Manuscripts submitted
1. Li, T. Sea-level change in Asia since the Last Glacial Maximum (book chapter). In review in Advancements in coastal hazards research in Asia: Identifying hazards, managing risk.
2. Regine H. Y. Tiong, Justine G. Dacanay, Archita S. Desai, Tanghua Li, Akira Uchida, Namrata Kalsi, Hie Lim Kim, Genomic Insights into Singapore's Hawksbill Turtles Unveil Genetic Vulnerability and Urgent Conservation Needs. In review in Conservation Biology.
3. Tan, Christabel; Cahill, Niamh; Shaw, Timothy; Tan, Fangyi ; Chua, Stephen; Dommain, Rene; Jedrzej, Majewski; Li, Tanghua; Nathan, Yudhishthra; Ng, Trina; Ramdzan, Khairun Nisha; Meltzner, Aron; Horton, Benjamin. Reconstructing late Holocene relative sea-level using mangrove sediments in Singapore. In revision in Holocene.
4. Simon Fitch, Slavica Bosnjak, Jessica W. Cook Hale, Vedran Barbaric, Timothy A. Shaw, Tanghua Li. Relative Sea Levels and Palaeolandscapes of Marine Isotope Stage 3, Kaštela Bay, Dalmatian Coast, Croatia. In review in Quaternary Science Reviews.
5. Margaret A. Christie, Jennifer S. Walker, Ane Garcia-Artola, Tanghua Li, Daria Nikitina, Simon E. Engelhart, Muhammad Hadi Ikhsan, Benjamin P. Horton. Holocene relative sea-level rise of the Delaware Estuary, USA. In revision in Holocene.
6. Howard K.Y. Yu, Nicole S. Khan, N. Ryan McKenzie, Gray A. Williams, Bayden D. Russell, Tanghua Li, Udita Mukherjee, Jackson W.T. Lau, Katherine A. Strattman, Yifei Gu, Ayesha Ahmed, Noah J. Planavsky. Revisiting evidence for a mid-Holocene relative sea-level highstand from an emergent ancient oyster bed in the South China Sea: implications for ice melt timing. In review in Global and Planetary Change.
Peer-reviewed journal publications
2025
32. Brandes, C., Steffen, H., Steffen, R., Li, T., & Wu, P. 2025. Effects of the last quaternary glacial forebulge on vertical land movement, sea‐level change, and lithospheric stresses. Reviews of Geophysics, 63, e2024RG000852. doi.org/10.1029/2024RG000852
31. Ranasinghe, P.N., Ambillapitiya, L.H.M.T.M.B., Li, T., Shen, C.C., Ranasinghe, G.K. and Liu, S.C., 2025. The last interglacial and mid-Holocene sea level variability in the northern Indian Ocean and the influence of hydro-isostasy. Quaternary Science Reviews, 362, p.109403. doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2025.109403
30. Ng, T., Garner, G., Weeks, J.H., Hogarth, P., Palmer, M.D., Li, T., Moise, A. and Horton, B.P., 2025. Robust sea‐level projections for Singapore by 2100 and 2150. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 130(5), p.e2024JC021840. doi.org/10.1029/2024JC021840
29. Vacchi, M., Shaw, T.A., Anthony, E.J., Spada, G., Melini, D., Li, T., Cahill, N. and Horton, B.P., 2025. Sea level since the Last Glacial Maximum from the Atlantic coast of Africa. Nature Communications, 16(1), p.1486. doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-56721-0
28. Tan, F., Meltzner, A.J., Li, T., Majewski, J., Khan, N.S., Chutcharavan, P.M., and Horton, B.P., 2025 Reply to: A commentary on Holocene relative sea-level histories of far-field islands in the mid-Pacific. Quaternary Science Reviews, 348, p.109097. doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2024.109097
2024
27. Li, T., García-Artola, A., Shaw, T.A., Peng, D., Walker, J.S.., Cearreta, A. & Horton, B.P., 2024. Vertical land motion component is underestimated in sea-level projections from northern Spain. Scientific Reports 14, 31302. doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-82692-1
26. Chua, C.T., Otake, T., Li, T., Cheng, A.C., Qiu, Q., Li, L., Suppasri, A., Imamura, F. and Switzer, A.D., 2024. An approach to assessing tsunami risk to the global port network under rising sea levels. npj Natural Hazards, 1(1), pp.1-13. doi.org/10.1038/s44304-024-00039-2
