Present roles

• Science Leader of Ecosystems team
• Individual Merit Promotion Scientist (Band 3)
• Principal Investigator of project BIOPOLE

Honorariums

• April 2020     Fellow of the Marine Biological Association
• May 2015      Honorary Chair, School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia
• April 2015     Senior Honorary Fellow of Environmental and Marine Sciences, University of Hull
• April 2008     Honorary Fellow of Environmental and Marine Sciences, University of Hull

Polar fieldwork

593 days Southern Ocean and Arctic fieldwork, 134 days great than 60° latitude  (* as Principal Science Officer)

• Jan-Feb 2002          JR70, RRS James Clark Ross, South Georgia, 36 d
• Jan-Feb 2003          JR82, RRS James Clark Ross, South Georgia, Scotia-Weddell Seas, 45 d
• Mar-Apr 2004         JR100, RRS James Clark Ross, South Georgia, 29 d
• Dec 2004-Jan 2005  JR116, RRS James Clark Ross, South Georgia,  25 d
• Dec 2007-Feb 2008 JR177*, RRS James Clark Ross, South Georgia, Scotia-Weddell Seas, 47 d
• Mar-Apr 2009        JR200, RRS James Clark Ross, South Georgia, Scotia-Weddell Seas, 38 d
• Dec 2010-Jan 2011  JR245, RRS James Clark Ross, South Georgia, 29 d
• Jun-Jul  2012          JR271, RRS James Clark Ross, Greenland Sea, Fram Strait, Svalbard, 31 d
• Jan-Feb 2013          JR274*, RRS James Clark Ross, Scotia-Weddell Sea, 34 d
• Nov-Dec 2013    JR291, RRS James Clark Ross, South Orkneys, Scotia-Weddell Seaa, South Georgia, 37 d
• Nov-Dec 2014    JR304, RRS James Clark Ross, South Orkneys, Scotia-Weddell Seas, South Georgia, 32 d
• Nov-Dec 2015       JR15002, RRS James Clark Ross, South Orkneys, Scotia-Weddell Sea, South Georgia, 39 d
• Dec 2016-Jan 2017 JR16003, RRS James Clark Ross, South Georgia, Scotia Sea, 40 d
• Nov-Dec 2017       DY086, RRS Discovery, South Georgia, Scotia Sea, 38 d
• May-Jun 2018        JR17005, RRS James Clark Ross, Greenland Sea, Fram Strait, Svalbard, 28 d
• Aug 2019               JR18008, RRS James Clark Ross, Greenland Sea, Fram Strait, Svalbard, 27 d
• Dec 2022-Jan 2023 DY158, RRS Discovery, South Georgia, Scotia-Weddell Seas, South Orkneys, 38 d

Main Research Themes

1. Krill and copepod ecophysiology and population dynamics
2. Zooplankton lipid pump
3. Physical and biological influences on krill swarming behaviour
4. Zooplankton community structure and diversity
5. Vertical migration behaviour of pelagic organisms
6. Influence of zooplankton on carbon flux, particularly at high latitudes

Scientific committees and panels

• Sept 2021-       ARIES Doctoral Training Partnership strategic committee
• Jun 2018           Executive committee SCAR Krill Action Group
• Mar 2017          Convenor, Ocean Acidification session, SCAR Biology Conference, Belgium
• Feb 2017           UK Arctic and Antarctic Partnership Steering Committee
• Nov 2015         Co-scientific lead of the international krill and salp database, KRILLBASE

