Liz Thomas, Author at British Antarctic Survey

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Liz Thomas

Palaeoclimatolgist IMP3

I am a paleoclimatologist, specializing in Polar climate variability.

I am head of Ice core research at the British Antarctic Survey, leading a team of analytical chemists, PhD students, engineers and technicians to produce high resolution chemical and stable isotope records to investigate climate variability in the Polar Regions. I have led several expeditions to Antarctica, the Arctic (Greenland and Svalbard) and most recently an expedition to drill the first ever ice cores from the sub-Antarctic islands.

I am head of the National Capability “Ice core acquisition and analysis“, the UK’s only capability to recover and analyse ice cores (up to 1000 m).

Recent awards and Grants:

2025-2028: Principal Investigator – NERC: Exploring the Mid-Pleistocene Transition using Antarctica’s oldest ice core (MPT-ICE)

2025-2028: Co-Investigator (PIs: R Ivanovic, University of Leeds & David Thornalley, UCL) -VERIFY: Out Of Sample Testing For Early Warning Systems Using Past Climate

2025-2028: Co-Investigator (PI: C Giorio, University of Cambridge) – Leverhulme: Constraining the oxidising capacity of the Earth’s atmosphere of the past

2024-2027: Co-Investigator (PI: B Wouters, Delft University) – NWO/ Netherlands Polar Programme: Firn Capacity of Antarctic Ice Shelves via Satellites Observations (FIRN-CAISSO)

2023-2026: Co-Investigator (PI: A Burke, St Andrews) -UKRI-Norway: Figuring Out how to Reconstruct Common Era forcing of climate by VOLcanoes with novel data and modelling approaches (FORCE-VOL) [NE/Y001028/1/and NE/Y001044/1]

2023-2027: Co-Investigator (PI: O Marsh, BAS) – NERC: Rates of Ice Fracture and Timing of Tabular Iceberg Production (RIFT-TIP) [NE/X014991/1]

2021-2027: Principal Investigator – NERC: Sea Ice and Westerly winds during the Holocene in coastal Antarctica, to better constrain oceanic CO₂ uptake (SIWHA_CO₂) [NE/W001535/1]

2020-2024: Principal Investigator – Royal Society (FLIAR collaboration): Isotopes, ice cores, islands: Novel methods for tracking anthropogenic nitrogen deposition to coastal South African waters and remote marine ecosystems

2019: Principal Investigator- NERC: UK Relic Air Extraction and Gas Analysis System (UK RArE-GAS) [NE/T008911/1]

2019: National Geographic explorer

2018-2020: Principal Investigator- “Greenland Ice Core Expedition – Climate and sea Ice Past and present (GICE-CIPP)”. Reconstruct past climate and sea ice variability in the arctic using ice cores collected from coastal domes. Part of the international GreenLAnd Circumnavigation Expedition (GLACE).

2018: SCAR Weyprecht Lecture – POLAR2018 conference, Davos, Switzerland

2016-2018: Principal investigator, “Sub Antarctic Ice Coring Expedition (SUBICE)” Reconstructing past climate and the variability of the westerly winds using ice cores from the sub-Antarctic islands. Part of the international Antarctic Circumnavigation Expedition (ACE).

2014: Laws prize, awarded annually to an outstanding BAS scientist who has proven aptitude for research and is likely to make a significant contribution in the future

2013-2017: Principal investigator – NERC: Reconstructing wind strength and atmospheric circulation in West Antarctica over the past 300 years Developing a novel proxy for past wind conditions based on diatoms preserved in ice cores. (NE/J020710/1)

2009: Certificate of appreciation from World Meteorological Organisation and International Council for Science (ICSU)

Research interests

My research focus is understanding past climate and environmental change over decadal to millennial timescales. I utilize novel and proven ice core proxies, observational records and model output to reconstruct past surface temperature, snow accumulation, sea ice variability and atmospheric circulation. My most significant scientific contribution was producing the first comprehensive record of Antarctic surface mass balance and quantifying the 20^th century contribution to global sea levels.

Join the team:

Please get in touch if you are interested in joining my research team. I am currently supporting a number of international fellowships and visiting scientists and we are always happy to support new collaborations.

Take a tour of the labs:

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Learn more about our laboratory facilities here.

Collaborations

Leader of an international PAGES (Past Global Changes) project “Climate Variability in Antarctica and the Southern Hemisphere in the past 2000 years (CLIVASH2K)”

Link to recent PAGES2K seminar

Scientific steering committee – Near-term Variability and Prediction of the Antarctic Climate System (AntClimNow) – Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research https://www.scar.org/science/antclimnow/home/

Scientific steering committee – INStabilities & Thresholds in ANTarctica (INSTANT) – Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research https://www.scar.org/science/instant/home/

Co-leader for the PAGES Antarctica2k project (2010-2017). Antarctica2K

Publications from NERC Open Research Archive

2026

Lewis, Madeleine . Broadwell, Emily L M . Millar, Jasmin L. Thomas, Liz . Sanchez-Baracaldo, Patricia. Williamson, Christopher J. (2026) Micromelt sampling of the glacier algal nutrient environment.

2025

Tetzner, Dieter R. . Allen, Claire S. . Thomas, Elizabeth R. . Wolff, Eric W. . Franzke, Christian L.E. . (2025) Timing of the Recent Migration and Intensification of the Southern Hemisphere Westerly Winds.

Tetzner, Dieter R. . Thomas, Elizabeth R. . Allen, Claire S. . McCulloch, Robert D. . Perren, Bianca B. . McGuire, Amy. Segato, Delia . Temme, Franziska. Fürst, Johannes J. . Moser, Dorothea . Fernandoy, Francisco . Rada, Camilo . Humby, Jack . Miller, Shaun. (2025) The First Firn Core From the Cordillera Darwin Icefield: Implications for Future Ice Core Research.

Wang, Yetang. Heil, Petra. Thomas, Elizabeth R. . (2025) A network of precipitation observations to improve Antarctic climate and ice sheet projections [News & Views].

