Professor Nerilie Abram
Areas of expertise
- Palaeoclimatology 040605
- Oceanography 0405
- Geochemistry 0402
- Atmospheric Sciences 0401
Research interests
Tropical climate research (corals and speleothems)
Polar climate research (ice cores)
Please see my RSES profile page for more information: http://rses.anu.edu.au/people/academics/professor-nerilie-abram
Publications
- Treble, P, Priestley, S, Griffiths, A et al. 2023, 'Caves demonstrate decrease in rainfall recharge of southwest Australian groundwater is unprecedented for the last 800 years', Communications Earth & Environment, vol. 4, no. 1, pp. 1-12.
- Cai, D, Abram, N, Sharples, J et al. 2022, 'Increasing intensity and frequency of cold fronts contributed to Australia's 2019-2020 Black Summer fire disaster', Environmental Research Letters, vol. 17, no. 9.
- Erhardt, T, Bigler, M, Federer, U et al. 2022, 'High-resolution aerosol concentration data from the Greenland NorthGRIP and NEEM deep ice cores', Earth System Science Data, vol. 14, no. 3, pp. 1215-1231.
- Treble, P, Baker, A, Abram, N et al. 2022, 'Ubiquitous karst hydrological control on speleothem oxygen isotope variability in a global study', Communications Earth & Environment, vol. 3, no. 1, p. 10.
- Stokes, C, Abram, N, Bentley, M et al. 2022, 'Response of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet to past and future climate change', Nature, vol. 608, pp. 275-286.
- Wright, N, Krause, C, Phipps, S et al. 2022, 'Influence of long-term changes in solar irradiance forcing on the Southern Annular Mode', Climate of the Past, vol. 18, no. 6, pp. 1509-1528.
- Crockart, C, Vance, T, Fraser, A et al. 2021, 'El Nino-Southern Oscillation signal in a new East Antarctic ice core, Mount Brown South', Climate of the Past, vol. 17, no. 5, pp. 1795-1818.
- Ummenhofer, C, Murty, S, Sprintall, J et al. 2021, 'Heat and freshwater changes in the Indian Ocean region', Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, vol. 2, no. 8, pp. 525-541.
- McConnell, J, Chellman, N, Mulvaney, R et al. 2021, 'Hemispheric black carbon increase after the 13th-century MÄ?ori arrival in New Zealand', Nature, vol. 598, no. 7879, pp. 82-85.
- Abram, N, Henley, B, Gupta, A et al. 2021, 'Connections of climate change and variability to large and extreme forest fires in southeast Australia', Communications Earth & Environment, vol. 2, pp. 1-17.
- Konecky, B, McKay, N, Churakova, O et al. 2020, 'The Iso2k database: a global compilation of paleo-δ18O and δ2H records to aid understanding of Common Era climate', Earth System Science Data, vol. 12, no. 3, pp. 2261-2288.
- Abram, N, Wright, N, Ellis, B et al. 2020, 'Coupling of Indo-Pacific climate variability over the last millennium', Nature, vol. 579, pp. 385â392.
- Abram, N, Hargreaves, J, Wright, N et al. 2020, 'Palaeoclimate perspectives on the Indian Ocean Dipole', Quaternary Science Reviews, vol. 237, pp. 1-20.
- Dey, R, Lewis, S & Abram, N 2019, 'Investigating observed northwest Australian rainfall trends in Coupled Model Intercomparison Project phase 5 detection and attribution experiments', International Journal of Climatology, vol. 39, no. 1, pp. 112-127.
- Ellis, B, Grant, K, Mallela, J et al. 2019, 'Is XRF core scanning a viable method for coral palaeoclimate temperature reconstructions?', Quaternary International, vol. 514, pp. 97-107.
- Dey, R, Lewis, S, Arblaster, J et al 2019, 'A review of past and projected changes in Australia's rainfall', WIREs Climate Change, vol. 10, no. 3, pp. -.
- Bracegirdle, T, Colleoni, F, Abram, N et al 2019, 'Back to the future: Using long-term observational and paleo-proxy reconstructions to improve model projections of antarctic climate', Geosciences, vol. 9, no. 6, pp. 1-29.
- Klein, F, Abram, N, Curran, M et al 2019, 'Assessing the robustness of Antarctic temperature reconstructions over the past 2 millennia using pseudoproxy and data assimilation experiments', Climate of the Past, vol. 15, no. 2, pp. 661-684.
- Datwyler, C, Abram, N, Grosjean, M et al 2019, 'El Niño-Southern Oscillation variability, teleconnection changes and responses to large volcanic eruptions since AD 1000', International Journal of Climatology, vol. 39, no. 5, pp. 2711-2724.
