Emma Young, Author at British Antarctic Survey

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Emma Young

Ocean and Biophysical Modeller

Professional Experience

2005 – present : Senior Scientific Officer, British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge, UK

2002 – 2005 : Senior Scientific Officer, Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory, Liverpool, UK

1997 – 2002 : Higher Scientific Officer, Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, Lowestoft, UK. Team coordinator 2000 – 2002.

Education

1988 – 1991 : B.Sc. (Hons.) Physics, 2:1, Southampton University, England.

1991 – 1992 : M.Sc. Atmospheric Science, with distinction, University of East Anglia, England.

1993 – 1996 : Ph.D., University of East Anglia, England. Thesis: “Environmental influences on bivalve recruitment in The Wash”.

Research interests

The development and application of hydrodynamic and transport models for the coastal and shelf seas, including both temperate seas and the Southern Ocean region.

The use of these models in interdisciplinary science, in particular the coupling of physical and biological models for the study of the transport and recruitment of marine biota.

The influence of variability in the underlying physical oceanography on biological processes, from seasonal cycles, to interannual and decadal variability, and to potential changes associated with a changing climate.

Collaborations

Krill between currents and predators: connecting climate, ocean and ecosystem dynamics in the South Orkney Islands region (K-POD). Collaborative project with the Institute of Marine Research, Norway, funded by The Research Council of Norway.

Impacts of Southern Ocean Warming on Marine Connectivity: Integrating Oceanographic Modelling with Molecular Ecology and Developmental Biology. NERC-funded project led by Gary Carvalho, Bangor University.

Geneflow in Antarctic fishes: the Role of Oceanogaphy and Life History. NERC-funded AFI project led by Gary Carvalho, Bangor University.

Publications from NERC Open Research Archive

2026

(2026) Physical transport processes in the fjords of South Georgia.

2025

Monteath, Alistair J. . Young, Emma F. . Dawson, Hannah R.S. Jensen, Britta J.L. Smellie, John L. Manning, Christina J. Riley, Teal R. . Jordan, Tom A. . Roberts, Stephen J. . (2025) Major-Minor-Trace Element Analyses and Oceanographic Modeling Confirms Circumpolar Transport of the 1962 Protector Shoal Pumice Raft.

Zanker, Joanna . Young, Emma F. . Brickle, Paul. Haigh, Ivan. (2025) Sub-Antarctic fjord circulation and associated icefish larval retention in a changing climate.

Tarling, Geraint A. . Abrahamsen, E. Povl . Aksenov, Yevgeny . Anderson, Madeline P.B.C. . Arrowsmith, Carol. Baker, Chelsey A. . Barry, Chris . Belcher, Anna . Benavides, Mar. Bischof, Milo J.D. Boland, Emma J.D. . Bowes, Mike . Brearley, J. Alexander . Brown, Peter J. . Burson, Amanda . Buzzard, Sammie C. Callaghan, Nathan . Coët, Arthur. Cook, Kathryn B. . Coombs, Sarah. Evans, Chris D. . Fielding, Sophie . Ford, Elaina. Fournier, Isabelle . Freer, Jennifer J. . Garcia-Martin, E. Elena . Ghosh, V.R. Dipin. Giering, Sarah L.C. . Grant, Alanna . Griffiths, Huw J. . Hamilton, Ruta. Hendry, Katherine R. . Hill, Simeon L. . Hubot, Nathan. Hunter, Aidan . Johnston, Nadine M. . Katavouta, Anna . Kitson, Ezra . Leng, Melanie J. . Lewis, Isabel H. Linse, Katrin . Lofts, Stephen . Manno, Clara . Martin, Adrian P. . Marzocchi, Alice . Mawji, Edward. Mayor, Daniel J. . McKenzie, Rebecca M. . Meijers, Andrew J.S. . Meredith, Michael P. . Munday, David R. . Pereira, M. Glória . O'Brien, Alexandra V.E. . Olszewska, Justyna P. . Painter, Stuart C. Palmieri, Julien . Patel, Shailee. Pickard, Amy E. . Richt, Jessica J.R. Rynders, Stefanie . Sanders, Rachael N.C. . Saunders, Ryan A. . Shepherd, Andrew. Slater, Thomas. Spears, Bryan M. . Stowasser, Gabriele . Swiggs, Amy E. Taylor, Laura R. ten Hoopen, Petra . Thorpe, Sally E. . Timms-Wilson, Tracey M. van Soest, Maud A.J. Venables, Hugh J. . Wright, Zoe. Yool, Andrew . Young, Emma . (2025) BIOPOLE: biogeochemical processes and ecosystem functioning in changing polar systems and their global impacts.