Tetzner, Dieter R. . Allen, Claire S. . Thomas, Elizabeth R. . Humby, Jack . (2025) Use of excess meltwater from continuous flow analysis systems for the analysis of low concentration insoluble microparticles in ice cores.

2024

Johnson, Siobhán . Smith, Roseanne . Thomas, Elizabeth . Giorio, Chiara . (2024) Method for Quantification of Fatty Acids in Ice Cores and Sea-Ice Cores Using Liquid Chromatography High-Resolution Mass Spectrometry.

Bushrod, Emilia E. Thomas, Elizabeth R. . Zherebker, Alexander. Giorio, Chiara. (2024) Novel Method to Quantify Trace Amounts of Isoprene and Monoterpene Secondary Organic Aerosol-Markers in Antarctic Ice.

Strawson, Ivo. Faïn, Xavier. Bauska, Thomas K. . Muschitiello, Francesco. Vladimirova, Diana O. . Tetzner, Dieter R. . Humby, Jack . Thomas, Elizabeth R. . Liu, Pengfei. Zhang, Bingqing. Grilli, Roberto. Rhodes, Rachael H. (2024) Historical Southern Hemisphere biomass burning variability inferred from ice core carbon monoxide records.

Grieman, Mackenzie M. Nehrbass-Ahles, Christoph. Hoffmann, Helene M. Bauska, Thomas K. . King, Amy C.F. . Mulvaney, Robert . Rhodes, Rachael H. Rowell, Isobel F. Thomas, Elizabeth R. . Wolff, Eric W. (2024) Abrupt Holocene ice loss due to thinning and ungrounding in the Weddell Sea Embayment.

The Firn Symposium team, incl. Moser, Dorothea . Thomas, Elizabeth R. . (2024) Firn on ice sheets.

2023

Segato, Delia. Thomas, Elizabeth R. . Tetzner, Dieter . Jackson, Sarah. Moser, Dorothea Elisabeth . Turetta, Clara. Fernandez, Rafael P. Saiz-Lopez, Alfonso. Pedro, Joel. Markle, Bradley. Spolaor, Andrea. (2023) Investigating halogens and MSA in the Southern Hemisphere: A spatial analysis.

Hoffmann-Abdi, Kirstin. Meyer, Hanno. Fernandoy, Francisco. Freitag, Johannes. Shaw, Fyntan M. Werner, Martin. Thomas, Elizabeth R. . McConnell, Joseph R. Schneider, Christoph. (2023) Deciphering stable water isotope records of firn cores from a strongly maritime, high-accumulation site on the Antarctic Peninsula.

Dalaiden, Quentin. Rezsohazy, Jeanne. Goosse, Hugues. Thomas, Elizabeth R. . Vladimirova, Diana O. . Tetzner, Dieter . (2023) An unprecedented sea ice retreat in the Weddell Sea driving an overall decrease of the Antarctic sea-ice extent over the 20th century.

Moser, Dorothea Elisabeth . Thomas, Elizabeth R. . Nehrbass-Ahles, Christoph. Eichler, Anja. Wolff, Eric. (2023) Melt-Affected Ice Cores for Polar Research in a Warming World.

Thomas, Elizabeth R. . Vladimirova, Diana O. . Tetzner, Dieter R. . Emanuelsson, B. Daniel . Chellman, Nathan. Dixon, Daniel A. Goosse, Hugues. Grieman, Mackenzie M. King, Amy C.F. . Sigl, Michael. Udy, Danielle G. Vance, Tessa R. Winski, Dominic A. Winton, V. Holly L. Bertler, Nancy A.N. Hori, Akira. Laluraj, Chavarukonam M. McConnell, Joseph R. Motizuki, Yuko. Takahashi, Kazuya. Motoyama, Hideaki. Nakai, Yoichi. Schwanck, Franciéle. Simões, Jefferson Cardia. Gaudie Ley Lindau, Filipe. Severi, Mirko. Traversi, Rita. Wauthy, Sarah. Xiao, Cunde. Yang, Jiao. Mosely-Thompson, Ellen. Khodzher, Tamara V. Golobokova, Ludmila P. Ekaykin, Alexey A. (2023) Ice core chemistry database: an Antarctic compilation of sodium and sulfate records spanning the past 2000 years.

Thomas, Elizabeth Ruth . Tetzner, Dieter . Markle, Bradley. Pedro, Joel. Gacitúa, Guisella. Moser, Dorothea Elisabeth . Jackson, Sarah. (2023) The first firn core from Peter 1st Island – capturing climate variability across the Bellingshausen Sea.

Thomas, E.R. . Tetzner, D.R. . Roberts, S.L. Turner, S.D. Rose, N.L. (2023) First evidence of industrial fly-ash in an Antarctic ice core.

Brown, Joseph W. Moser, Dorothea E. . Emanuelsson, Daniel B. . Thomas, Elizabeth R. . (2023) Visual Stratigraphy-Based Age Scale Developed for the Shallow Mount Siple Firn Core, Antarctica.

Thomas, Elizabeth R.. . Vladimirova, Diana O. . Tetzner, Dieter R. . Emanuelsson, Daniel B. . Humby, Jack . Turner, Simon D. Rose, Neil L. Roberts, Sarah L. Gaca, Pawel. Cundy, Andrew B. (2023) The Palmer ice core as a candidate Global boundary Stratotype Section and Point for the Anthropocene series.

Hartz, William F. Björnsdotter, Maria K. Yeung, Leo W.Y. Hodson, Andrew. Thomas, Elizabeth R. . Humby, Jack D. . Day, Chris. Jogsten, Ingrid Ericson. Kärrman, Anna. Kallenborn, Roland. (2023) Levels and distribution profiles of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in a high Arctic Svalbard ice core.

Wang, Yetang. Zhang, Xueying. Ning, Wentao. Lazzara, Matthew A. Ding, Minghu. Reijmer, Carleen H. Smeets, Paul C.J.P. Grigioni, Paolo. Heil, Petra. Thomas, Elizabeth R. . Mikolajczyk, David. Welhouse, Lee J. Keller, Linda M. Zhai, Zhaosheng. Sun, Yuqi. Hou, Shugui. (2023) The AntAWS dataset: a compilation of Antarctic automatic weather station observations.