Supervision of students

• 2022-           Jasmine Yang PhD “Myctophid population dynamics” GW4+ (Co-supervisor)
• 2016-2021    Victoria Fowler PhD “Detecting zooplankton foray behaviour in polar marine environments” EnvEast DTP (Primary supervisor)
• 2016-2021  Franki Perry PhD “Understanding how rapid regional climatic-change impact krill-dominated food webs of the Southern Ocean” Spitfire DTP (Co-supervisor)
• 2016-2020    Louise Cornwell PhD “Assessing the mechanisms driving marine organism responses to changes in climate using the globally important copepod Oithona similis GW4+ DTP (Co-supervisor)
• 2015-2020 Jose Seco PhD “Trace metals in Southern Ocean foodwebs” U Coimbra, Portugal (Co-supervisor)
• 2014-2019 Jessie Gardner PhD “Winners and losers in a more acidified ocean: impact on the physiology and life history of two pteropod species” EnvEAST DTP (Co-supervisor)
• 2014-2018    Jennifer Freer PhD “Biodiversity and evolutionary ecology of myctophids: an abundant and extraordinarily diverse clade of deep-sea fishes” GW4+ DTP (Co-supervisor)
• 2014-2018 Cecelia Liszka PhD “Determining the active flux of carbon within the Southern Ocean and its sensitivity to climate change” EnvEAST DTP (Primary supervisor)
• 2013-2017    Anna Belcher PhD “Sources of carbon flux in the Southern Ocean” NOC Southampton/BAS (Co-supervisor)
• 2009-2014    Claire Tancell PhD “Identification and structure of distribution hotspots of pelagic fauna in the Scotia Sea” British Antarctic Survey/Cambridge University (Co-supervisor)
• 2010-2014    Ella Howes PhD “Effects of ocean acidification on calcification, elemental composition and isotopic composition in Mediterranean pteropods and foraminifers” Université Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris) and Jacobs University (Bremen) (Member of supervisory committee)
• 2007-2010    Nina Bednarsek PhD “Potential impacts of ocean acidification on Southern Ocean pteropods” British Antarctic Survey/University of East Anglia (Primary supervisor)
• 2005-2009    Renuka Badhe PhD. “Phytoplanton productivity in the Scotia Sea”, British Antarctic Survey/Essex University (Co-supervisor)
• 2005-2006    Oystein Varpe PhD “Life-cycle strategies of copepods” Bergen University (Co-supervisor)
• 2002-2006    Kate Cresswell Ph.D. “Behavioural modeling of krill-penguin interactions”, British Antarctic Survey (Primary supervisor)
• 1999-2003    Toby Jarvis Ph.D.  “The vertical export of material caused by the vertical migration of zooplankton Scottish Association for Marine Science (Primary supervisor)
• 1998-1999    Jani Sassi M. Phil “Modelling the life-history and vertical migration of krill” University of Bergen (Co-supervisor)
• 1997-1998    Sandra Lass M. Phil. “Trophic analysis of Meganyctiphanes norvegica” Christian Albrecht Universität, Kiel (Co-supervisor)
• 1992-1995    Supervision of 5 undergraduate projects in Southampton University

External examiner to 9 PhD Theses

Recent Research Grants

• 2022-2027    Principal Investigator – BIOPOLE – Ecosystems and biogeochemistry of Arctic and Southern Oceans – NERC National Capability (NC-SM2; £9M  – £5M to BAS)
• 2021-2027    Co-investigator – PolarRES – Horizon 2020 programme examining climate, sea-ice and ecosystems impacts in both polar regions
• 2018-2021    Co Principal Investigator – CHASE Chronobiology of changing Arctic Sea Ecosystems – NERC Thematic Call on Changing Arctic (£93K)
• 2017-2021    Co Principal Investigator – DIAPOD Mechanistic understanding of the role of diatoms in the success of the Arctic Calanus complex and implications for a warmer Arctic – NERC Thematic Call on ‘Changing Arctic’(£408K)
• 2017-2021    Co Principal Investigator – COMICS Controls over Ocean Mesopelagic Interior Carbon Storage – NERC Large grant (£503K)
• 2016-2021    Co Principal Investigator – SeaDNA Assessing marine biodiversity and structure using environmental DNA: from groundtruthing to food web structure and stability – NERC Highlight Topic (£153K)

Recent Conferences

• April 2020    “Remote sensing of surface krill swarms” 1^st SKAG conference [virtual] (oral; co-presented with Anna Belcher)
• Sept. 2018    “Influence of advection on the structure of Antarctic krill swarms” 18^th Challenger Conference, Newcastle University, UK (oral)
• July 2017      “Spatial distributions of Southern Ocean mesozooplankton communities have been resilient to long term surface warming” XII^th SCAR Biology Symposium, Leuven, Belgium (oral)
• June 2017     “Detecting satiation sinking within open ocean krill swarms” 3^rd International Symposium on krill, St Andrews, UK (oral)
• May 2016     “Growth and shrinkage is sex-dependent in Antarctic krill” 6^th Zooplankton Production Symposium, Bergen, Norway (oral)
• Sept 2015     “Response of Arctic pelagic food-webs to predicted changes in ocean chemistry” UK Arctic Science conference, Sheffield (oral)

Invited Presentations (Scientific)

