seismic data. (external link)
• J Knies; Soma Baranwal; Karl Fabian et al. (2011). Fresh news from an old ODP record – Neogene climate dynamics and hydrocarbon migrations on the Yermak Plateau, NW Spitsbergen. (external link)
• Agnes Weiner; Tristan Cordier; Magdalena Lacka et al. (2023). Assessing the impact of past environmental changes on marine protist biodiversity using sedimentary ancient DNA. (external link)
• Agnes Weiner; Stijn De Schepper (2023). Tracing changes in past fjord biodiversity using sedimentary ancient DNA. (external link)
• Agnes Weiner; Tristan Cordier; Magdalena Lacka et al. (2023). Assessing the impact of past environmental changes on Arctic biodiversity using sedimentary ancient DNA. (external link)
• Agnes Weiner; Magdalena Lacka; Margit Hildegard Simon et al. (2024). Tracing changes in past biodiversity in the Arctic using ancient DNA. (external link)
• Elin Maria K. Darelius; Bjørg Risebrobakken; Mari Skuggedal Myksvoll et al. (2021). Norwegian fjords and climate change. (external link)

Conference poster

• Nele Manon Vollmar; Agnes Weiner; Juliane Müller et al. (2026). Applying sedimentary ancient DNA to reconstruct Southern Ocean paleoenvironments. (external link)
• Nele Manon Vollmar; Tristan Cordier; Agnes Weiner et al. (2025). Evaluation of sedimentary DNA as a Southern Ocean Sea Ice Proxy. (external link)
• Ingrid Myklestad Sætersdal; Magdalena Lacka; Bjørg Risebrobakken et al. (2025). Changes in protist communities in Lurefjorden over the last three centuries assessed using sedimentary ancient DNA. (external link)
• Ingrid Myklestad Sætersdal; Magdalena Lacka; Bjørg Risebrobakken et al. (2025). Changes in protist communities in Lurefjorden over the last three centuries assessed using sedimentary ancient DNA. (external link)
• Agnes Weiner; Ingrid Myklestad Sætersdal; Magdalena Lacka et al. (2025). Tracing changes in past fjord biodiversity using sedimentary ancient DNA. (external link)
• Katrine Husum; Ingrid Saetersdal; Magdalena Lacka et al. (2025). Assessing the impact of past environmental change on fjord biodiversity using sedimentary ancient DNA. (external link)
• Stijn De Schepper; Kristina Beck; Gunn Mangerud (2013). Late Neogene palynostratigraphy of the Vøring Plateau – towards a framework for dating the Utsira Formation. (external link)
• Mantilla-Duran Fernando; Martin J. Head; Stijn De Schepper et al. (2012). Central North Atlantic paleoceanography during Marine Isotope Stage 16 (ca. 610–665 ka, Middle Pleistocene): insights from the dinoflagellate cyst record at IODP Site U1313. (external link)
• Stijn De Schepper; Stephen Louwye; Martin J. Head (2011). Pliocene to Early Quaternary palynology of the Bering Sea: initial results from IODP Site U1341. (external link)
• Wolfram Geissler; Jochen Knies; Tove Nielsen et al. (2014). The Opening of the Arctic-Atlantic Gateway: Tectonic, Oceanographic and Climatic Dynamics - an IODP Initiative. (external link)
• Stijn De Schepper; Stephen Louwye; Martin J. Head (2011). Pliocene to Early Quaternary palynology of the Bering Sea: initial results from IODP Site U1341. (external link)
• Dave Heslop; Stijn De Schepper; Ulrike Proske (2011). Diagnosing the uncertainty of taxa relative abundances derived from count data. (external link)
• Stijn De Schepper; Jessica Louise Ray; Katrine Sandnes Skaar et al. (2017). Environmental ancient DNA: a new proxy for sea ice?. (external link)
• Stijn De Schepper; Henrik Sadatzki; Jessica Louise Ray et al. (2017). Exploring environmental ancient DNA as sea ice proxy. (external link)
• Stijn De Schepper; Henrik Sadatzki; Jessica Louise Ray et al. (2018). Exploring environmental ancient DNA as sea ice proxy. (external link)
• Stijn De Schepper; Philip L. Gibbard; Ulrich Salzman et al. (2014). Marine and terrestrial evidence for glaciation during the Pliocene – a global synthesis. (external link)