2022

Emanuelsson, B. Daniel . Renwick, James A. Bertler, Nancy A. N. Baisden, W. Troy. Thomas, Elizabeth R. . (2022) The role of large-scale drivers in the Amundsen Sea Low variability and associated changes in water isotopes from the Roosevelt Island ice core, Antarctica.

Emanuelsson, B. Daniel . Thomas, Elizabeth R. . Humby, Jack D. . Vladimirova, Diana O. . (2022) Decadal Scale Variability of Larsen Ice Shelf Melt Captured by Antarctic Peninsula Ice Core.

Jones, Richard S. Johnson, Joanne S. . Lin, Yucheng. Mackintosh, Andrew N. Sefton, Juliet P. Smith, James A. . Thomas, Elizabeth R. . Whitehouse, Pippa L. (2022) Stability of the Antarctic Ice Sheet during the pre-industrial Holocene.

Turner, John . Holmes, Caroline . Caton Harrison, Thomas . Phillips, Tony . Jena, Babula. Reeves-Francois, Tylei. Fogt, Ryan. Thomas, Elizabeth R. . Bajish, C.C. (2022) Record low Antarctic sea ice cover in February 2022.

Hoffmann, Helene M. Grieman, Mackenzie M. King, Amy C.F. . Epifanio, Jenna A. Martin, Kaden. Vladimirova, Diana. Pryer, Helena. Doyle, Emily. Schmidt, Axel. Humby, Jack D. . Rowell, Isobel F. Nehrbass-Ahles, Christoph. Thomas, Elizabeth R. . Mulvaney, Robert . Wolff, Eric W. (2022) The ST22 chronology for the Skytrain Ice Rise ice core – Part 1: A stratigraphic chronology of the last 2000 years.

Tetzner, Dieter R. . Allen, Claire S. . Thomas, Elizabeth R. . (2022) Regional variability of diatoms in ice cores from the Antarctic Peninsula and Ellsworth Land, Antarctica.

Emanuelsson, B. Daniel . Thomas, Elizabeth R. . Tetzner, Dieter R. . Humby, Jack D. . Vladimirova, Diana O. . (2022) Ice core chronologies from the Antarctic Peninsula: The Palmer, Jurassic, and Rendezvous age-scales.

Johnson, Joanne S. . Venturelli, Ryan A. Balco, Greg. Allen, Claire S. . Braddock, Scott. Campbell, Seth. Goehring, Brent M. Hall, Brenda L. Neff, Peter D. Nichols, Keir A. Rood, Dylan H. Thomas, Elizabeth R. . Woodward, John. (2022) Existing and potential evidence for Holocene grounding line retreat and readvance in Antarctica.

2021

Erhardt, T. Bigler, M. Federer, U. Gfeller, G. Leuenberger, D. Stowasser, O. Röthlisberger, R. Schüpbach, S. Ruth, U. Twarloh, B. Wegner, A. Goto-Azuma, K. Kuramoto, T. Kjær, H.A. Vallelonga, P.T. Siggaard-Andersen, M-L. Hansson, M.E. Benton, A.K. Fleet, L.G. Mulvaney, R. . Thomas, E.R. . Abram, N. Stocker, T.F. Fischer, H. (2021) High-resolution aerosol concentration data from the Greenland NorthGRIP and NEEM deep ice cores.

Tetzner, Dieter R. . Thomas, Elizabeth R. . Allen, Claire S. . Permattei, Alma. (2021) Evidence of recent active volcanism in the Balleny Islands (Antarctica) from ice core records.

Simms, Alexander R. Bentley, Michael J. Simkins, Lauren M. Zurbuchen, Julie. Reynolds, Laura C. DeWitt, Regina. Thomas, Elizabeth R. . (2021) Evidence for a “Little Ice Age” glacial advance within the Antarctic Peninsula – Examples from glacially-overrun raised beaches.

Moser, Dorothea Elisabeth . Jackson, Sarah. Kjær, Helle Astrid. Markle, Bradley. Ngoumtsa, Estelle. Pedro, Joel B. Segato, Delia. Spolaor, andrea. Tetzner, Dieter . Vallelonga, Paul. Thomas, Elizabeth R. . (2021) An age scale for the first shallow (sub-)Antarctic ice core from Young Island, Northwest Ross Sea.

Grieman, Mackenzie M. Hoffmann, Helene M. Humby, Jack D. . Mulvaney, Robert . Nehrbass-Ahles, Christoph. Rix, Julius . Thomas, Elizabeth R. . Tuckwell, Rebecca . Wolff, Eric W. (2021) Continuous flow analysis methods for sodium, magnesium and calcium detection in the Skytrain ice core.

Tetzner, Dieter R. . Thomas, Elizabeth R. . Allen, Claire S. . Grieman, Mackenzie M. (2021) Regional validation of the use of diatoms in ice cores from the Antarctic Peninsula as a Southern Hemisphere westerly wind proxy.

Dalaiden, Quentin. Goosse, Hugues. Rezsöhazy, Jeanne. Thomas, Elizabeth R. . (2021) Reconstructing atmospheric circulation and sea-ice extent in the West Antarctic over the past 200 years using data assimilation.

Tetzner, Dieter . Thomas, Elizabeth R. . Allen, Claire S. . Wolff, Eric W. (2021) A refined method to analyse insoluble particulate matter in ice cores, and its application to diatom sampling in the Antarctic Peninsula.

2020

Cavitte, Marie G. P. Dalaiden, Quentin. Goosse, Hugues. Lenaerts, Jan T. M. Thomas, Elizabeth R. . (2020) Reconciling the surface temperature–surface mass balance relationship in models and ice cores in Antarctica over the last 2 centuries.