Mole, R. . von Appen, W.J. . Becker, H. Haumann, F.A. . Kanzow, T. . Piñango, A. . Stimpfle, J. . Trimborn, S. . Young, E.F. . (2025) Wind‐Driven Iron Supply by Ekman Buoyancy Flux Enhances Phytoplankton Bloom in the Antarctic Circumpolar Current.

Meredith, Michael P. . Hendry, Katharine R. . Abrahamsen, Einar Povl . Brearley, J. Alexander . Young, Emma . Munday, Dave . Venables, Hugh . Hogg, Anna. Wallis, Benjamin J. Van Landeghem, Katrien. Carvalho, Filipa . Yool, Andrew . Annett, Amber. Garabato, Alberto Naveira. Inall, Mark. Sheen, Katy. Fleming, Andrew . Dumont, Estelle. Glowacki, Oskar. Moffat, Carlos. Fraser, Neil. Gille, Sarah. Alford, Matthew. Jackson, Rebecca. Retallick, Katherine. (2025) Polar Ocean Mixing by Internal Tsunamis (POLOMINTS).

Morley, Simon A. . Campanella, Fabio. Young, Emma F. . Baylis, Alastair M. M. Barnes, David K. A. . Bell, James B. Bennison, Ashley . Collins, Martin A. . Glass, Trevor. Martin, Stephanie M. Whomersley, Paul. Schofield, Andy. (2025) Dramatic ENSO related Southwestern Atlantic ecosystem shifts.

Ezer, Tal . Bonaduce, Antonio . Carniel, Sandro . Amin, Chabchoub . de Camargo, Ricardo . Estrada-Allis, Sheila N. . Fringer, Oliver B. . Gangopadhyay, Avijit . Gao, Guoping. Lermusiaux, Pierre F. J. . Liu, Zhiyu . Miyazawa, Yasumasa . Forster, Alejandro Orfila . Pinones, Andrea . Stanev, Emil . Sun, Chaojiao . Volker, Christoph . Wang, Jia . Xu, Fanghua . Young, Emma . (2025) Editorial – Ocean dynamics in 2024: overview and thank you to reviewers.

2024

Ezer, Tal. Bonaduce, Antonio. Carniel, Sandro. Amin, Chabchoub. de Camargo, Ricardo. Estrada-Allis, Sheila N. Fringer, Oliver B. Gangopadhyay, Avijit. Gao, Guoping. Greatbatch, Richard J. Lermusiaux, Pierre F. J. Liu, Zhiyu. Miyazawa, Yasumasa. Forster, Alejandro Orfila. Pinones, Andrea. Stanev, Emil. Sun, Chaojiao. Volker, Christoph. Wang, Jia. Xu, Fanghua. Young, Emma . (2024) Editorial – Ocean Dynamics in 2023: overview and thank you to reviewers.

Zanker, Joanna C. . Young, Emma . Holland, Paul R. . Haigh, Ivan D. Brickle, Paul. (2024) Oceanographic Variability in Cumberland Bay, South Georgia, and Its Implications for Glacier Retreat.

2023

Young, Emma F. . Thorpe, Sally E. . Renner, Angelika H.H. Murphy, Eugene J. . (2023) Environmental and behavioural drivers of Antarctic krill distribution at the South Orkney Islands: A regional perspective.

Gómez‐Valdivia, Felipe . Holland, Paul . Siahaan, Antony. Dutrieux, Pierre . Young, Emma . (2023) Projected West Antarctic Ocean Warming Caused by an Expansion of the Ross Gyre.

Combes, V. Matano, R.P. Meredith, M.P. . Young, E.F. . (2023) Variability of the shelf circulation around South Georgia, Southern Ocean.

2021

Trathan, P.N. . Warwick-Evans, V. . Young, E.F. . Friedlaender, A. Kim, J.H. Kokubun, N. (2021) The ecosystem approach to management of the Antarctic krill fishery – the ‘devils are in the detail’ at small spatial and temporal scales.

Heyworth, Stephanie M. Bell, James. Wade, Christopher. Cavalcante, Geórgenes H. Robinson, Nicholas A. Young, Emma . Glass, James. Feary, David A. (2021) Genetic connectivity of seamount populations of bluenose warehou (Hyperoglyphe antarctica).

Campanella, Fabio. Collins, Martin A. . Young, Emma F. . Laptikhovsky, Vladimir. Whomersley, Paul. van der Kooij, Jeroen. (2021) First insight of meso- and bentho-pelagic fish dynamics around remote seamounts in the South Atlantic Ocean.

Silva, Catarina N.S. Young, Emma F. . Murphy, Nicholas P. Bell, James J. Green, Bridget S. Morley, Simon A. . Duhamel, Guy. Cockcroft, Andrew C. Strugnell, Jan M. (2021) Climatic change drives dynamic source–sink relationships in marine species with high dispersal potential.