• Jan 2019       “Is Antarctic krill the last sustainable exploited resource in the seas?” University of 3^rd Age Polar Studies module, Cambridge
• Oct 2017      “Antarctic krill: its biology and exploitation” University of Hull
• Jan 2016       “Antarctic krill: their biomass, behaviour and biogeochemical impact” Atmospheric and Marine Biogeochemistry Seminar, University of East Anglia
• Feb. 2015     “Is Antarctic krill to be yet another overexploited marine resource” Life Sciences Department, Bristol University

Invited Presentations (Public)

• Oct 2021      “Science on board RRS Sir David Attenborough” Ice Worlds Festival, National Maritime Museum, Greenwich
• Oct 2021      “In search of super-sized swarms: why krill is important to us all” The Polar Connection: linking past to future, Pint of Science (https://pintofscience.co.uk)
• Mar 2021     “Science achievement of the RRS James Clark Ross” Lecture during the passing out ceremony, hosted by British Antarctic Survey
• Oct 2020      “In search of super-sized swarms: why krill are important to us all” Talk for Atlantic Circle: InConversation lecture series
• Dec 2019     “How I do my science in the Southern Ocean Q&A”, Gosforth Central Middle School, teleconference for Antarctica week
• Dec 2019     “Living and working in Antarctica” Invergordon Academeny, teleconference for Antarctica Week
• Dec 2018     “My working life in Antarctica” Hazelwood School, teleconference for Antarctica Day
• Jan 2016       “How I use statistics in my science” Histon and Impington Junior School
• Feb 2015      “Deep-ocean explorers” Histon and Impington Infant School

Editorial Roles

• 1. The Physiology, Ecology and Biogeochemistry of Marine Zooplankton in a Changing Arctic Ocean (2022). Frontiers in Marine Science – Research Topic. Mayor DJ, Tarling GA, Last K and Daase M (Eds.)
• 2. Impacts of surface ocean acidification in polar seas and globally: a field-based approach (2016) Tyrrell T and Tarling GA (Eds.) Deep-Sea Research II: Volume 127
• 3. DISCOVERY 2010: Spatial and temporal variability in a dynamic polar ecosystem (2012). Deep-Sea Research II Special Issue. Tarling GA, Ward P, Atkinson A, Collins MA, Murphy EJ (Eds.)
• 4. The Biology of Northern krill (2010). Advances in Marine Biology 57 pp. 314. Tarling GA (Ed.)

Collaborations

Dan Mayor (National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, UK): zooplankton community structure, carbon flux, copepod diapause behaviour

Kim Last (Scottish Association for Marine Science, UK): clock genes in zooplankton

Stefano Mariani (University of Salford, UK): eDNA

Martin Genner (University of Bristol, UK): mesopelagic ecology; eDNA

Magnus Johnson (University of Hull, UK): Swimming energetics of krill

Jorgen Berge (University centre of Svalbard, Norway); Zooplankton behaviour in Arctic

Andrew Brierley (University of St Andrews, UK); bioacoustics

Finlo Cottier (Scottish Association for Marine Sciences, UK); biophysical interactions

Angus Atkinson (Plymouth Marine Laboratory, UK); krill distribution and population dynamics

• Stowasser, G., Fielding, S., & Tarling, G. (2026). The taxonomic composition, abundance and wet weight of macrozooplankton and micronekton captured by an RMT8 net during surveys of the Western Core Box (South Georgia), 2009-2019 (Version 1.0) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/967411bd-0a07-49fd-ad52-2bec65781ce7

• Tarling, G., Mayor, D., Atherden, F., Jenkins, H., Castellani, C., Belcher, A., Freer, J., Grigor, J., Stowasser, G., Hunter, A., Conway, D., & Pond, D. (2026). Epi- and mesopelagic mesozooplankton depth-discrete distribution and abundance between Greenland and Svalbard (2018 and 2019) (Version 1.0) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/69eb8320-9d2b-4cc1-818a-83d14c15c491

• Saunders, R., Fielding, S., & Tarling, G. (2025). Body length and maturity stage measurements of Antarctic krill caught during the South Orkneys science cruise JR15004 (2016) (Version 1.0) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/2733f2ad-e111-4b21-b695-c9452e4548a1

• Ward, P., & Tarling, G. (2025). Abundance data of 4 species of Calanoid copepods in plankton samples obtained around South Georgia during Discovery Investigations 1927-1937 (Version 1.0) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/a9d290ce-4201-4b4b-954e-bbcf07fb1290