- Turney, C, McGregor, H, Francus, P et al. 2019, 'Introduction to the special issue "climate of the past 2000 years: Regional and trans-regional syntheses"', Climate of the Past, vol. 15, no. 2, pp. 611-615.
- Freund, M, Henley, B, Karoly, D et al 2019, 'Higher frequency of Central Pacific El Nino events in recent decades relative to past centuries', Nature Geoscience, vol. 12, no. 6, pp. 450-455.
- Krause, C, Gagan, M, Dunbar, G et al 2019, 'Spatio-temporal evolution of Australasian monsoon hydroclimate over the last 40,000 years', Earth and Planetary Science Letters, vol. 513, pp. 103-112.
- Abram, N 2018, 'Warming linked to shifting winds', Nature, vol. 563, no. 7733, pp. 630-631.
- Datwyler, C, Neukom, R, Abram, N et al. 2018, 'Teleconnection stationarity, variability and trends of the Southern Annular Mode (SAM) during the last millennium', Climate Dynamics, vol. 51, no. 5-6, pp. 2321-2339pp.
- Wurtzel, J, Abram, N, Lewis, S et al 2018, 'Tropical Indo-Pacific hydroclimate response to North Atlantic forcing during the last deglaciation as recorded by a speleothem from Sumatra, Indonesia', Earth and Planetary Science Letters, vol. 492, pp. 264-278.
- Kaufman, D, Abram, N, Evans, M et al. 2018, 'Technical note: Open-paleo-data implementation pilot - The PAGES 2k special issue', Climate of the Past, vol. 14, no. 5, pp. 593-600pp.
- Fischer, H, Meissner, K, Mix, A et al. 2018, 'Palaeoclimate constraints on the impact of 2 °C anthropogenic warming and beyond', Nature Geoscience, vol. 11, no. 7, pp. 474-485pp.
- Sigl, M, Abram, N, Gabrieli, J et al 2018, '19th century glacier retreat in the Alps preceded the emergence of industrial black carbon deposition on high-alpine glaciers', Cryosphere, vol. 12, no. 10, pp. 3311-3331pp.
- Schüpbach, S, Fischer, H, Bigler, M et al. 2018, 'Greenland records of aerosol source and atmospheric lifetime changes from the Eemian to the Holocene', Nature Communications, vol. 9, no. 1476, pp. 1-10pp.
- Abram, N 2017, 'Palaeoclimate: Climate's playground', Nature Geoscience, vol. 10, no. 1, pp. 7-8.
- Dassie, E, DeLong, K, Williams, B et al 2017, 'Saving our marine archives', EOS Transactions, vol. 98, no. 9, pp. 32-36.
- Stenni, B, Curran, M, Abram, N et al 2017, 'Antarctic climate variability on regional and continental scales over the last 2000 years', Climate of the Past, vol. 13, no. 11, pp. 1609-1634pp.
- Hessl, A, Allen, K, Vance, T et al 2017, 'Reconstructions of the southern annular mode (SAM) during the last millennium', Progress in Physical Geography, vol. 41, no. 6, pp. 834-849pp.
- Emile-Geay, J, McKay, N, Kaufman, D et al. 2017, 'Data Descriptor: A global multiproxy database for temperature reconstructions of the Common Era', Scientific Data, vol. 4, no. 170088, pp. 1-33.
- Abram, N, McGregor, H, Tierney, J et al. 2016, 'Early onset of industrial-era warming across the oceans and continents', Nature, vol. 536, no. 7617, pp. 411-418pp.
- Thomas, E & Abram, N 2016, 'Ice core reconstruction of sea ice change in the Amundsen-Ross Seas since 1702 AD', Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 43, no. 10, pp. 5309-5317.
- Vance, T, Roberts, J, Moy, A et al. 2016, 'Optimal site selection for a high-resolution ice core record in East Antarctica', Climate of the Past, vol. 12, no. 3, pp. 595-610.
- Hobbs, W, Curran, M, Abram, N et al 2016, 'Century-scale perspectives on observed and simulated Southern Ocean sea ice trends from proxy reconstructions', Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, vol. 121, no. 10, pp. 7804-7818.
- Jones, J, Gille, S, Goosse, H, Abram, N, et al 2016, 'Assessing recent trends in high-latitude Southern Hemisphere surface climate', Nature Climate Change, vol. 6, no. 10, pp. 917-926.
- Abram, N, Dixon, B, Gamble Rosevear, M et al. 2015, 'Optimized coral reconstructions of the Indian Ocean Dipole: An assessment of location and length considerations', Paleoceanography, vol. 30, no. 10, pp. 1391-1405.
