Short description:
Dr Emily Shuckburgh is a Fellow at British Antarctic Survey and Director of the Carbon Neutral Futures Initiative at the University of Cambridge.  Until April 2019 she led the national research programme on the Southern Ocean and its role in climate (ORCHESTRA), and was deputy head of the Polar Oceans Team and head of the Data Science Group at British Antarctic Survey. She is now based at the Department of Computer Science and Technology at the University of Cambridge, where is also a fellow of Darwin College, a fellow of the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership and an associate fellow of the Centre for Science and Policy. In the past she has worked at Ecole Normale Superieure in Paris and at MIT. She is a fellow of the Royal Meteorological Society and co-chair of their Climate Science Communications Group. She has also acted as an advisor to the UK Government on behalf of the Natural Environment Research Council. In 2016 she was awarded an OBE for services to science and the public communication of science. She is co-author with HRH The Prince of Wales and Tony Juniper of the Ladybird Book on Climate Change.

Biography:
1994 BA Mathematics, Magdalen College, Oxford University
1995 Part III Mathematics Tripos, Trinity College, Cambridge University
1999 PhD, Atmospheric Dynamics, Department of Applied Mathematics & Theoretical Physics, Cambridge University
1999 Senior Rouse Ball Scholar, Trinity College, Cambridge
2000-03 Research Fellow, Darwin College, Cambridge
2000 Post-doctoral Research Associate, European Ozone Co-ordinating Unit, University of Cambridge
2001-03 EC Marie Curie Research Fellow, Ecole Normale Superieure, Paris
2003- Fellow in Mathematics, Darwin College, Cambridge
2003-06 Director, Geophysical and Environmental Fluid Dynamics Summer School, Dept Applied Mathematics & Theoretical Physics, University of Cambridge
2005 Visiting Scientist, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2006-09 NERC Research Fellow, British Antarctic Survey
2009-15 Head, Open Oceans, British Antarctic Survey
2010-13 Scientific Advisor to Dept of Energy and Climate Change
2015-19 Deputy-Head, Polar Oceans, British Antarctic Survey
2019- Director, Carbon Neutral Futures Initiative, University of Cambridge

Other Activities:
2001-09 Director, Weather Informatics Ltd
1999 British Association Media Fellow at BBC Tomorrow’s World

External Responsibilities:
Co-Chair Climate Science Communications Group, Royal Meteorological Society
Fellow, Darwin College, Cambridge
Fellow, Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership, University of Cambridge
Associate Fellow, Centre for Science and Policy, University of Cambridge

Professional Societies:
Fellow, Royal Meteorological Society
Fellow, Royal Society for the Arts

Speeches and Presentations

General Interest Publications

Pre-2009 Publications

Recent Publications

Speeches and Presentations

• 15 Oct 2018, “Global warming of 1.5C: what it means for business and society”, Climate Group Business Breakfast
• 9 May 2018, “Climate Risk”, Financial Times Business Leaders Breakfast
• 6 April 2018, “Cold Facts on Climate Change”, International Climate Risk Conference for Supervisors, De Nederlandsche Bank, Amsterdam

General Interest Publications

• An opportunity for innovation rather than a challenge, Financial Times, 2014 Business Schools have a role
  to play in translating implications of global sustainabilty, Christoph Loch, Polly Courtice and Emily Shuckburgh
• Climate Change and the Polar regions, in Science in Parliament, Witsun 2013, [PDF].
• The Scientific Basis of Climate Change, in The Darwinian, Issue 9, Summer 2007, [PDF].
• Innovative Britain, in The New Statesman, 16 January 2006, [PDF].
• Report of the SPARC Workshop on the Role of the Stratosphere in Tropospheric Climate, in SPARC Newsletter, 21, June 2003, [webpage].
• Review of AGU Fall Meeting Session: New Insights into Stratospheric Chemistry, Dynamics, and Transport, in SPARC Newsletter 18, January 2002, [webpage].
• Brewer-Dobson Workshop, 13-15 December 1999, Oxford, UK, in SPARC Newsletter 15, [webpage].
• Modulation of Tracer Transport in the Tropical Lower Stratosphere by the QBO, in UGAMP Newsletter 20, January 1999, [webpage].
• The Impact of Mixing within the Antarctic Stratospheric Vortex on Springtime Ozone Loss, in UGAMP Newsletter 20, January 1999, [webpage].
• Women’s Lab, in The Sunday Times, [PDF].
• Brains Glore, in Eve Magazine, [PDF].