• Cleary, A., Perry, F., & Tarling, G. (2024). Elemental contents of E. superba eggs (carbon, nitrogen, hydrogen) in the context of maternal parasite load (South Georgia, January 2018) (Version 1.0) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/6c4aaf56-1439-4849-b869-8058479e5d6e

• Abrahamsen, P., Tarling, G., Firing, Y., King, B., Marzocchi, A., Burson, A., Hendry, K., Henley, S., Liszka, C., Manno, C., Ward, F., Woodward, M., Wootton, M., Brunetta, M., Song, Y., & Thorpe, S. (2024). Dissolved nutrient and particulate material concentrations and phytoplankton abundance and community composition from cruise JC211 to South Georgia, Southern Ocean, February 2021 (Version 1.0) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/eef71670-f6dc-46f6-9143-7569599854e5

• Freer, J., & Tarling, G. (2023). Processing and analysis of Arctic Calanus occurrence records from OBIS and GBIF databases (Version 1.0) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/a5cbfbe1-6fa6-44cf-96fe-db92c32b69d0

• Grigor, J., Freer, J., Cohen, J., Tarling, G., & Last, K. (2022). Morphometric, swimming activity and raw oxygen air saturation data from experiments on CV Calanus finmarchicus in the Fram Strait, Arctic Ocean, in August 2019 (Version 1.0) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/eefba4cd-c7a3-4e24-b2c8-5221fcfdde0b

• Tarling, G., Ward, P., Fielding, S., & Noake, A. (2022). Mesozooplankton collected by the Bark Europa in Gerlache Strait, Antarctic Peninsula (Version 1.0) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/6676ec60-9e37-45a8-b447-938256438e9f

• Whitehouse, M., Hendry, K., Tarling, G., Thorpe, S., & ten Hoopen, P. (2022). Macronutrient, temperature and salinity measurements made around the island of South Georgia and the wider Scotia Sea, the Antarctic Peninsula, and in the Bellingshausen Sea between 1980 and 2009 (Version 1.0) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/4014370f-8eb2-492b-a5f3-6dc68bf12c1e

• Fielding, S., Enderlein, P., Stowasser, G., Tarling, G., & Manno, C. (2022). Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) biomass density estimates derived from acoustic backscatter data collected in the Western Core Box survey, South Georgia, South Atlantic: 1996 – 2019 (Version 1.0) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/e85a9312-8531-4261-a2f6-1c58f40cfc71

• Freer, J., Daase, M., & Tarling, G. (2021). Range-wide occurrence records of the subarctic copepod Calanus finmarchicus and associated environmental predictor variables (Version 1.0) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/fc660bc3-09ab-4c1a-9d2a-4026951872c8

• Tarling, G., Stowasser, G., Fielding, S., Saunders, R., Fowler, V., & ten Hoopen, P. (2021). Epi- and mesopelagic mesozooplankton depth-discrete distribution and abundance across Polar Frontal Zone in Southern Ocean Atlantic sector (Version 1.0) [Data set]. UK Polar Data Centre, Natural Environment Research Council, UK Research & Innovation. https://doi.org/10.5285/f8058937-5b63-49a1-b445-cf60707b8b65

• Collins, M., Piatkowski, U., & Saunders, R. (2021). Distribution of mesopelagic fish in the Scotia Sea from RMT25 and pelagic trawls deployed from RRS James Clark Ross and RRS John Biscoe (Version 1.0) [Data set]. UK Polar Data Centre, Natural Environment Research Council, UK Research & Innovation. https://doi.org/10.5285/f4dfc0ee-4f61-47c5-a5a8-238e02ff2fdd

• Belcher, A. (2021). Antarctic krill reflectance measurements – Spectroradiometer data (Version 1.0) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/54643342-f2ed-43f4-ada2-87e81181ff88

• Lopez-Lopez, L., Genner, M., Tarling, G., Saunders, R., & O’Gorman, E. (2020). Pelagic trophic network in the Scotia Sea (2006-2009) (Version 1.0) [Data set]. UK Polar Data Centre, Natural Environment Research Council, UK Research & Innovation. https://doi.org/10.5285/9f615353-c621-4216-865e-7d38a9b21e2c

• Stowasser, G., Fielding, S., Belcher, A., Mayor, D., Cook, K., Hubot, N., Saunders, R., & Tarling, G. (2020). Macrozooplankton and nekton vertical distribution and abundance in the Benguela Current region, May-June 2018 (Version 1.0) [Data set]. UK Polar Data Centre, Natural Environment Research Council, UK Research & Innovation. https://doi.org/10.5285/bfd7eb53-d07a-46e0-a185-54d7c4a829e2