- King, P, Edwards, A & Abram, N 2015, 'Recognizing biases that affect women geoscientists in the workplace', Elements, vol. 11, no. 2, pp. 88-89.
- Zinke, J, McGregor, H, Abram, N et al 2015, 'Dealing with climate change through understanding past tropical ocean-atmosphere climate interactions and their impacts on marine ecosystems', Quaternary Australasia, vol. 32, no. 1, pp. 25-31.
- Meissner, K., Abram, N., Armand, L., Chase, Z., De Deckker, P., Ellwood, M., Exon, N., Gagan, M., Goodwin, I., Howard, W., Lough, J., McCulloch, M., McGregor, H., Moy, A., O’Leary, M., Phipps, S., Skilbeck, G., Webster, J., Welsh, K., Zinke, J. 2015, 'Dealing with Climate Change: Palaeoclimate Research in Australia', Quaternary Australasia, vol. 32, no. 1, pp. 19-24.
- Tierney, J, Abram, N, Anchukaitis, K et al 2015, 'Tropical sea surface temperatures for the past four centuries reconstructed from coral archives', Paleoceanography, vol. 30, 226-252, doi:10.1002/2014PA002717
- Wheatley, J, Blackwell, P, Abram, N et al 2014, 'Bayesian layer counting in ice-cores: Reconstructing the time scale', 1st Bayesian Young Statistician Meeting, BAYSM 2013, ed. E Lanzarone, F Ieva, Springer, Milan Italy, pp. 121-125.
- Abram, N, Mulvaney, R, Vimeux, F et al 2014, 'Evolution of the Southern Annular Mode during the past millennium', Nature Climate Change, vol. 4, no. 7, pp. 564-569.
- Murphy, E, Clarke, A, Abram, N et al 2014, 'Variability of sea-ice in the northern Weddell Sea during the 20th century', Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, vol. 119, no. 7, pp. 4549-4572.
- Abram, N, Wolff, E & Curran, M 2013, 'A review of sea ice proxy information from polar ice cores', Quaternary Science Reviews, vol. 79, pp. 168-183.
- Abram, N 2013, 'Antarctic ice ... going, going, gone?', in Leigh Dayton (ed.), The Curious Country, ANU ePress, Canberra, pp. 14-19.
- Abram, N, Mulvaney, R, Wolff, E et al 2013, 'Acceleration of snow melt in an Antarctic Peninsula ice core during the twentieth century', Nature Geoscience, vol. 6, no. 5, pp. 404-411.
- Wheatley, J, Blackwell, P, Abram, N et al 2012, 'Automated ice-core layer-counting with strong univariate signals', Climate of the Past, vol. 8, no. 6, pp. 1869-1879.
- Mulvaney, R, Abram, N, Hindmarsh, R et al 2012, 'Recent Antarctic Peninsula warming relative to Holocene climate and ice-shelf history', Nature, vol. 489, no. 7414, pp. 141-144.
- Gagan, M & Abram, N 2011, 'Stable Isotopes and Trace Elements', in David Hopley (ed.), Encyclopedia of Modern Coral Reefs: Structure, Form and Process, Springer, Dordrecht The Netherlands, pp. 1034-1043.
- Abram, N, Mulvaney, R & Arrowsmith, C 2011, 'Environmental signals in a highly resolved ice core from James Ross Island, Antarctica', Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, vol. 116, no. D20116, pp. 1-15.
- Rothlisberger, R, Crosta, X, Abram, N et al 2010, 'Potential and limitations of marine and ice core sea ice proxies: an example from the Indian Ocean sector', Quaternary Science Reviews, vol. 29, no. 1-2, pp. 296-302.
- Abram, N, Thomas, E, McConnell, J et al 2010, 'Ice core evidence for a 20th century decline of sea ice in the Bellingshausen Sea, Antarctica', Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, vol. 115, no. D23.
- Ault, T, Cole, J, Evans, M et al 2009, 'Intensified decadal variability in tropical climate during the late 19th century', Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 36, no. 8.
- Reda, T, Plugge, C, Abram, N et al 2008, 'Reversible interconversion of carbon dioxide and formate by an electroactive enzyme', PNAS - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, vol. 105, no. 31, pp. 10654-10658.
- Abram, N, Curran, M, Mulvaney, R et al 2008, 'The preservation of methanesulphonic acid in frozen ice-core samples', Journal of Glaciology, vol. 54, no. 187, pp. 680-684.
- D'Arrigo, R, Abram, N, Ummenhofer, C, et al 2011, 'Reconstructed streamflow for Citarum River, Java, Indonesia: Linkages to tropical climate dynamics', Climate Dynamics, vol. 36, no. 3, pp. 451-462.