2020

Matano, R.P. Combes, V. Young, E.F. . Meredith, M.P. . (2020) Modeling the impact of ocean circulation on chlorophyll blooms around South Georgia, Southern Ocean..

2019

Meijers, Andrew J.S. . Meredith, Michael P. . Murphy, Eugene J. . Chambers, D. P. Belchier, Mark . Young, Emma F. . (2019) The role of ocean dynamics in king penguin range estimation.

2018

Trathan, Phil N. . Warwick-Evans, Victoria . Hinke, J.T. Young, Emma F. . Murphy, Eugene J. . Carneiro, A.P.B. Dias, M.P. Kovacs, K.M. Lowther, A.D. Godø, O.R. Kokubun, N. Kim, J.H. Takahashi, A. Santos, M. (2018) Managing fishery development in sensitive ecosystems: Identifying penguin habitat use to direct management in Antarctica.

Young, Emma F. . Tysklind, Niklas. Meredith, Michael P. . de Bruyn, Mark. Belchier, Mark . Murphy, Eugene J. . Carvalho, Gary R. (2018) Stepping stones to isolation: impacts of a changing climate on the connectivity of fragmented fish populations.

2017

Brigden, K.E. Marshall, C.T. Scott, B.E. Young, E.F. . Brickle, P. (2017) Interannual variability in reproductive traits of the Patagonian toothfish Dissostichus eleginoides around the sub-Antarctic island of South Georgia.

2015

Young, Emma F. . Belchier, Mark . Hauser, Lorenz. Horsburgh, Gavin J. Meredith, Michael P. . Murphy, Eugene J. . Pascoal, Sonia. Rock, Jennifer. Tysklind, Niklas. Carvalho, Gary R. (2015) Oceanography and life history predict contrasting genetic population structure in two Antarctic fish species.

2014

Hosking, J. Scott . Bannister, Daniel. Orr, Andrew . King, John . Young, Emma . Phillips, Tony . (2014) Orographic disturbances of surface winds over the shelf waters adjacent to South Georgia.

Young, Emma . Thorpe, Sally . Banglawala, Neelofer. Murphy, Eugene . (2014) Variability in transport pathways on and around the South Georgia shelf, Southern Ocean: Implications for recruitment and retention.

2013

Murphy, E.J. . Hofmann, E.E. Watkins, J.L. Johnston, N.M. . Piñones, A. Ballerini, T. Hill, S.L. . Trathan, P.N. . Tarling, G.A. . Cavanagh, R.A. . Young, E.F. . Thorpe, S.E. . Fretwell, P. . (2013) Comparison of the structure and function of Southern Ocean regional ecosystems: The Antarctic Peninsula and South Georgia.

2012

Young, Emma F. . Rock, Jennifer. Meredith, Michael P. . Belchier, Mark . Murphy, Eugene J. . Carvalho, Gary R. (2012) Physical and behavioural influences on larval fish retention: contrasting patterns in two Antarctic fishes.

2011

Young, Emma F. . Meredith, Michael P. . Murphy, Eugene J. . Carvalho, Gary R. (2011) High-resolution modelling of the shelf and open ocean adjacent to South Georgia, Southern Ocean.

2010

Ward, P. Whitehouse, M.J. Shreeve, R.S. Thorpe, S.E. . Atkinson, A. Korb, R.E. Pond, D.W. Young, E.F. . (2010) Plankton community structure south and west of South Georgia (Southern Ocean): links with production and physical forcing.

Other Publications

Young, E.F. and Holt, J.T. (2007). ‘Prediction and analysis of long-term variability of temperature and salinity in the Irish Sea’. Journal of Geophysical Research, 112, C01008, doi:10.1029/2005JC003386.

Shepherd, D., Burgess, D., Jickells, T., Andrews, J., Cave, R., Turner, R.K., Aldridge, J., Parker, E.R., Young, E. (2007). ‘Modelling the effects and economics of managed realignment on the cycling and storage of nutrients, carbon and sediments in the Blackwater estuary UK’. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 73 (3-4), 355-367.

Fox, C.J., McCloughrie, P., Young, E.F., Nash, R.D.M. (2006). ‘The importance of individual behaviour for successful settlement of juvenile plaice (Pleurenectes platessa L.): a modelling and field study in the eastern Irish Sea’. Fisheries Oceanography 15 (4), 301-313.

Trimmer, M., Petersen, J., Sivyer, D.B., Mills, C., Young, E., Parker, E.R. (2005). ‘Impact of long-term benthic trawl disturbance on sediment sorting and biogeochemistry in the southern North Sea’. Marine Ecology Progress Series 298, 79-94.