• Stijn De Schepper; Michael Schreck; Kristina Beck et al. (2014). Early Pliocene Nordic Seas palaeoceanography – relation with ocean gateways. (external link)
• Gerben Van Ranst; Stijn De Schepper; Stephen Louwye (2016). The Miocene-Pliocene boundary in the eastern North Atlantic: dinocyst biostratigraphy. (external link)
• Sina Panitz; Ulrich Salzman; Stijn De Schepper et al. (2017). Pliocene vegetation and climate evolution in Arctic Norway controlled by North Atlantic Current variability. (external link)
• Caroline Clotten; Stijn De Schepper; Kirsten Fahl et al. (2017). Seasonal sea ice in the Iceland Sea during the Late Pliocene. (external link)
• Stijn De Schepper; Eva i. Fischer; Jeroen Groeneveld et al. (2012). Unraveling the palaeoecology of Pliocene and Pleistocene dinoflagellate cysts. (external link)
• Stijn De Schepper; Jeroen Groeneveld; B. David A. Naafs et al. (2012). How to glaciate the Northern Hemisphere in a globally warm world?. (external link)
• Tristan Cordier; Marie Le Geay; Danielle Grant et al. (2022). Towards Quaternary Arctic sea ice reconstructions with sedimentary ancient DNA: building a modern database for calibrating new DNA-based proxies. (external link)
• F Haj Soltan; Martin J Head; Stijn De Schepper (2022). Paleoceanography across the Pliocene–Pleistocene transition in the southern Bering Sea: dinoflagellate cysts and acritarchs from IODP Site U1341. (external link)
• Sofia Ribeiro; Sara Hardardóttir; Audrey Limoges et al. (2022). Sedimentary ancient DNA from the sympagic dinoflagellate Polarella glacialis as a novel sea ice proxy. (external link)
• Danielle Grant; Kristine Steinsland; Tristan Cordier et al. (2022). Sedimentary ancient DNA Reveals Biodiversity Shifts in the Last Interglacial Labrador Sea. (external link)
• Agnes Weiner; Jessica Louise Ray; Margit Hildegard Simon et al. (2022). Using sedimentary ancient DNA to reconstruct the impact of Holocene environmental change on Arctic ecosystems. (external link)
• Kristine Steinsland; Ulysses S Ninnemann; Kirsten Fahl et al. (2022). Last Interglacial sea ice variability and paleoceanography of the Labrador Sea. (external link)
• Nele Manon Vollmar; Katja Häkli; Tristan Cordier et al. (2023). Evaluating sedaDNA as paleoceanographic proxy in the Southern Ocean. (external link)
• Wolfram Geissler; Jochen Knies; Tove Nielsen et al. (2014). The Opening of the Arctic-Atlantic Gateway: Tectonic, Oceanographic and Climate Dynamics - an IODP Initiative. (external link)
• K. Grøsfjeld; Stijn De Schepper; S. Baranwal et al. (2012). Chronostratigraphic evidence for a Miocene/Pliocene sequence at the Yermak Plateau (ODP Holes 911A and 910C), marginal Arctic Ocean, and surface water conditions based on dinoflagellate cysts and acritarchs. (external link)
• Agnes Weiner; Tristan Cordier; Jessica Louise Ray et al. (2022). Using ancient DNA sequencing to assess the impact of past environmental changes on protist biodiversity in the Arctic. (external link)
• Stijn De Schepper; Jessica Louise Ray; Katrine Sandnes Skaar et al. (2019). Using genetic information to understand past Arctic sea ice evolution. (external link)
• Danielle Grant; Kristine Steinsland; Tristan Cordier et al. (2021). The Last Interglacial in the Labrador Sea: a sedimentary ancient DNA investigation. (external link)
• Caroline Clotten; Stijn De Schepper; Zhongshi Zhang et al. (2014). Reconstructing Pliocene Arctic sea ice using IP25 and dinoflagellate cysts. (external link)
• Sina Panitz; Ulrich Salzman; Stijn De Schepper et al. (2014). Late Pliocene vegetation and climate fluctuations in the North Atlantic Region: ODP Site 642, Norwegian Sea and Yorktown Formation, USA. (external link)
• Stijn De Schepper; Jeroen Groeneveld; B. David A. Naafs et al. (2013). Glaciation in the Northern Hemisphere during the globally warm Late Pliocene (ca. 3.3 Ma). (external link)