• Stowasser, G., Fielding, S., Belcher, A., Mayor, D., Cook, K., & Tarling, G. (2020). Macrozooplankton and nekton vertical distribution and abundance at the sustained observation location P3 in the northern Scotia Sea (Southern Ocean) during November and December 2017 (Version 1.0) [Data set]. UK Polar Data Centre, Natural Environment Research Council, UK Research & Innovation. https://doi.org/10.5285/e184e81a-e43c-424e-abec-122036ee2cfd

• Atkinson, A., Pakhomov, E., Siegel, V., Jessopp, M., Peat, H., Kawaguchi, S., Hill, S., Loeb, V., Hewitt, R., Fielding, S., Tarling, G., Daly, K., Ashjian, C., Chiba, S., Ensor, N., Brewster, C., Watkins, J., Hosie, G., Ichii, T., … ten Hoopen, P. (2020). KRILLBASE-length frequency database, a compilation of scientific net sampling data on length, sex and maturity stage of Euphausia superba around the Southern Ocean, 1926 to 2016 (Version 1.0) [Data set]. UK Polar Data Centre, Natural Environment Research Council, UK Research & Innovation. https://doi.org/10.5285/dfbcbbf9-8673-4fef-913f-64ea7942d97a

• Ward, P., Tarling, G., Shreeve, R., & ten Hoopen, P. (2020). Epipelagic mesozooplankton distribution and abundance in Southern Ocean Atlantic sector and the North Atlantic and Arctic 1996-2013 (Version 1.0) [Data set]. UK Polar Data Centre, Natural Environment Research Council, UK Research & Innovation. https://doi.org/10.5285/5a711904-ef42-46a3-9f47-3f0d6b231f65

• Belcher, A., Saunders, R., & Tarling, G. (2019). Length, weight and abundance data of fish species captured in RMT-25 net surveys in the Scotia Sea, Southern Ocean in 2006, 2008, and 2009 (Version 1.0) [Data set]. UK Polar Data Centre, British Antarctic Survey, Natural Environment Research Council, UK Research & Innovation. https://doi.org/10.5285/5798742d-dd5f-480b-8298-2c2b449cbab3

• Liszka, C. (2019). CTD fluorescence and faecal pellet data from the Ecosystems Western Core Box and Moorings cruise to the Scotia Sea, Southern Ocean (JR304) (Version 1.0) [Data set]. UK Polar Data Centre, British Antarctic Survey, Natural Environment Research Council, UK Research & Innovation. https://doi.org/10.5285/e2921d09-975c-4236-8acf-039d7462762e

• Tarling, G., Enderlein, P., & Fielding, S. (2017). Shallow water Western Core Box mooring data collected in the Southern Ocean north of South Georgia until Jun 2013 and retrieved in Dec 2013 by the JR291 (Version 1.0) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://data.bas.ac.uk/full-record.php?id=GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/00988

• Tarling, G., & Enderlein, P. (2017). Shallow water Western Core Box mooring data collected in the Southern Ocean north of South Georgia in March 2004 during the marine cruise JR100 (Version 1.0) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://data.bas.ac.uk/full-record.php?id=GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/00957

• Tarling, G., & Enderlein, P. (2017). Shallow water Western Core Box mooring data collected in the Southern Ocean north of South Georgia in January 2005 during the marine cruise JR116 (Version 1.0) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://data.bas.ac.uk/full-record.php?id=GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/00959

• Tarling, G., & Enderlein, P. (2017). Shallow water Western Core Box mooring data collected in the Southern Ocean north of South Georgia in February 2003 during the marine cruise JR82 (Version 1.0) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://data.bas.ac.uk/full-record.php?id=GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/00950

• Tarling, G., Enderlein, P., Fielding, S., & Saunders, R. (2017). Shallow and deep Western Core Box mooring data collected during multiple marine cruises in the Southern Ocean north of South Georgia from October 2002 onwards (Version 1.0) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://data.bas.ac.uk/full-record.php?id=GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/00948

• Tarling, G., & Enderlein, P. (2017). Deep water Western Core Box mooring data collected in the Southern Ocean north of South Georgia in March 2004 during the marine cruise JR100 (Version 1.0) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://data.bas.ac.uk/full-record.php?id=GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/00979