Martinetto, Edoardo. Bertini, Adele. Bhandari, Sudarshan. Bruch, Angela A. Cerilli, Eugenio. Cherin, Marco. Field, Judith H. Gabrielyan, Ivan. Gianotti, Franco. Kern, Andrea K. Kienast, Frank. Lindsey, Emily L. Momohara, Arata. Ravazzi, Cesare. Thomas, Elizabeth R. . Editors: Martinetto, E. Tschopp, E. Gastaldo, R (2020) The last three millions of unequal spring thaws.

Thomas, Elizabeth R. . Gacitúa, Guisella. Pedro, Joel B. King, Amy Constance Faith . Markle, Bradley. Potocki, Mariusz. Moser, Dorothea Elisabeth. (2020) Physical properties of shallow ice cores from Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands.

Hoffmann, Kirstin. Fernandoy, Francisco. Meyer, Hanno. Thomas, Elizabeth R. . Aliaga, Marcelo. Tetzner, Dieter . Freitag, Johannes. Opel, Thomas. Arigony-Neto, Jorge. Göbel, Christian Florian. Jaña, Ricardo. Rodríguez Oroz, Delia. Tuckwell, Rebecca . Ludlow, Emily. McConnell, Joseph R. Schneider, Christoph. (2020) Stable water isotopes and accumulation rates in the Union Glacier region, Ellsworth Mountains, West Antarctica, over the last 35 years.

Allen, Claire . Thomas, Elizabeth R. . Blagbrough, Hilary . Tetzner, Dieter . Warren, Richard A. Ludlow, Emily C. Bracegirdle, Thomas J. . (2020) Preliminary evidence for the role played by south westerly wind strength on the marine diatom content of an Antarctic Peninsula ice core (1980–2010).

2019

Thomas, Elizabeth R. . Allen, Claire S. . Etourneau, Johan. King, Amy C.F. . Severi, Mirko. Winton, Holly . Mueller, Juliane. Crosta, Xavier. Peck, Victoria L. . (2019) Antarctic sea ice proxies from marine and ice core archives suitable for reconstructing sea ice over the past 2000 years.

Dalaiden, Quentin. Goosse, Hugues. Klein, François. Lenaerts, Jan T.M. Holloway, Max . Sime, Louise . Thomas, Elizabeth R. . (2019) How useful is snow accumulation in reconstructing surface air temperature in Antarctica? A study combining ice core records and climate models.

Khider, D. Emile‐Geay, J. McKay, N. P. Gil, Y. Garijo, D. Ratnakar, V. Alonso‐Garcia, M. Bertrand, S. Bothe, O. Brewer, P. Bunn, A. Chevalier, M. Comas‐Bru, L. Csank, A. Dassié, E. DeLong, K. Felis, T. Francus, P. Frappier, A. Gray, W. Goring, S. Jonkers, L. Kahle, M. Kaufman, D. Kehrwald, N. M. Martrat, B. McGregor, H. Richey, J. Schmittner, A. Scroxton, N. Sutherland, E. Thirumalai, K. Allen, K. Arnaud, F. Axford, Y. Barrows, T. Bazin, L. Pilaar Birch, S. E. Bradley, E. Bregy, J. Capron, E. Cartapanis, O. Chiang, H.‐W. Cobb, K. M. Debret, M. Dommain, R. Du, J. Dyez, K. Emerick, S. Erb, M. P. Falster, G. Finsinger, W. Fortier, D. Gauthier, Nicolas. George, S. Grimm, E. Hertzberg, J. Hibbert, F. Hillman, A. Hobbs, W. Huber, M. Hughes, A. L. C. Jaccard, S. Ruan, J. Kienast, M. Konecky, B. Le Roux, G. Lyubchich, V. Novello, V. F. Olaka, L. Partin, J. W. Pearce, C. Phipps, S. J. Pignol, C. Piotrowska, N. Poli, M.‐S. Prokopenko, A. Schwanck, F. Stepanek, C. Swann, G. E. A. Telford, R. Thomas, E. . Thomas, Z. Truebe, S. Gunten, L. Waite, A. Weitzel, N. Wilhelm, B. Williams, J. Winstrup, M. Zhao, N. Zhou, Y. (2019) PaCTS 1.0: A Crowdsourced Reporting Standard for Paleoclimate Data.

Fourteau, Kévin. Martinerie, Patricia. Faïn, Xavier. Schaller, Christoph F. Tuckwell, Rebecca J. Löwe, Henning. Arnaud, Laurent. Magand, Olivier. Thomas, Elizabeth R. . Freitag, Johannes. Mulvaney, Robert . Schneebeli, Martin. (2019) Multi-tracer study of gas trapping in an East Antarctic ice core.

King, A.C.F. . Thomas, E.R. . Pedro, J.B. Markle, B. Potocki, M. Jackson, S.L. . Wolff, E. Kalberer, M. (2019) Organic compounds in a sub-Antarctic ice core: A potential suite of sea-ice markers.

Tetzner, Dieter . Thomas, Elizabeth . Allen, Claire . (2019) A validation of ERA5 reanalysis data in the southern Antarctic Peninsula – Ellsworth Land region, and its implications for ice core studies.

Bracegirdle, Thomas J. . Colleoni, Florence. Abram, Nerilie J. Bertler, Nancy A.N. Dixon, Daniel A. England, Mark. Favier, Vincent. Fogwill, Chris J. Fyfe, John C. Goodwin, Ian. Goose, Hugues. Hobbs, Will. Jones, Julie M. Keller, Elizabeth D. Khan, Alia L. Phipps, Steven J. Raphael, Marilyn N. Russell, Joellen. Sime, Louise . Thomas, Elizabeth R. . van den Broeke, Michiel R. Wainer, Ilana. (2019) Back to the Future: Using long-term observational and paleo-proxy reconstructions to improve model projections of Antarctic climate.

Wang, Yetang. Huai, Baojuan. Thomas, Elizabeth R. . Broeke, Michiel R. Wessem, J. Melchior. Schlosser, Elisabeth. (2019) A new 200‐year spatial reconstruction of West Antarctic surface mass balance.