  Pre-2009 Publications

  Survival, Survival of the Human Race, ed Shuckburgh, E., Cambridge Univeristy Press, 2008

  Haynes, P.H., Poet, D.A., Shuckburgh, E.F., Transport and mixing in kinematic and dynamically-consistent flows, J. Atmos. Sci., 64, 3640-3651, 2007.

  Marshall, J., Shuckburgh, E., Jones, H., Hill, C., Estimates and implications of surface eddy diffusivity in the southern ocean derived from tracer transport , J. Phys. Oceanog., 36, 1806-1821, 2006.

  Shuckburgh, E. F., and Haynes, P. H., Diagnosing transport and mixing using a tracer-based coordinate system , Physics of Fluids, 15, 3342-3357, 2003.

  Scott, R. T., et al., Stretching rates and equivalent length near the tropopause. J. Geophys. Res., 108, 4394, 2003.

  Baldwin, M. P., et al., Weather from the Stratosphere? Science, 301, 317-319, 2003.

  Shuckburgh, E. F., et al., The influence of the quasi-biennial oscillation on isentropic transport and mixing in the tropics and subtropics. J. Geophys. Res., 106, 14,327-14,338, 2001.

  Lee, A. M., et al., The impact of the mixing properties within the Antarctic stratospheric vortex on ozone loss in spring. J. Geophys. Res., 106, 3,203-3,211,  2001.

  Haynes, P. H. and Shuckburgh, E. F., Effective diffusivity as a measure of atmospheric transport, Part I: stratosphere. J. Geophys. Res., 105, 22,777-22,794, 2000.

  Haynes, P. H. and Shuckburgh, E. F., Effective diffusivity as a measure of atmospheric transport, Part II: troposphere and lower stratosphere. J. Geophys. Res., 105, 22,795-22,810, 2000.

  Recent publications

Publications from NERC Open Research Archive

1. North Atlantic climate system integrated study

   ACSIS focussed on understanding changes occurring across the North Atlantic climate system in the ocean, the atmosphere, the cryosphere and the interactions between these constituent components.

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2. Southern Ocean Carbon and Heat Regulation

   Understanding the Ocean Regulation of Climate by Heat, Carbon Sequestration and Transports

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3. The Environment of the Arctic Climate, Ocean and Sea Ice

   TEA_COSI assesses Arctic Sea-ice which has an important impact on currents and ocean circulations around the globe

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1. How can machine learning techniques improve our understanding of climate change risks in the future?

   Dr Emily Shuckburgh – Data Anaytics for Climate Decision Making – CSaP Lecture

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1. Artificial intelligence to help predict Arctic sea ice loss

   A new AI (artificial intelligence) tool is set to enable scientists to more accurately forecast Arctic sea ice conditions months into the future. The improved predictions could underpin new early-warning […]

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2. Climate scientists help businesses tackle climate change

   Climate change could add around 20% to the global cost of extreme weather events by 2040, according to early findings from Cambridge researchers. The findings come from the Cambridge Climate […]

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3. Using AI to help tackle global environmental challenges

   A new Centre for Doctoral Training, involving researchers from British Antarctic Survey, will develop Artificial Intelligence (AI) techniques to address critical environmental challenges. Climate change and environmental hazards pose some […]

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4. Funding to assess shipping emissions and climate hazards

   British Antarctic Survey (BAS) scientists have been awarded funding to enable them to assess the impact of emissions from shipping and to quantify and manage the risk of climate hazards. […]

