Niels Weiss
Postdoctoral Fellow
| Degrees: | PhD (Stockholm University, Sweden), MSc (University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands) |
| Email: | niels.weiss@carleton.ca |
| Office: | B443 Loeb Building |
Research interests:
Permafrost
Cryosphere
Geomorphology
Permafrost carbon climate feedback
Recent publications:
S Faucherre, CJ Jørgensen, D Blok, N Weiss, MB Siewert, T Bang-Andreasen, G Hugelius, P Kuhry, B Elberling. 2018. Short and long-term controls on active layer and permafrost carbon turnover across the Arctic. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 123, 372-390. https://doi.org/10.1002/2017JG004069
N Weiss & J Kaal. 2018. Characterization of labile organic matter in Pleistocene permafrost (NE Siberia), using Thermally assisted Hydrolysis and Methylation (THM-GC-MS). Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 117, 202-213. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2017.10.001
N Weiss, S Faucherre, N Lampiris & R Wojcik. 2017. Elevation-based upscaling of organic carbon stocks in high arctic permafrost terrain: a storage and distribution assessment for Spitsbergen, Svalbard. Polar Research, 36:1. https://doi.org/10.1080/17518369.2017.1400363
N Weiss. 2017. Permafrost carbon in a changing Arctic: On periglacial landscape dynamics, organic matter characteristics, and the stability of a globally significant carbon pool. PhD dissertation no. 65 from the Department of Physical Geography, Stockholm University. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-142586
N Weiss, D Blok, B Elberling, G Hugelius, CJ Jørgensen, MB Siewert & P Kuhry. 2016. Thermokarst dynamics and soil organic matter characteristics controlling initial carbon release from permafrost soils in the Siberian Yedoma region. Sedimentary Geology, 340, 38-48. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sedgeo.2015.12.004