King, Amy . Giorio, Chiara. Wolff, Eric. Thomas, Elizabeth . Roverso, Marco. Schwikowski, Margit. Tapparo, Andrea. Bogialli, Sara. Kalberer, Markus. (2019) Direct injection liquid chromatography high-resolution mass spectrometry for determination of primary and secondary terrestrial and marine biomarkers in ice cores.

Turner, John . Phillips, Tony . Thamban, Meloth. Rahaman, Waliur. Marshall, Gareth . Wille, Jonathan. Favier, Vincent. Winton, Holly . Thomas, Elizabeth . Wang, Zhaomin. van den Broeke, Michiel. Hosking, Scott . Lachlan-Cope, Thomas . (2019) The dominant role of extreme precipitation events in Antarctic snowfall variability.

King, Amy C.F. . Giorio, Chiara. Wolff, Eric. Thomas, Elizabeth . Karroca, Ornela. Roverso, Marco. Schwikowski, Margit. Tapparo, Andrea. Gambaro, Andrea. Kalberer, Markus. (2019) A new method for the determination of primary and secondary terrestrial and marine biomarkers in ice cores using liquid chromatography high-resolution mass spectrometry.

2018

Medley, B. Thomas, E.R. . (2018) Increased snowfall over the Antarctic Ice Sheet mitigated twentieth-century sea-level rise.

Thomas, Elizabeth R. . Tetzner, Dieter R. . Editors: Kanao, Masaki (2018) The climate of the Antarctic Peninsula during the 20th century- evidence from ice cores.

Lenaerts, Jan T. M. Ligtenberg, Stefan R. M. Medley, Brooke. Van de Berg, Willem Jan. Konrad, Hannes. Nicolas, Julien P. Van Wessem, J. Melchior. Trusel, Luke D. Mulvaney, Robert . Tuckwell, Rebecca J. . Hogg, Anna E. Thomas, Elizabeth R. . (2018) Climate and surface mass balance of coastal West Antarctica resolved by regional climate modelling.

Schüpbach, S. Fischer, H. Bigler, M. Erhardt, T. Gfeller, G. Leuenberger, D. Mini, O. Mulvaney, Robert . Abram, Nerilie J. Fleet, Louise. Frey, Markus M. . Thomas, E. . Svensson, A. Dahl-Jensen, D. Kettner, E. Kjaer, H. Seierstad, I. Steffensen, J. P. Rasmussen, S. O. Vallelonga, P. Winstrup, M. Wegner, A. Twarloh, B. Wolff, K. Schmidt, K. Goto-Azuma, K. Kuramoto, T. Hirabayashi, M. Uetake, J. Zheng, J. Bourgeois, J. Fisher, D. Zhiheng, D. Xiao, C. Legrand, M. Spolaor, A. Gabrieli, J. Barbante, C. Kang, J.-H. Hur, S. D. Hong, S. B. Hwang, H. J. Hong, S. Hansson, M. Iizuka, Y. Oyabu, I. Muscheler, R. Adolphi, F. Maselli, O. McConnell, J. Wolff, E. W. (2018) Greenland records of aerosol source and atmospheric lifetime changes from the Eemian to the Holocene.

Johnson, Joanne S. . O'Donnell, John P. Thomas, Elizabeth R. . (2018) In situ measurements of snow accumulation in the Amundsen Sea Embayment during 2016.

Giorio, Chiara. Kehrwald, Natalie. Barbante, Carlo. Kalberer, Markus. King, Amy . Thomas, Elizabeth R. . Wolff, Eric W. Zennaro, Piero. (2018) Prospects for reconstructing paleoenvironmental conditions from organic compounds in polar snow and ice.

2017

Stenni, Barbara. Curran, Mark A. J. Abram, Nerilie J. Orsi, Anais. Goursaud, Sentia. Masson-Delmotte, Valerie. Neukom, Raphael. Goosse, Hugues. Divine, Dmitry. van Ommen, Tas. Steig, Eric J. Dixon, Daniel A. Thomas, Elizabeth R. . Bertler, Nancy A. N. Isaksson, Elisabeth. Ekaykin, Alexey. Werner, Martin. Frezzotti, Massimo. (2017) Antarctic climate variability on regional and continental scales over the last 2000 years.

Wang, Yetang. Thomas, Elizabeth R. . Hou, Shugui. Huai, Baojuan. Wu, Shuangye. Sun, Weijun. Qi, Shanzhong. Ding, Minghu. Zhang, Yulun. (2017) Snow accumulation variability over the West Antarctic Ice Sheet since 1900: a comparison of ice core records with ERA-20C reanalysis.

Hosking, J. Scott . Fogt, Ryan. Thomas, Elizabeth R. . Moosavi, Vahid. Phillips, Tony . Coggins, Jack. Reusch, David. (2017) Accumulation in coastal West Antarctic ice core records and the role of cyclone activity.

Thomas, Elizabeth R. . van Wessem, J. Melchior. Roberts, Jason. Isaksson, Elisabeth. Schlosser, Elisabeth. Fudge, Tyler J. Vallelonga, Paul. Medley, Brooke. Lenaerts, Jan. Bertler, Nancy. van den Broeke, Michiel R. Dixon, Daniel A. Frezzotti, Massimo. Stenni, Barbara. Curran, Mark. Ekaykin, Alexey A. (2017) Regional Antarctic snow accumulation over the past 1000 years.

Severi, M. Becagli, S. Caiazzo, L. Ciardini, V. Colizza, E. Giardi, F. Mezgec, K. Scarchilli, C. Stenni, B. Thomas, E.R. . Traversi, R. Udisti, R. (2017) Sea salt sodium record from Talos Dome (East Antarctica) as a potential proxy of the Antarctic past sea ice extent.