25. Velay-Vitow, J., Peltier, W.R., Stuhne, G.R. and Li, T., 2024. The hemispheric origins of meltwater pulse 1B. Geophysical Journal International, p.ggae311. doi.org/10.1093/gji/ggae311
24. Kumar, R., Switzer, A.D., Gouramanis, C., Bristow, C.S., Shaw, T.A., Jankaew, K., Li, T. and Brill, D., 2024. Late-Holocene sea-level markers preserved in a beach ridge system on Phra Thong Island, Thailand. Geomorphology, p.109405. doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2024.109405
23. Terry, J.P., Goff, J., Jankaew, K., Lhosupasirirat, K., Li, T., Oalmann, J., Oliver, G.J. and Parham, P.R., 2024. Elevation and age of a raised beach in the upper Gulf of Thailand, as evidence for regional sea level during the Late Holocene. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, p.106259. doi.org/10.1016/j.jseaes.2024.106259
22. Tan, F., Horton, B.P., Ke, L., Li, T., Jennifer, Q.S., Lin, J.T., Aw, Z., Wee, S.J., Gopal, A., Yeo, J.Y., Haigh, I., Wang, X., Aung, L.T., Mitchell, A., Sarkawi, G., Li, X., Syafiqah, N., & Meltzner, A.J., 2024. Late Holocene relative sea-level records from coral microatolls in Singapore. Scientific Reports. doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-62937-9
2023
21. Li, T., Chua, S., Tan, F., Khan, N.S., Shaw, T.A., Majewski, J., Meltzner, A.J., Switzer, A.D., Wu, P. and Horton, B.P., 2023. Glacial Isostatic Adjustment modelling of the mid-Holocene sea-level highstand of Singapore and Southeast Asia. Quaternary Science Reviews, 319, p.108332. doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2023.108332
20. Shaw, T.A., Li, T., Ng, T., Cahill, N., Chua, S., Majewski, J.M., Nathan, Y., Garner, G.G., Kopp, R.E., Hanebuth, T.J., Switzer, A.D. and Horton, B.P., 2023. Deglacial perspectives of future sea level for Singapore. Communications Earth & Environment, 4(1), p.204. doi.org/10.1038/s43247-023-00868-5
19. Tan, F., Khan, N.S., Li, T., Meltzner, A.J., Majewski, J., Chan, N., Chutcharavan, P.M., Cahill, N., Vacchi, M., Peng, D. and Horton, B.P., 2023. Holocene relative sea-level histories of far-field islands in the mid-Pacific. Quaternary Science Reviews, 310, p.107995. doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2023.107995
18. Yu, F., Li, N., Tian, G., Huang, Z., Xiong, H., Li, T., Liu, S. and Liu, Y., 2023. A re-evaluation of Holocene relative sea-level change along the Fujian coast, southeastern China. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, p.111577. doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2023.111577
17. García-Artola, A., Cearreta, A., Monge-Ganuzas, M., Nikitina, D., Li, T., & Horton, B. P., 2023. Holocene environmental evolution and relative sea-level change in the Oka estuary (Urdaibai Biosphere Reserve, northern Spain). Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 108310. doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2023.108310
16. Kim, H.L., Li, T., Kalsi, N., Nguyen, H.T., Shaw, T.A., Ang, K.C., Cheng, K.C., Ratan, A., Peltier, W.R., Samanta, D., Pratapneni, M., Schuster, S.C. and Horton, B.P, 2023. Prehistoric human migration between Sundaland and South Asia was driven by sea-level rise. Communications Biology 6, 150. doi.org/10.1038/s42003-023-04510-0
15. Walker, J.S., Li, T., Shaw, T.A., Cahill, N., Barber, D.C., Brain, M.J., Kopp, R.E., Switzer, A.D. and Horton, B.P., 2023. A 5000-year record of relative sea-level change in New Jersey, USA. The Holocene, 33(2), pp.167-180. doi.org/10.1177/09596836221131
2022
14. Tay, C., Lindsey, E.O., Chin, S.T., McCaughey, J.W., Bekaert, D., Nguyen, M., Hua, H., Manipon, G., Karim, M., Horton, B.P., Li, T., and Hill, E.M., 2022. Sea-level rise from land subsidence in major coastal cities. Nature Sustainability, pp. 1-9. doi.org/10.1038/s41893-022-00947-z