• Tarling, G., & Enderlein, P. (2017). Deep water Western Core Box mooring data collected in the Southern Ocean north of South Georgia in January 2005 during the marine cruise JR116 (Version 1.0) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://data.bas.ac.uk/full-record.php?id=GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/00981

• Tarling, G., & Enderlein, P. (2017). Deep water Western Core Box mooring data collected in the Southern Ocean north of South Georgia in February 2003 during the marine cruise JR82 (Version 1.0) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://data.bas.ac.uk/full-record.php?id=GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/00975

• Enderlein, P., Fielding, S., Tarling, G., & Manno, C. (2017). Deep sediment trap (3700m) mooring data collected in the Southern Ocean north-west of South Georgia in November 2015 during the marine cruise JR15002 (Version 1.0) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://data.bas.ac.uk/full-record.php?id=GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/00999

• Tarling, G., Fielding, S., & Enderlein, P. (2017). Deep sediment trap (3700m) mooring data collected in the Southern Ocean north-west of South Georgia in January 2008 during the marine cruise JR177 (Version 1.0) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://data.bas.ac.uk/full-record.php?id=GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/00993

• Enderlein, P., Fielding, S., Tarling, G., & Manno, C. (2017). Deep sediment trap (3700m) mooring data collected in the Southern Ocean north-west of South Georgia in December 2016 during the marine cruise JR16003 (Version 1.0) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://data.bas.ac.uk/full-record.php?id=GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/01000

• Enderlein, P., Fielding, S., Tarling, G., & Manno, C. (2017). Deep sediment trap (3700m) mooring data collected in the Southern Ocean north-west of South Georgia in December 2013 during the marine cruise JR291 (Version 1.0) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://data.bas.ac.uk/full-record.php?id=GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/00998

• Tarling, G., Enderlein, P., Fielding, S., Stowasser, G., & Manno, C. (2017). Deep sediment trap (3700m) mooring data collected during multiple marine cruise in the Southern Ocean north-west of South Georgia from November 2006 onwards (Version 1.0) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://data.bas.ac.uk/full-record.php?id=GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/00952

• Enderlein, P., Fielding, S., Tarling, G., & Manno, C. (2017). Deep sediment trap (3200m) mooring data collected in the Southern Ocean south-west of South Georgia in November 2015 during the marine cruise JR15002 (Version 1.0) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://data.bas.ac.uk/full-record.php?id=GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/01008

• Enderlein, P., Tarling, G., Fielding, S., & Manno, C. (2017). Deep sediment trap (3200m) mooring data collected in the Southern Ocean south-west of South Georgia in November 2014 during the marine cruise JR304 (Version 1.0) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://data.bas.ac.uk/full-record.php?id=GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/01007

• Enderlein, P., Fielding, S., & Tarling, G. (2017). Deep sediment trap (3200m) mooring data collected in the Southern Ocean south-west of South Georgia in January 2008 during the marine cruise JR177 (Version 1.0) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://data.bas.ac.uk/full-record.php?id=GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/01001

• Enderlein, P., Fielding, S., Tarling, G., & Manno, C. (2017). Deep sediment trap (3200m) mooring data collected in the Southern Ocean south-west of South Georgia in December 2016 during the marine cruise JR16003 (Version 1.0) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://data.bas.ac.uk/full-record.php?id=GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/01009

• Enderlein, P., Fielding, S., Tarling, G., & Manno, C. (2017). Deep sediment trap (3200m) mooring data collected in the Southern Ocean south-west of South Georgia in December 2013 during the marine cruise JR291 (Version 1.0) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://data.bas.ac.uk/full-record.php?id=GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/01006

• Tarling, G., Enderlein, P., Fielding, S., Stowasser, G., & Manno, C. (2017). Deep sediment trap (3200m) mooring data collected during multiple marine cruise in the Southern Ocean south-west of South Georgia from April 2007 onwards (Version 1.0) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://data.bas.ac.uk/full-record.php?id=GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/00953

• British Antarctic Survey (2015). Raw acoustic data collected by ship-borne EK60 echo sounder in Scotia Sea (Mar – Apr 2009) (Version 1.0) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/c5890438-cdae-409b-8d49-705b754a1fe9

• British Antarctic Survey (2015). Raw acoustic data collected by ship-borne EK60 echo sounder in Scotia Sea (Jan – Feb 2008) (Version 1.0) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/0a4bede6-6be9-4d55-a146-bfdc603af3c2

• Tarling, G., Bakker, D., Fielding, S., & Bednarsek, N. (2015). Pteropod shell dissolution in natural and high-CO2 environments (Version 1.0) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://data.bas.ac.uk/full-record.php?id=GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/00822

• Rosato, E., Tarling, G., Shreeve, R., Kyriacou, C., & Gaten, E. (2012). Krill genetic profiling from samples collected in the Southern Ocean and South Atlantic during the Discovery 2010 cruise JR177 (Version 1.0) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://data.bas.ac.uk/full-record.php?id=GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/00646

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5. Greenland’s Past, Our Future

   KANG-GLAC studies past and present glacier-ocean changes in southeast Greenland to predict how ice loss will affect ocean circulation, ecosystems and climate.