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5. Our experts comment on IPCC report

   Expert comment on IPCC Special Report

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6. Hay Festival short film highlights Antarctic climate science

   Leading climate scientist and BAS oceanographer Dr Emily Shuckburgh worked with award-winning author and illustrator Chris Haughton to create the short film Message from Antarctica. This is part of the […]

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7. European wind energy generation potential in a 1.5˚C world

   The UK and large parts of northern Europe could become windier if global temperatures reach 1.5˚C above pre-industrial levels, according to a new study. This has implications for wind energy […]

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8. British Antarctic Survey Staff Appointed to Parliamentary Advisory Boards

   British Antarctic Survey (BAS) oceanographer and mathematician Dr Emily Shuckburgh has been appointed member of the Advisory Board to the All-Party Parliamentary Climate Change Group (APPCCG). And civil engineer and […]

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9. Climate Scientist awarded Prestigious Mathematical prize

   Last week (12th July) Dr Emily Shuckburgh travelled to Pittsburgh, USA, and received the prestigious 2017 I. E. Block Community Lecture prize from SIAM – the Society for Industrial and […]

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10. Polar oceanographer co-authors climate change Ladybird book with HRH Prince of Wales and Tony Juniper

    British Antarctic Survey scientist Dr Emily Shuckburgh OBE has co-authored a book on climate change as part of the new Ladybird Expert series, it was announced today. Her co-authors are His […]

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11. Oceanographic facilities

    Interactions of ocean and atmosphere

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12. NEWS STORY: Marine award for scientist

    BAS Scientist receives prestigious award BAS oceanographer, Dr Emily Shuckburgh, has been presented with the Rosenstiel Award at a ceremony in Miami in the United States. The Rosenstiel Award, created […]

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13. Climate science in action at DECC

    Since August 2010, Dr Emily Shuckburgh, Head of British Antarctic Survey’s Open Oceans research group, has been working two days per week at the Department of Energy and Climate Change […]

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14. Climate science in action at DECC

    Since August 2010, Dr Emily Shuckburgh, Head of British Antarctic Survey’s Open Oceans research group, has been working two days per week at the Department of Energy and Climate Change […]

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15. British Antarctic Survey scientist Dr Emily Shuckburgh features on BBC Radio 4’s ‘Costing the Earth’

    British Antarctic Survey oceanographer Dr Emily Shuckburgh will be featured on ‘Costing the Earth’ on BBC Radio Four at 9.00pm on Wednesday 2nd February. In 2010 the Canadian Arctic experienced […]

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Animation: Climate change in Great Britain with Chris Haughton and Nicola Davies

Science experiments for primary schools

Animation: A message from Antarctica, with Chris Haughton

Older links

• Financial Times: Climate Change Lessons, 1 Aug 2014; 4 mins
• BBC Earth, Power of Nature: Antarctica, Mar 7, 2013; 4 mins
• Sky News, Target2041: discussion of Antarctica and its future, Mar 5, 2013; 7 mins 20 secs
• PBS/Nova documentary Earth from Space trailer (see here for documentary), Feb 13, 2013; 51 secs
• BBC Earth, Power of Nature: Ocean, Jan 30, 2013; 4 mins
• LWEC assembly: Supporting the journey to adaptation – communications (see here for video of talk), Nov 12, 2012; 3 mins 42 secs
• SIAM annual meeting: mathematics and the ocean, July 10, 2012; 2mins 42 secs
• SIAM annual meeting: math and big data, July 9, 2012; 4mins 19 secs
• Centre for Risk Studies, Cambridge University: discussion of climate risk (see here for slides of talk) Dec 16, 2011; 5 mins 45 secs
• DECC: science from the Southern Ocean, May 5, 2011; 2 mins 10 secs
• Cambridge Programme for Sustainability Leadership: climate change and the healthcare sector, Feb 21, 2011; 1 min 15 secs

• Fellow, Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership
• Fellow, Darwin College