13. Peltier, W. R., Wu, P., Argus, D. F., Li, T., and Velay-Vitow, J., 2022. Glacial Isostatic Adjustment: physical models and observational constraints. Reports on Progress in Physics. doi.org/10.1088/1361-6633/ac805b
12. Li, T., Khan, N.S., Baranskaya, A.V., Shaw, T.A., Peltier, W.R., Stuhne, G.R., Wu, P. and Horton, B.P., 2022. Influence of 3D Earth Structure on Glacial Isostatic Adjustment in the Russian Arctic. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 127(3), p.e2021JB023631. doi.org/10.1029/2021JB023631
11. Ward, I.A., Bateman, M.D., Larcombe, P., Scott, P.M., Li, T., Murai, K., Khan, N.S., Veth, P. and Cullen, P., 2022. A pilot study into the geochronological and geomorphic context for the archaeology of Barrow Island, Western Australia. Quaternary International, 638, pp.5-22. doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2022.02.002
10. Majewski, J.M., Meltzner, A.J., Switzer, A.D., Shaw, T.A., Li, T., Bradley, S., Walker, J.S., Kopp, R.E., Samanta, D., Natawidjaja, D.H. and Suwargadi, B.W., 2022. Extending instrumental sea‐level records using coral microatolls, an example from Southeast Asia. Geophysical Research Letters, 49(4), p.e2021GL095710. doi.org/10.1029/2021GL095710
2021
9. Chua, S., Switzer, A.D., Li, T., Chen, H., Christie, M., Shaw, T.A., Khan, N.S., Bird, M.I. and Horton, B.P., 2021. A new Holocene sea-level record for Singapore. The Holocene, 31(9), pp.1376-1390. doi.org/10.1177/09596836211019096
8. Steffen, H., Li, T., Wu, P., Gowan, E.J., Ivins, E., Lecavalier, B., Tarasov, L., Whitehouse, P.L., 2021. LM17.3 - a global vertical land motion model of glacial isostatic adjustment [dataset]. PANGAEA. doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.932462
7. Zhang, Y., Zong, Y., Xiong, H., Li, T., Fu, S., Huang, G. and Zheng, Z., 2021. The middle-to-late Holocene relative sea-level history, highstand and levering effect on the east coast of Malay Peninsula. Global and Planetary Change, 196, p.103369, doi.org/10.1016/j.gloplacha.2020.103369
2020
6. Li, T., Wu, P., Wang, H., Steffen, H., Khan, N.S., Engelhart, S.E., Vacchi, M., Shaw, T.A., Peltier, W.R. and Horton, B.P., 2020. Uncertainties of glacial isostatic adjustment model predictions in North America associated with 3D structure. Geophysical Research Letters, 47(10), p.e2020GL087944. doi.org/10.1029/2020GL087944
5. Li, T., Shaw, T., Samanta, D., Baranskaya, A., Khan, N., & Horton, B., 2020. Past, present and future sea-level change in the Russian Arctic. Arctic Review (2020), 70-77. Link
4. Xiong, H., Zong, Y., Li, T., Long, T., Huang, G. and Fu, S., 2020. Coastal GIA processes revealed by the early to middle Holocene sea-level history of east China. Quaternary Science Reviews, 233, p.106249. doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2020.106249
2019
3. Li, T. and Wu, P., 2019. Laterally heterogeneous lithosphere, asthenosphere and sub-lithospheric properties under Laurentia and Fennoscandia from Glacial Isostatic Adjustment. Geophysical Journal International, 216(3), pp.1633-1647. doi.org/10.1093/gji/ggy475
2018
2. Li, T., Wu, P., Wang, H., Jia, L. and Steffen, H., 2018. Hydrology signal from GRACE gravity data in the Nelson River basin, Canada: a comparison of two approaches. Earth, Planets and Space, 70(1), pp.1-13. doi.org/10.1186/s40623-018-0804-x
1. Li, T., Wu, P., Steffen, H. and Wang, H., 2018. In search of laterally heterogeneous viscosity models of glacial isostatic adjustment with the ICE-6G_C global ice history model. Geophysical Journal International, 214(2), pp.1191-1205. doi.org/10.1093/gji/ggy181