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6. Silicon cycling in glaciated environments

   SiCLING studies how silicon cycles in Arctic and Antarctic glacial environments and how these cycles affect marine ecosystems and carbon flow.

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7. Polar regions in the Earth system

   PolarRES investigates polar climate processes in the Arctic and Antarctic, improving global climate projections and reducing uncertainties to better assess environmental and social impacts.

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8. Biogeochemical processes in polar ecosystems

   BIOPOLE studies how climate change is affecting the release of nutrients from the polar regions, and their redistribution around the world’s oceans.

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9. Parasites in Antarctic Krill

   Understanding krill-parasite interactions helps predict krill population dynamics. It also improves models of Antarctic ecosystem function.

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10. Winter Krill at South Georgia

    The winter krill project monitors Antarctic krill and predator overlap around South Georgia. Research informs conservation and ecosystem management.

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11. Impact of Plastic in the Polar Regions

    This project investigated plastic pollution across Arctic and Antarctic environments. Scientists collected water, ice, and sediment samples to quantify macro and microplastic pollution, track its sources, and assess its impact on polar wildlife.

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12. Scotia Sea open-ocean biological laboratories

    SCOOBIES makes long-term observations of key Earth system indicators in the Southern Ocean. These observations are vital for both UK and global science.

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13. Carbon in the twilight zone

    COMICS studied how carbon moves through the ocean’s ‘twilight zone’, the area between 100m and 1000m below the surface. This zone plays a key role in regulating atmospheric CO2 levels.

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14. KRILLBASE

    KRILLBASE compiles and shares circumpolar data on Antarctic krill and salps. The project supports research, fisheries management, and conservation across the Southern Ocean.

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15. Impacts of Ocean Acidification on Sea-Surface

    A project studying the impact of ocean acidification on pteropods, small shelled marine animals considered a sentinel species for ocean acidification.

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1. Shedding light on lanternfish

   By Dr Geraint Tarling Lanternfish are found in many of the world’s oceans and get their name from the numerous photophores (light organs) that occur all over their bodies. Also […]

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1. Sea butterfly life cycle threatened by climate change

   Shelled pteropods, commonly known as sea butterflies, are increasingly exposed to ocean changes, but some species are more vulnerable to this threat. In a new study, published this month (11 […]

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2. First images of giant iceberg from Brunt Ice Shelf

   ANTARCTICA – 13 March 2023. British Antarctic Survey (BAS) has released the first aerial pictures of the massive A81 iceberg that calved from the Brunt Ice Shelf in late January. […]

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3. Funding addresses environmental challenges

   British Antarctic Survey (BAS) scientists will investigate critical challenges facing the UK, thanks to new funding from the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC). A £47m investment to several UK research […]

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4. End of giant iceberg A-68

   The mission to determine the impact of the giant A-68a iceberg on the important marine ecosystem of sub-Antarctic South Georgia is a success.

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5. Giant iceberg mission begins

   A research mission to determine the impact of the giant A-68a iceberg on one of the world’s most important ecosystems departs from Stanley in the Falkland Islands today (2 February […]

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6. Krill provide a highway for ocean carbon storage

   Large krill swarms in the Southern Ocean could help remove additional carbon from the atmosphere, in a way that is currently ‘hidden’ in global models. Scientists knew that the carbon-rich […]

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7. A68 iceberg heads towards South Georgia

   An iceberg is heading towards the sub-Antarctic island of South Georgia. A68a – the size of the UK county of Somerset – broke off from the Larsen C ice shelf […]

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8. Research priorities for effective krill management

   An international ‘Krill Action Group’, including experts from the British Antarctic Survey, has identified several research priorities to advance the understanding of Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) and improve the management […]

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9. New briefing paper on Arctic change