Young, E.F., Brown, J., Aldridge, J.N., Horsburgh, K.J., Fernand, L. (2004). ‘Erratum to “Development and Application of a Three-Dimensional Baroclinic Model to the Study of the Seasonal Circulation in the Celtic Sea”.’ Continental Shelf Research 24, 1047-1051.

Young, E.F., Holt, J.T., Evans, G.L., Williams, P. le B. (2004) ‘Physical versus anthropogenic control of nutrient concentrations in the Irish Sea.’ Estuarine and Coastal Modeling: Proceedings of the 8th International Conference, ed. M.L. Spaulding.

Young, E.F., Brown, J., Aldridge, J.N., Horsburgh, K.J., Fernand, L. (2004). ‘Development and Application of a Three-Dimensional Baroclinic Model to the Study of the Seasonal Circulation in the Celtic Sea.’ Continental Shelf Research 24 (1), 13-36.

Brown, J., Carillo, L., Fernand, L., Horsburgh, K.J., Hill, A.E., Young, E.F. (2003). ‘Observations of the physical structure and seasonal jet-like circulation of the Celtic Sea and St. George’s Channel of the Irish Sea.’ Continental Shelf Research 23 (6), 533-561.

Dickey-Collas, M., Armstrong, M.J., Officer, R.A., Wright, P.J., Brown, J., Dunn, M.R., Young, E.F. (2003). ‘ Growth and expansion of haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus L.) stocks to the west of the British Isles in the 1990’s.’ ICES Marine Science Symposia 219, 271-282.

Aldridge, J.N., Kershaw, P., Leonard, P.K., McCubbin, D., Brown, J., Young, E.F. (2003) ‘Transport of Plutonium (239/240 Pu) and Caesium (137Cs) in the Irish Sea: Comparison between observations and results from sediment and contaminant transport modelling.’ Continental Shelf Research 23 (9), 869-900.

Young, E.F., Brown, J., Fernand, L., Horsburgh, K.J. (2002) ‘Three-dimensional Modelling of the Summer Circulation in the Celtic Sea.’ Estuarine and Coastal Modeling: Proceedings of the 7th International Conference, ed. M.L. Spaulding, 1-21.

Young, E.F. (2002). ‘Tidal validation of a three-dimensional, primitive equation model for the Irish and Celtic Seas region.’ Internal Report, Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, 46pp.

Young, E.F. (2002). ‘Tidal validation of a three-dimensional, primitive equation model for the North Sea region.’ Internal Report, Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, 57pp.

Young, E.F., Brown, J., Aldridge, J.N. (2001). ‘Application of a large area curvilinear model to the study of the wind-forced dynamics of flows through the North Channel of the Irish Sea.’ Continental Shelf Research 21, 1403-1434.

Young, E.F., Aldridge, J.N., Brown, J. (2000). ‘Development and validation of a three-dimensional curvilinear model for the study of fluxes through the North Channel of the Irish Sea.’ Continental Shelf Research 20, 997-1035.

Young, E.F., Aldridge, J.N., Brown, J. (2000). ‘Three-dimensional curvilinear modelling of wind-induced flows through the North Channel of the Irish Sea.’ Estuarine and Coastal Modeling: Proceedings of the 6th International Conference, eds. M.L. Spaulding & H.L. Butler, 549-563.

Young, E.F., Bigg, G.R., Grant, A., Walker, P., Brown, J. (1998). ‘A modelling study of environmental influences on bivalve settlement in The Wash, England.’ Marine Ecology Progress Series 172, 197-214.

Young, E.F. (1998). ‘Possible starting positions for a body found at Great Yarmouth harbour, Norfolk on 4th October 1998.’ Study commissioned by Suffolk Constabulary

Young, E.F., Bigg, G.R., Grant, A. (1996). ‘A statistical study of environmental influences on bivalve recruitment in the Wash, England.’ Marine Ecology Progress Series 143, 121-129.

Young, E.F., Bigg, G.R., Green, J.S.A. (1993). ‘Prediction of pollutant transport in Kingston Harbour using analytical and numerical models.’ Jamaican Journal of Science and Technology 4, 16-26.

Morton, E.J., Evans, P.M., Ferraro, M., Young, E.F., Swindell, W. (1991). ‘Development of video frame store and distortion correction facilities for an external-beam radiotherapy treatment simulator.’ British Journal of Radiology 64 (764), 747-750.

Morley, S., Campanella, F., Baylis, A., Barnes, D., Bell, J., Bennison, A., Collins, M., Glass, T., Martin, S., Whomersley, P., Young, E., & Schofield, A. (2024). Fisheries acoustic data, whale and bird data from two transits from the Falkland Islands to Tristan da Cunha during March 2018 (RRS James Clark Ross) and March 2019 (RRS Discovery) (Version 1.0) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/db06c590-4f6d-4a8a-9b8c-ce45204103c1

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