• Stijn De Schepper; Jeroen Groeneveld; B. David A. Naafs et al. (2013). Glaciation in the Northern Hemisphere during the globally warm early Late Pliocene (marine isotope stage M2, ca. 3.3 Ma). (external link)
• Mark Woods; Vandenbroucke Thijs; Mark Williams et al. (2013). Complex response of dinoflagellate distribution patterns to cooler early Oligocene global oceans. (external link)
• Stijn De Schepper; Nele Manon Vollmar; Kyle Mayers et al. (2024). Using paleogenomics to document the modern and past cryosphere and biodiversity. (external link)
• Stijn De Schepper; Jessica Louise Ray; Henrik Sadatzki et al. (2019). Reconstructing past Arctic sea ice using sedimentary ancient DNA. (external link)
• Anna Hauge Braaten; Kim A. Jakob; Sze Ling Ho et al. (2022). Limited Exchange Between the Deep Pacific and Atlantic Oceans During the Warm mid-Pliocene and MIS M2 "Glaciation". (external link)
• Stijn De Schepper; Jessica Louise Ray; Aud Larsen et al. (2022). A new approach to reconstruct Late Quaternary sea ice evolution in the Southern Ocean. (external link)
• Sara Hardardóttir; Audrey Limoges; Nicolas Van Nieuwenhove et al. (2019). Sedimentary ancient DNA reveals Polarella glacialis as a novel circum-polar sea ice proxy. (external link)
• Stijn De Schepper; Philip L. Gibbard; Ulrich Salzman et al. (2014). Marine and terrestrial evidence for glaciation during the Pliocene – a global synthesis. (external link)
• Sina Panitz; Ulrich Salzmann; E Hocking et al. (2014). Pliocene vegetation, climate and sea surface temperatures derived from a high-resolution palynological study of ODP Site 642 in the Norwegian Sea. (external link)
• Sina Panitz; Ulrich Salzmann; Bjørg Risebrobakken et al. (2016). Climate variability and long-term expansion of peat lands in Arctic Norway during the late Pliocene (ODP Site 642, Norwegian Sea). (external link)
• Caroline Clotten; Stijn De Schepper; Zhongshi Zhang et al. (2014). Pliocene East Greenland Current and Sea Ice Evolution - PEGSIE. (external link)
• Sina Panitz; Ulrich Salzmann; Stijn De Schepper et al. (2014). Late Pliocene vegetation and climate fluctuations in the North Atlantic Region: ODP Site 642, Norwegian Sea and Yorktown Formation, USA. (external link)
• Kari Grøsfjeld; Stijn De Schepper; Karl Fabian et al. (2015). New age constraints and palaeo-environmental reconstruction of the sediments around the Miocene/Pliocene boundary in Yermak Plateau ODP Hole 911A using marine palynology. (external link)
• Stijn De Schepper; Jeroen Groeneveld; B. David A. Naafs et al. (2014). Marine isotope stage MIS M2 – a conceptual model for a glacial event during a period of prolonged global warmth. (external link)
• Caroline Clotten; Ruediger Stein; Kirsten Fahl et al. (2015). Sea ice extent in the Nordic Seas around the Pliocene–Quaternary boundary. (external link)
• Stijn De Schepper; Jeroen Groeneveld; B. David A. Naafs et al. (2013). How to glaciate the Northern Hemisphere in a globally warm world?. (external link)
• Agnes Weiner; Magdalena Lacka; Margit Hildegard Simon et al. (2023). Reconstructing the Holocene marine ecosystem north of Svalbard using sedimentary ancient DNA. (external link)
• Agnes Weiner; Magdalena Lacka; Tristan Cordier et al. (2023). Using sedimentary ancient DNA to reconstruct the impact of Holocene environmental change on Arctic ecosystems. (external link)
• Bjørg Risebrobakken; Carin Andersson; Stijn De Schepper et al. (2016). Diagenetic alterations of Pliocene foraminifera in the Nordic Seas. (external link)
• Caroline Clotten; Ruediger Stein; Kirsten Fahl et al. (2016). Reconstructing Pliocene sea-ice cover in the Nordic and Labrador seas: preliminary results. (external link)
• Stijn De Schepper; Michael Schreck; Kristina Marie Beck et al. (2016). Early Pliocene emergence of the modern Nordic Seas circulation. (external link)