2016

Turney, Chris S. M. Fogwill, Christopher J. Palmer, Jonathan G. van Sebille, Erik. Thomas, Zoë. McGlone, Matt. Richardson, Sarah. Wilmshurst, Janet M. Fenwick, Pavla. Zunz, Violette. Goosse, Hugues. Wilson, Kerry-Jayne. Carter, Lionel. Lipson, Mathew. Jones, Richard T. Harsch, Melanie. Clark, Graeme. Marzinelli, Ezequiel. Rogers, Tracey. Rainsley, Eleanor. Ciasto, Laura. Waterman, Stephanie. Thomas, Elizabeth R. . Visbeck, Martin. (2016) Tropical forcing of increased Southern Ocean climate variability revealed by a 140-year subantarctic temperate reconstruction.

Hobbs, Will. Curran, Mark. Abram, Nerilie. Thomas, Elizabeth R. . (2016) Century-scale perspectives on observed and simulated Southern Ocean sea ice trends from proxy reconstructions.

Wang, Yetang. Ding, Minghu. van Wessem, J. M. Schlosser, E. Altnau, S. van den Broeke, Michiel R. Lenaerts, Jan T. M. Thomas, Elizabeth R. . Isaksson, Elisabeth. Wang, Jianhui. Sun, Weijun. (2016) A comparison of Antarctic ice sheet surface mass balance from atmospheric climate models and in situ observations.

Thomas, Elizabeth R. . Abram, Nerilie J. (2016) Ice core reconstruction of sea ice change in the Amundsen-Ross Seas since 1702 A.D..

2015

Thomas, Elizabeth R. . Hosking, J. Scott . Tuckwell, Rebecca R. . Ludlow, Emily C. (2015) Twentieth century increase in snowfall in coastal West Antarctica.

van Wessem, J. M. Ligtenberg, S. R. M. Reijmer, C. H. van de Berg, W. J. van den Broeke, M. R. Barrand, N. E. Thomas, E. R. . Turner, John . Wuite, J. Scambos, T. A. van Meijgaard, E. (2015) The modelled surface mass balance of the Antarctic Peninsula at 5.5 km horizontal resolution.

2014

McConnell, J.R. Maselli, O.J. Sigl, M. Vallelonga, P. Neumann, T. Anschutz, H. Bales, R.C. Curran, M.A.J. Das, S.B. Edwards, R. Kipfstuhl, S. Layman, L. Thomas, E. . (2014) Antarctic-wide array of high-resolution ice core records reveals pervasive lead pollution began in 1889 and persists today.

Thomas, Elizabeth R . Bracegirdle, Thomas J . (2014) Precipitation pathways for five new ice core sites in Ellsworth Land, West Antarctica.

2013

Thomas, Liz . Allen, Claire . (2013) A climatic history of West Antarctica.

Thomas, Elizabeth R . Bracegirdle, Thomas J . Turner, John . Wolff, Eric W. (2013) A 308-year record of climate variability in West Antarctica.

2012

Wheatley, J.J. Blackwell, P.G. Abram, N.J. McConnell, J.R. Thomas, E.R. . Wolff, E.W. (2012) Automated ice-core layer-counting with strong univariate signals.

Daley, Timothy J. Thomas, Elizabeth R. . Holmes, Jonathan A. Street-Perrott, F. Alayne. Chapman, Mark R. Tindall, Julia C. Valdes, Paul J. Loader, Neil J. Marshall, James D. Wolff, Eric. Hopley, Philip J. Atkinson, Tim. Barber, Keith E. Fisher, Elizabeth H. Robertson, Iain. Hughes, Paul.D.M. Roberts, C. Neil. (2012) The 8200 yr BP cold event in stable isotope records from the North Atlantic region.

2011

Sime, Louise . Lang, Nicola. Thomas, Elizabeth . Benton, Ailsa. Mulvaney, Robert . (2011) On high-resolution sampling of short ice cores: dating and temperature information recovery from Antarctic Peninsula virtual cores.

Arthern, Robert J. . Vaughan, David G. . Rankin, Andrew M. Mulvaney, Robert . Thomas, Elizabeth R. . (2011) In situ measurements of Antarctic snow compaction compared with predictions of models.

Mahowald, N.M. Kloster, S. Engelstaedter, S. Moore, J.K. Mukhopadhyay, S. McConnell, J.R. Albani, S. Doney, S.C. Bhattacharya, A. Curran, M.A.J. Flanner, M.G. Hoffman, F.M. Lawrence, D.M. Lindsay, K. Mayewski, P.A. Neff, J. Rothenberg, D. Thomas, E. . Thornton, P. E. Zender, C. S. (2011) Observed 20th century desert dust variability: impact on climate and biogeochemistry.

Abram, Nerilie J. Thomas, Elizabeth R. . McConnell, Joseph R. Mulvaney, Robert . Bracegirdle, Thomas J. . Sime, Louise C. . Aristarain, Alberto J. (2011) Ice core evidence for a 20th century decline in sea ice in the Bellingshausen Sea, Antarctica.

Thomas, Elizabeth R. . Baeseman, Jenny. Lantuit, Hugues. Xavier, Jose. Baker, Narelle. (2011) Professional development training for early career polar researchers.

2010

Thomas, E.R. . Dennis, P. F. Bracegirdle, T.J. . Franzke, C. (2010) Ice core evidence for significant 100-year regional warming on the Antarctic Peninsula.

Thomas, E.R. . Bracegirdle, T.J. . (2010) Improving ice core interpretation using in situ and reanalysis data.

Sime, Louise C. . Marshall, Gareth J. . Mulvaney, Robert . Thomas, Elizabeth R. . (2010) Interpreting temperature information from ice cores along the Antarctic Peninsula: ERA40 analysis.

2009

Thomas, Elizabeth R. . Wolff, Eric W. Mulvaney, Robert . Johnsen, Sigfus J. Steffensen, Jorgen P. Arrowsmith, Carol. (2009) Anatomy of a Dansgaard-Oeschger warming transition: High-resolution analysis of the North Greenland Ice Core Project ice core.

Thomas, Elizabeth R. . Mulvaney, Robert . Wolff, Eric W. (2009) A change in seasonality in Greenland during a Dansgaard–Oeschger warming.

2008

Thomas, Elizabeth R. . Marshall, Gareth J. . McConnell, Joseph R. (2008) A doubling in snow accumulation in the western Antarctic Peninsula since 1850.