- Abram, N.J., Thomas, E.R., McConnell, J.R. et al 2010, 'Ice core evidence for a 20th century decline of sea ice in the Bellingshausen Sea, Antarctica' Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 115.
- Rothlisberger, R., Crosta, X., Abram, N.J. et al 2010 'Potential and limitations of marine and ice core sea ice proxies: an example from the Indian Ocean sector' Quaternary Science Reviews, 29: 296-302.
- Abram, N, McGregor, HV, Gagan, M et al 2009, 'Oscillations in the southern extent of the Indo-Pacific Warm Pool during the mid-Holocene', Quaternary Science Reviews, vol. 28, pp. 2794-2803.
- Hodgson, D.A., Abram, N.J., Anderson, J. et al 2009 'Antarctic climate and environmental history in the pre-instrumental period 'In: Turner, J. Convey P., di Prisco G., Mayewski P.A., Hodgson D.A., Fahrbach E, Bindschadler R. and Gutt J. (eds) Antarctic Climate Change and the Environment. Scientific Committee for Antarctic Research, Cambridge
- Ault, T.R., Cole, J.E., Evans, M.N., et al 2009 'Intensified decadal variability in tropical climate during the late 19th century' Geophysical Research Letters, 36: doi: 10.1029/2008GL036924.
- Abram, N, Gagan, M, Cole, J et al 2008, 'Recent intensification of tropical climate variability in the Indian Ocean', Nature Geoscience, vol. 1, pp. 849-853.
- Abram, N.J., Curran, M.A.J., Mulvaney, R. and Vance, T. 2008 'The preservation of methanesulphonic acid in frozen ice-core samples' Journal of Glaciology, 54: 680-684.
- McGregor, HV & Abram, N 2008, 'Images of diagenetic textures in Porites corals from Papua New Guinea and Indonesia', Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems. G3, vol. 9, no. 10, pp. Q10013.
- Reda, T., Plugge, C.M., Abram, N.J. and Hirst, J. 2008 'Reversible interconversion of carbon dioxide and formate by an electroactive enzyme' Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 105: 10654-10658, doi: 10610.11073/pnas.0801290105.
- Abram, N, Gagan, M, Liu, Z et al. 2007, 'Seasonal Characteristics of the Indian Ocean Dipole during the Holocene epoch', Nature, vol. 445, no. 18, pp. 299-302.
- Abram, N.J., Mulvaney, R., Wolff, E.W. and Mudelsee, M 2007 'Ice core records as sea ice proxies: An evaluation from the Weddell Sea region of Antarctica' Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 112: doi: 10.1029/2006JD008139.
- Abram, N, Gagan, M, McCulloch, M et al 2004, 'Response to comment on Coral reef death during the 1997 Indian Ocean dipole linked to Indonesian wildfires', Science, vol. 303, pp. 1297b.
- Abram, N, Gagan, M, McCulloch, M et al 2004, 'The sudden death of a coral reef - response', Science, vol. 303, pp. 1293-1294.
- Grumet, N, Abram, N, Beck, J et al 2004, 'Coral radiocarbon records of Indian Ocean water mass mixing and wind-induced upwelling along the coast of Sumatra, Indonesia', Journal of Geophysical Research, vol. 109, pp. C05003.
- Abram, N, Gagan, M, McCulloch, M et al 2003, 'Coral reef death during the 1997 Indian Ocean Dipole linked to Indonesian wildfires', Science, vol. 301, no. 5635, pp. 952-955.
- Abram, N.J., Webster, J.M., Davies, P.J. and Dullo, W.C. 2001 'Biological response of coral reefs to sea surface temperature variation: evidence from the raised Holocene reefs of Kikai-jima (Ryukyu Islands, Japan)' Coral Reefs, 20: 221-234.
Projects and Grants
Grants information is drawn from ARIES. To add or update Projects or Grants information please contact your College Research Office.
- ARC Centre of Excellence for The Weather of the 21st Century (Secondary Investigator)
- National Environmental Science Programme 2 (NESP) Climate Systems Hub (Primary Investigator)
- The Australian Centre for Excellence in Antarctic Science (Secondary Investigator)
- IPCC Sixth Assessment Report cycle experts (AR6) (Secondary Investigator)
- ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate Extremes (Secondary Investigator)
- Quantifying and mitigating changes in Australias rainfall belts (Primary Investigator)
- Equator to Pole: Reconstructing tropical and Antarctic climate variability over the last millennium and theirimpacts on southern Australian rainfall (Primary Investigator)
- Climate and natural hazards in Australasia: A comprehensive impact analysis of prehistoric droughts, great earthquakes, and the Toba super-eruption (Secondary Investigator)