Dr Monika Markowska

Senior Research Fellow

Department: Geography and Environmental Sciences

Research Themes and Scholarly Interests

I use geological archives, such as cave deposits, to provide insights into past climate variability by utilising a variety of geochemical tools. My research takes me to places such as Arabia, Australia and Ethiopia to name a few.

I am leading a Royal Society University Research Fellowship project investigating precipitation changes in dryland areas across the world. A particular focus is broadening our understanding of dryland hydroclimate by comparing and evaluating climate proxy and instrumental data, proxy-system modelling, developing novel techniques in quantitative temperature and rainfall reconstructions, and generating chronological methodologies across timescales from the modern to the Miocene. In this project we are investigating previous 'warmer worlds', like the Pliocene, to gain insights on the controlling mechanisms responsible for precipitation changes. I am particularly passionate about improving our understanding on how fragile and vulnerable dryland landscapes will respond to future climate change.

Key Publications

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SISALv3: A global speleothem stable isotope and trace element database, Kaushal, N., Lechleitner, F., Wilhelm, M., Azennoud, K., Bühler, J., Braun, K., Ait Brahim, Y., Baker, A., Burstyn, Y., Comas-Bru, L., Fohlmeister, J., Goldsmith, Y., Harrison, S., Hatvani, I., Rehfeld, K., Ritzau, M., Skiba, V., Stoll, H., Szűcs, J., Tanos, P., Treble, P., Azevedo, V., Baker, J., Borsato, A., Chawchai, S., Columbu, A., Endres, L., Hu, J., Kern, Z., Kimbrough, A., Koç, K., Markowska, M., Martrat, B., Masood Ahmad, S., Nehme, C., Novello, V., Pérez-Mejías, C., Ruan, J., Sekhon, N., Sinha, N., Tadros, C., Tiger, B., Warken, S., Wolf, A., Zhang, H. 26 Apr 2024, In: Earth System Science Data
Spatiotemporal variation in cave percolation waters: A functional approach, Chapman, R., Laffan, S., McDonough, L., Markowska, M., Baker, A. 1 Mar 2024, In: Journal of Hydrology
Accurate chronological construction for two young stalagmites from the tropical South Pacific, Faraji, M., Frisia, S., Hua, Q., Borsato, A., Markowska, M. 1 Feb 2023, In: Quaternary Geochronology
Assessing the reliability of modern marine stromatolites as archives for the uranium isotope paleoredox proxy, Martin, A., Markowska, M., Chivas, A., Weyer, S. 15 Mar 2023, In: Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
Climate Evolution Through the Onset and Intensification of Northern Hemisphere Glaciation, McClymont, E., Ho, S., Ford, H., Bailey, I., Berke, M., Bolton, C., De Schepper, S., Grant, G., Groeneveld, J., Inglis, G., Karas, C., Patterson, M., Swann, G., Thirumalai, K., White, S., Alonso-Garcia, M., Anand, P., Hoogakker, B., Littler, K., Petrick, B., Risebrobakken, B., Abell, J., Crocker, A., de Graaf, F., Feakins, S., Hargreaves, J., Jones, C., Markowska, M., Ratnayake, A., Stepanek, C., Tangunan, D. 1 Sep 2023, In: Reviews of Geophysics
A multi-isotope and modelling approach for constraining hydro-connectivity in the East African Rift System, southern Ethiopia, Markowska, M., Martin, A., Vonhof, H., Guinoiseau, D., Fischer, M., Zinaye, B., Galer, S., Asrat, A., Junginger, A. 1 Mar 2022, In: Quaternary Science Reviews
Recharge variability in Australia's southeast alpine region derived from cave monitoring and modern stalagmite δ¹⁸O records, Tadros, C., Markowska, M., Treble, P., Baker, A., Frisia, S., Adler, L., Drysdale, R. 1 Nov 2022, In: Quaternary Science Reviews
Ubiquitous karst hydrological control on speleothem oxygen isotope variability in a global study, Treble, P., Baker, A., Abram, N., Hellstrom, J., Crawford, J., Gagan, M., Borsato, A., Griffiths, A., Bajo, P., Markowska, M., Priestley, S., Hankin, S., Paterson, D. 15 Feb 2022, In: Communications Earth and Environment
Historical droughts in Southeast Australia recorded in a New South Wales stalagmite, Scroxton, N., Walczak, M., Markowska, M., Zhao, J., Fallon, S. 1 Apr 2021, In: Holocene
Isotope ratio infrared spectroscopy analysis of water samples without memory effects, de Graaf, S., Vonhof, H., Levy, E., Markowska, M., Haug, G. 30 Apr 2021, In: Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry

Qualifications

Geology PhD August 22 2017
Geography BSc (Hons)
Environmental Science and other Physical Science BSc

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