2007

Thomas, Elizabeth R. . Wolff, Eric W. Mulvaney, Robert . Steffensen, Jorgen P. Johnsen, Sigfus J. Arrowsmith, Carol. White, James W.C. Vaughn, Bruce. Popp, Trevor. (2007) The 8.2 ka event from Greenland ice cores.

Tetzner, D., Allen, C., & Thomas, E. (2026). Annual diatom abundance and seasonal diatom concentration from the Bouvet Island firn core, Antarctic Peninsula, 2000-2015 (Version 1.0) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/a6a1aa67-c906-4887-8983-8ef07897a74e
Moser, D., Gallet, J., Thomas, E., Spolaor, A., & Scoto, F. (2025). Time-lapse video of tracer percolation experiment in Svalbard seasonal snowpack, Ny-Alesund March 2023 (Version 1.0) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/62b9e5c5-190a-4137-ad95-3565e99395fe
Moser, D., Gallet, J., Thomas, E., Spolaor, A., & Scoto, F. (2025). Snow temperature, stratigraphy, density, and stable water isotope profiles from the seasonal snowpack near Ny-Alesund, Svalbard, in March 2023 (Version 1.0) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/84bab093-750e-48f5-ae41-1e5824abdecf
Tetzner, D., Thomas, E., Allen, C., McCulloch, R., Perren, B., McGuire, A., Segato, D., Moser, D., Humby, J., & Miller, S. (2025). Major ions, Stable water isotopes, Microparticle (dust, diatoms, pollen and spores) and electrical conductivity records from the first Cordillera Darwin ice core 2017 – 2020 CE (Version 1.0) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/2d9b5828-45d2-4361-b23b-cf027c15e97c
Moser, D., Gallet, J., Thomas, E., Spolaor, A., & Scoto, F. (2025). In-situ tracer percolation experiments: conditions, results, and alteration of stable water isotope signatures in the seasonal snow near Ny-Alesund, Svalbard, in March 2023 (Version 1.0) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/9cd08043-4498-4688-91d8-bb8a867d9024
Tetzner, D., Temme, F., & Furst, J. (2025). ERA5 daily downscaled surface air temperature and snowfall at two Cordillera Darwin high elevation sites 2000 – 2022 CE (Version 1.0) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/eddc907c-f8e9-48c4-9f23-de0f674dbee0
Tetzner, D., Allen, C., Thomas, E., Wolff, E., & Franzke, C. (2025). Annual diatom abundance and diversity from the Jurassic ice core, Antarctic Peninsula (1873-2012 CE) (Version 1.0) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/371f680f-2c0b-4558-9a85-12aa8722be7e
Thomas, E. (2024). Major ion chemistry, stable water isotopes and snow accumulation from the Peter 1st firn core, 2002-2017 (Version 1.0) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/6c28fe74-1a14-42ac-ae60-c2bc05c360b6
Emanuelsson, D., Thomas, E., Humby, J., & Vladimirova, D. (2022). Water-stable isotope (d18O, dD), sodium (23Na), and magnesium (24Mg) Continuous Flow Analysis data for the Palmer ice core, Palmer Land, Antarctic Peninsula, 1621-2011 C.E. (Version 1.0) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/cb159b6c-a4b3-4245-80fd-4b4e8122a858
Thomas, E., Vladimirova, D., & Tetzner, D. (2022). CLIVASH2k Antarctic ice core chemistry database (Version 1.0) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/9e0ed16e-f2ab-4372-8df3-fde7e388c9a7
Tetzner, D., Thomas, E., & Allen, C. (2022). Annual microparticle and ion fluxes in the Jurassic, Sherman Island and Sky-Blu ice cores (1992-2019 CE) (Version 1.0) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/9ce1fd9f-cfaf-44fa-aa5d-45c24c0a76cc
Tetzner, D., Allen, C., & Thomas, E. (2022). Annual and sub-annual diatom abundance and distribution in the Jurassic, Rothschild Island, Sherman Island and Sky-Blu ice cores (1992-2019 CE) (Version 1.0) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/e7166724-e7fa-4267-a2a7-6207ede57f70
Emanuelsson, D., Thomas, E., Tetzner, D., Humby, J., & Vladimirova, D. (2022). Age scales for the Palmer, Jurassic, and Rendezvous Antarctic Peninsula Ice Cores (Version 1.0) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/b3eca350-79aa-49b2-bd6b-ffee86ad6559
Moser, D., & Thomas, E. (2021). Four approaches leading to the age scale of the Young Island ice core (Version 1.0) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/8b60d15f-c8a5-4178-b7c2-0fef4a2717d2
King, A., Thomas, E., & Jackson, S. (2019). Records of isotopes, anions, cations and organic compounds measured in the Bouvet Island ice core for the time period 2001-2016 (Version 1.0) [Data set]. UK Polar Data Centre, Natural Environment Research Council, UK Research & Innovation. https://doi.org/10.5285/96dc0dd7-b5db-4444-97af-8ddfab1e7f78

PRESCIENT

PRESCIENT supports long-term, strategically important measurements and capabilities for the wider science community.

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Cracking Antarctica’s Iceberg Code

RIFT-TIP is investigating iceberg calving on the Brunt Ice Shelf. It uses field monitoring, lab testing, and modelling to predict when icebergs will form.

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How Antarctic winds shaped CO₂

SIWHA investigates how westerly winds and sea ice have influenced CO2 uptake and release in the Southern Ocean.

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Sub-Antarctic Ice Coring Expedition (SubICE)

SUBICE, the Sub-Antarctic – ice coring expedition, part of the international Antarctic Circumnavigation Expedition (ACE), successfully drilled several shallow ice cores, from five of the remote and globally significant sub-Antarctic islands.

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Weddell Sea ice sheet and climate

Studying ice response during past climate changes improves understanding of Antarctic ice sheet dynamics. This knowledge helps predict how ice sheets may behave under future warming scenarios.

