Publications
Spötl, C., Treyer, A., Zauner, H., Honiat, A., Zhang, H. (2026): Hochalpiner Marmorkarst und Höhlen im Venedigergebiet (Dorfertal, Osttirol). – Die Höhle, 77, 21-35
Spötl, C., Zauner, H., Zhang, H. (2026): Eine Tropfsteinhöhle unter einem Quelltuff am Eingang des Virgentals (Osttirol). – Die Höhle, 77, 36-43.
Sürmelihindi, G., Passchier, C., Wilson, A., Day, C., Spötl, C., Hollowood, S., Mertz-Kraus, R., Weber, M. (2026): The usage history of the aqueduct of Nîmes reconstructed from carbonate archives: operation, modifications, and late antique breakdown and change. – Geoarchaeology, 41:e70076, https://doi.org/10.1002/gea.70076.
Baker, J.L., Honiat, A., Moseley, G.E., Wynn, P.M., Ruan, J., Hollowood, S., Mertz-Krause, R., Jia, X., Cheng, H., Edwards, R.L. & Spötl, C. (2026): Climatic transitions across Marine Isotope Stage 10–12 in the Alps evidenced by subglacial speleothems. – Communications Earth & Environment, https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-026-03942-w.
Cheng, H., Dong, X., Li, H., Niu, X., Zong, B., Zhang, X., Jia, X., Kang, L., Wang, J., Zhao, J., Wang, K., Sha, L., Yi, L., Sinha, A., Shi, Z., Zhang, Z., Cai, Y., Zhang, H., Li, Y., Pérez-Mejías, C., Kathayat, G., Ning, Y., Liu, D., Chen, S., Wang, Y., Zhang, P., Cruz, F. W., Stríkis, N. M., Wang, X., Spötl, C. &, Edwards, R. L. (2026): A low-latitude framework for climate variability over the last 60,000 years. – The Innovation Geoscience, 4(3): 100243, https://doi.org/10.59717/j.xinn-geo.2026.100243
Fiebig, J., Spötl, C., Moreno, A., Zhang, H., Bernecker, M., Staudigel, P., Curley, A., Meckler, A.N., Markowska, M., Schröder, J. & Vonhof, H. (2026): D47-D48 systematics of speleothem carbonate. – Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 426, 142-159.
Honiat, A., Honiat, C., Luetscher, M., Edwards, R.L. & Spötl, C. (2026): Alpine speleothem records millennial-scale climate variability during Marine Isotope Stage 10. – Quaternary Science Advances, 23, 100332, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.qsa.2026.100332
Zhang, R., Zhang, HR., Spötl, C., Pérez-Mejías, C., Guan, Z., Stoll, H., Cai, Y., Tan, L., Wang, F., Yang, X., Yang, Y., Sha, L., Wang, J., Song, Y., Duan, P., Ning, Y. & Cheng, H. (2026): Geochemical and hydrological controls on aragonite versus calcite precipitation in speleothems and paleoclimatic implications. – Chemical Geology, 719, 123517, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2026.123517
Li, Y., Spötl, C., Baker, J., Warken, S., Tokarev, S., Amelichev, G., Cheng, H., Mielke, A., Koltai, G., Dublyansky, Y. (2026): Crimean speleothems reveal 50,000 years of climate variability and contrasting controls across the Black Sea regions. – Quaternary Science Reviews, 385, 109995, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2026.109995
Honiat, A., Baker, J.L., Moseley, G.E., Trüssel, M., Edwards, R.L., Spötl, C. (2026): Climate sensitivity and glacial inception in the European Alps across marine isotope stage 11 and 10. – Quaternary Science Reviews, 384, 110003, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2026.110003
Religa-Sobczyk, J., Kowalik, N., Pospuła, S., Lõugas, L., Spötl, C., Tomek, T., Wertz, K. & Wojtal, P. (2026): Zooarchaeological and isotope study of animal remains from the Late Bronze Age site of Ridala, Saaremaa Island, Estonia. - Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 71, 105710, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2026.105710.
Colucci, R.R., Bohleber, P., Aeschbach, W., Luetscher, M., Schwikowski, M., Moseley, G.E., Wachs, D., Jenk, T.M., Eichler, A., Securo, A., Edwards, L.R., Manzan, S., Hoffmann, D.L., Oberthaler, M.K. & Festi, D. (2026): 39Ar dating of cave ice combined with pollen, cryogenic calcite and radiocarbon analyses reveals late Little Ice Age origin (Leupa Ice Cave, Julian Alps). – Journal of Glaciology, 72, e18, 1–15, https://doi.org/10.1017/jog.2026.10125.
Munroe, J. & Spötl, C. (2026): Stable isotopes in cave ice reveal Holocene changes in mountain snowpack sublimation. – Geology, 54, 551-555, https://doi.org/10.1130/G54328.1
Munroe, J., Wittmer, M., McGee, D., Marks, G.S., Kimble, K., Santis, A., Spötl, C. & Herron, D. (2026): Speleothems in Utah caves record past dynamics of mountain permafrost. – Quaternary Research, 131, 77-84, doi:10.1017/qua.2026.10076.
Marquer, L., Seebacher, L., Racine, T.M.F., Otto, T., Kofler, W., Körbächer, M., Oeggl, K. & Spötl, C. (2026): Ice cave palynology: A tool for reconstructing local vegetation history in the Austrian Alps. – Quaternary Science Reviews, 378, 109884, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2026.109884
Koltai, G., Scholger, R., Kipping, M., Wang, J., Cheng, H., Frisia, S., Borsato, A., Braunhofer, D. & Spötl, C. (2026): Ancient speleothem giant preserved in a high-Alpine cave (Dolomites, N Italy): Rare insights into the Neogene. – Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 688, 113619, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2026.113619
Steidle, S.D., Dublyansky, Y., Roman, M., Moseley, G.E., Wendt, K.E., Edwards, R.L. & Spötl, C. (2026): Timing and amplitude of hydroclimate changes during the last glacial cycle in southwestern North America. – Quaternary Science Reviews, 109865, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2026.109865
Sürmelihindi, G., Passchier, C., Trümper, M., Heide, T., Spötl, C., Scholz, D., Weber, M. & Hawemann, F. (2026): Seeing Roman life through water: Exploring Pompeii's public baths via carbonate deposits. – PNAS, 123, e2517276122, https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2517276122.