Data management plan

• Fabio Sarti; Mariana Esteves; Jochen Manfred Knies et al. (2025). Into The Blue (i2B) DMP. (external link)

Encyclopedia entry

• Stijn M A De Schepper; Erin L. McClymont (2024). Transition from late Neogene to early Pleistocene environments. (external link)

Research report

• Stijn M A De Schepper; Jochen Manfred Knies; Griselda Anglada Ortiz et al. (2025). Into the Blue (i2B) Cruise KH7010 report: Recovering Quaternary interglacial archives from the Arctic Ocean. (external link)
• Stijn De Schepper; Aud Larsen; Dag Inge Blindheim et al. (2022). Arctic Paleoceanography Cruise KH21-234 with R/V Kronprins Haakon. (external link)
• Jochen Knies; Monica Winsborrow; Henry Patton et al. (2020). 20 - 8 CAGE Cruise report. Natural gas seepage and past sea ice variability on the NE Greenland margin. (external link)

Lecture

• Stijn De Schepper (2017). Klima i tidligere varmeperioder på jorden. (external link)
• Zhongshi Zhang; Kerim Hestnes Nisancioglu; Camille Li et al. (2015). Impact of seaways on AMOC strength during mid-Pliocene. (external link)
• Stijn De Schepper (2017). Pliocene Nordic Seas surface circulation and sea ice evolution. (external link)
• Stijn De Schepper (2014). Northern Hemisphere glaciation during the globally warm early Late Pliocene. (external link)
• Stijn De Schepper (2017). Pliocene Nordic Seas paleoceanography: surface circulation and sea ice evolution. (external link)
• Jens Matthiessen; Michael Schreck; Stijn De Schepper et al. (2015). Quaternary Palynomorph Stratigraphy in the Arctic Ocean: Potential and Limitations. (external link)
• Ulrich Salzmann; Aisling M. Dolan; Sina Panitz et al. (2015). Assessing Late Pliocene warming and climate variability with multi-proxy data and climate model simulations. (external link)
• Michael Schreck; Stijn De Schepper; Kristina Marie Beck et al. (2015). Early Pliocene reorganisation of Nordic Seas circulation due to Atlantic–Pacific gateway changes. (external link)
• Kari Grøsfjeld; Stijn De Schepper; Jochen Knies (2016). North Atlantic water influence and sea surface water warming during the late Pliocene in the marginal Arctic Ocean (Site 911A, Yermak Plateau). (external link)
• Stijn De Schepper; Michael Schreck; Kristina Marie Beck et al. (2016). Early Pliocene Nordic Seas palaeoceanography and its relation to ocean gateways. (external link)
• Stijn De Schepper; Michael Schreck; Kristina Marie Beck et al. (2016). Emergence of the modern Nordic Seas circulation in the Early Pliocene related to ocean gateway changes. (external link)
• Jessica Louise Ray; Katrine Sandnes Skaar; Henrik Sadatzki et al. (2018). Analysis pipeline for sea ice reconstructions using ancient environmental DNA. (external link)
• Caroline Clotten; Ruediger Stein; Kirsten Fahl et al. (2015). Sea-ice extent in the Nordic Seas around the Pliocene–Quaternary transition. (external link)
• Stijn De Schepper; Michael Schreck; Kristina Beck et al. (2015). Early Pliocene Nordic Seas palaeoceanography – relation with ocean gateways. (external link)