   BAS researchers have contributed to a new briefing paper about the Arctic published this week (25 June 2020). Working with a team at the Grantham Institute at Imperial College London, […]

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10. Krill’s influence on CO2 and global climate  

    A new study involving British Antarctic Survey researchers highlights the influence of krill (Euphausia superba) on atmospheric carbon levels. It is published in the journal Nature Communications today (18th October […]

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11. Krill swarms responsible for ‘hidden’ carbon storage

    Large krill swarms in the Southern Ocean could help remove additional carbon from the atmosphere, in a way that is currently ‘hidden’ in global models. The new study is published […]

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12. Antarctic krill population contracts southward as polar oceans warm

    The population of Antarctic krill, the favourite food of many whales, penguins, fish and seals, shifted southward during a recent period of warming in their key habitat, new research shows. […]

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13. State of the Polar Oceans report published

    Report published July 2018

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14. Sea butterflies repair shell damage from ocean acidification

    A new study of tiny marine snails called sea butterflies shows the great lengths these animals go to repair damage caused by ocean acidification. The paper, led by researchers at […]

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15. Krill behaviour takes carbon to the ocean depths

    A new study shows that Antarctic krill behave in a way that could accelerate the transport of atmospheric carbon to the deep ocean. Antarctic krill form some of the highest […]

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16. Science cruise departs ahead of Discovery Investigations anniversary

    Today the royal research ship RRS Discovery will depart Southampton for an ambitious science expedition to the ocean around South Georgia. This expedition will take place almost 100 years after […]

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17. Zooplankton resilient to long-term warming

    Temperature plays an important role in the distribution of ocean plankton communities and has the potential to cause major distribution shifts, as recently observed in the Arctic. A new study […]

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18. Biological sampling gear

    Discovering ocean life

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19. PRESS RELEASE: Effects of ocean acidification

    First evidence of ocean acidification affecting live marine creatures in the Southern Ocean The shells of marine snails – known as pteropods – living in the seas around Antarctica are […]

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20. New study provides insight into Southern Ocean food web

    One of the most comprehensive studies of animals in the Southern Ocean reveals a region that is under threat from the effects of environmental change. Reporting in January 2012 in […]

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21. PRESS RELEASE: Deep sea mystery solved

    New discovery – Copepods share “diver’s weight belt” technique with whales A deep-sea mystery has been solved with the discovery that the tiny 3 mm long marine animals, eaten by […]

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National and International Media

• 2022     “”Megaberg dumped huge volume of fresh water” BBC News Online (20^th Jan) and Dubai Eye TalkRadio (31^st Jan)
• 2021 “Secrets of the icebreaker ‘Noosphere’ ”. BBC Ukraine Online (21^st Nov)
• 2020     “Giant iceberg headed for South Georgia” BBC News Online and live BBC Radio 4 interviews on ‘Today’ (4^th Nov), ‘World at One’ (15^th Dec), ‘PM’ (22^nd Dec) and BBC World Service (26^th Dec), videocast on Voice of America (5^th Nov), live TV interview on Al Jazeera (15^th Dec), live interviews on BBC Radio Wales, BBC Radio Berkshire (4^th-6^th Nov). Also articles containing quotes in many UK tabloids and broadsheets (Daily Mail, The Times, The Guardian), Reuters News Agency, Wall Street Journal, National Geographic and New Scientist
• 2020     NETFLIX Ocean Series – Scientific advisor
• 2018     CNN – Interview on krill vertical migration, contribution of krill to C pump and threats from krill fishery
• 2017     The Observer newspaper (5 March) ‘Arctic sea-ice decline and wildlife’ quoted on opinion on impact to lower trophic levels
• 2015     BBC Radio 4 Costing the Earth (23 Sept) “Oceans of acid” Interview with myself and my research group

Other Impacts

1. July 2018 The State of the Polar Ocean 2018 – Contributed to the writing of the FCO commissioned article, detailing oceanographic change to policy makers
2. Nov 2016 G7 Future Oceans Initiative – Provided advice on international coordination of marine plankton monitoring
3. Dec 2016 International Atomic Energy Agency Ocean Acidification ICC – Provision of key datasets on Arctic and Southern Ocean zooplankton responses to OA
4. Jan 2017 House of Commons Select Committee on Science and Technology Inquiry on Ocean Acidification – Contributor to written evidence
5. May 2017 A network of Marine Protected Areas in the Southern Ocean The Pew Charitable Trusts – cited my work on krill satiation sinking as major evidence for krill protection measures