Media interview

• Stijn De Schepper (2015). Nordic Seas Cooled 500,000 Years Before Global Oceans. (external link)
• Stijn De Schepper (2015). Nordic seas cooled 500,000 years before global oceans. (external link)
• Stijn De Schepper (2015). Pliocene East Greenland Current and Sea Ice Evolution. (external link)
• Stijn De Schepper; Mandy Garner (2022). A detective of ancient climate change. (external link)
• Gudrun Sylte; Stijn De Schepper (2016). Dagens havstrømmer blir til. (external link)
• Stijn De Schepper; Alexandra Minich (2018). Interview for a media report on climate in Správy RTVS. (external link)
• Stijn De Schepper (2015). Nordic Seas cooled 500.000 years before global oceans. (external link)
• Stijn De Schepper (2015). Nordic Seas cooled 500.000 years before global oceans. (external link)
• Stijn De Schepper (2015). Nordic seas cooled 500,000 years before global oceans. (external link)
• Stijn De Schepper (2015). Nordic Seas cooled 500,000 years before global oceans. (external link)
• Stijn De Schepper (2015). Nordic Seas cooled 500.000 years before global oceans. (external link)
• Stijn De Schepper (2014). What microfossils can tell us about climate change today. (external link)

Academic literature review

• Stijn De Schepper; Philip L. Gibbard; Ulrich Salzmann et al. (2014). A global synthesis of the marine and terrestrial evidence for glaciation during the Pliocene Epoch. (external link)
• Jens Matthiessen; Michael Schreck; Stijn De Schepper et al. (2018). Quaternary dinoflagellate cysts in the Arctic Ocean: Potential and limitations for stratigraphy and paleoenvironmental reconstructions. (external link)

Professional article

• Rebecca M Briant; Martin R Bates; Steve Boreham et al. (2013). Palaeoenvironmental reconstruction from a decalcified interglacial sequence in the former Solent river system at St Leonard's Farm, Hampshire, England. (external link)

Master’s thesis

• Gunn Mangerud; Kristina Beck; Stijn De Schepper (2013). Early Pliocene biostratigraphy and palaeoceanography of the Vøring Plateau using dinoflagellate cysts. (external link)

Academic book chapter

• Stijn De Schepper (2013). Combining dinoflagellate cyst studies with geochemical proxies: application to palaeoceanography, palaeoecology and biostratigraphy. (external link)

Popular science article

• Stijn De Schepper (2016). Het onstaan van de moderne zeestromingen in de Nordic Seas. (external link)

Doctoral thesis (PhD)

• Caroline Clotten; Stijn De Schepper (2017). Pliocene sea ice evolution in the Iceland and Labrador Sea – A biomarker approach. (external link)

Conference abstract

• J. Knies; S. Baranwal; K. Fabian et al. (2012). New insights into late Neogene glacial dynamics, tectonics, and hydrocarbon migrations in the Atlantic-Arctic gateway region. (external link)

See a complete overview of publications in NVA.