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Antarctic Climate over the last millennia

This project used ice cores drilled across the Antarctic Peninsula and West Antarctica to reconstruct past climate and understand whether the recent warming in these rapidly changing regions is unusual over longer timescales..

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West Antarctica wind strength and atmospheric circulation

This project used ice core chemical and biological tracers, including marine diatoms swept onto the ice sheet by wind, to reconstruct 300 years of wind strength and atmospheric circulation patterns in West Antarctica.

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Defining the onset of the Anthropocene – an Antarctic ice core as a candidate GSSP site.

The Anthropocene Working Group (AWG) are searching for the optimal site to define the Global boundary Stratigraphic Section and Point (GSSP), also known as the “golden spike”, for the proposed Anthropocene Epoch. This would define a new geological era.

The Palmer ice core, from the Antarctic Peninsula, is one of 12 candidate sites being evaluated from across the globe. A suite of proxies, including plutonium (thermonuclear bomb testing) and fly ash (high temperature coal and fuel oil combustion) have been analysed in the ice layers.

The AWG is co-ordinating the assessment of candidate GSSP sites in collaboration with the Haus der Kulturen der Welt (HKW, Berlin) and the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science (MPIWG, Berlin).

You can read more about this project here.

You can watch a video presenting the Palmer ice core at the HKW here.

As some recent articles about our work in Orion magazine, Nature, and National Geographic.

Antarctic Circumpolar Expedition (ACE) – Sub Antarctic Ice Core Expedition (SUB-ICE)

The sub-Antarctic islands (SAI) are uniquely located to capture changes in the globally significant circumpolar westerly winds and the Antarctic circumpolar current, key to the mixing and ventilation of the world’s deep oceans. The Sub-Antarctic – ice coring expedition (SubICE) is an international collaboration to provide the first glaciological and palaeoclimate records from the remote and globally significant SAI’s, before glacial retreat and warming surface temperatures destroy this valuable palaeoclimate archive forever.

The experienced team drilled seven shallow ice cores (~20m), at both high and low elevations sites, at a number of glaciated SAI’s to improve our understanding of southern hemisphere climate dynamics. The sites include: Cape Hurley and Mertz Glacier (Adelie Coast, Antarctica), Young Island (the Balleny Islands), Peter 1st island, South Georgia (Nordenskjold Glacier and Heany Glacier) and Bouvet island (Bouvetøya).

More information about ACE here

BBC feature about Bouvet drilling here

27 March 2026: Postcard from Rothera Research Station

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Scientists one step closer to predicting iceberg calving

Scientists are a step closer to being able to predict when large icebergs will calve in Antarctica.

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Team embarks on mission to investigate iceberg calving

A team of scientists from the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) is gearing up for an expedition to the Brunt Ice Shelf in Antarctica to unravel the mysteries behind the calving processes that result in the formation of colossal icebergs.

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Immersive science-art exhibition opens at Glasgow Science Centre

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International Day of Women and Girls in Science 2020

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Antarctic snowfall dominated by a few extreme snowstorms

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Celebrating International Day of Women & Girls in Science

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Increased snowfall in Antarctica buffers sea-level rise

A new study of snowfall across Antarctica provides vital information in the study of future sea-level rise. A team of scientists from NASA and British Antarctic Survey (BAS), describes how […]

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New study reveals increased snowfall in Antarctica over last two centuries

The first comprehensive study of snowfall across Antarctica provides vital information in the study of future sea-level rise. Presenting this week (Monday 9 April 2018) at the European Geosciences Union […]

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FEATURED PAPER: Recent snowfall increase

This paper reveals that the amount of snowfall in coastal West Antarctica has increased during the 20th century, with annual snow accumulation since the 1990s the highest we have observed […]

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PRESS RELEASE: West Antarctica snow accumulation

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Ice core aquisition and analysis

UK national facility and capability

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NEWS STORY: Climate records from ice cores

New ice core record shows climate variability in West Antarctica A 308-year ice core record provides new data on climate variability in coastal West Antarctica and shows that a clear […]

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New ice core shows more evidence of Antarctic Peninsula change

More evidence of changing weather patterns around the Antarctic Peninsula – a region where climate has changed rapidly over the last 50 years – is published this month in Geophysical […]

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Scientific highlights:

Antarctic surface mass balance and global mean sea levels:

I produced the most comprehensive record of past Antarctic snow accumulation (surface mass balance). You can download the full data here. The Antarctica 2k database revealed that snowfall in Antarctica has significantly increased since 1800 AD (Thomas et al., 2017), mitigating 20^th century sea levels by ~10 mm (Medley and Thomas, 2019).

Contribution to IPCC report https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/wg1/downloads/report/IPCC_AR6_WGI_Chapter_09.pdf

See the BBC press coverage here

Link to my NASA GISS sea level seminar here

Antarctic sea ice variability

Producing and compiling sea ice proxy records from ice cores. Evidence that sea-ice area increase in the Ross Sea (Thomas and Abram, 2016) and the decrease of sea-ice area in the Bellingshausen Sea are part of longer centennial trends and exceed internal variability on multi-decadal time-scales (Thomas et al., 2019).

Contribution to IPCC report https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/wg1/downloads/report/IPCC_AR6_WGI_Chapter_09.pdf

Fieldwork:

I have led several ice core drilling projects in the Antarctic Peninsula, West Antarctica and Svalbard and participated in international drilling projects in both the Antarctic and Greenland. I led the sub-Antarctic ice core drilling expedition, drilling the first ever ice cores on the Balleny Islands, Peter 1st Island and Bouvet Island (the most remote island in the world).

You can view the BBC feature about our work on Bouvet here

Media and outreach:

Watch my recent TED talk here

Channel 5 documentary “Ice age – the apocalypse” with Michaela Strachan and Steve Backshall

Documentary – “Anthropocene, the undeniable truth” Directed by Cédric Defert. Follows the Anthropocene Working Group project to define the onset of the Anthropocene.

A grown-up guide to Planet Earth (Episode 6 – The Human Earth)

ITV Anglia climate special

BBC breakfast (09/08/21)

National Geographic explorer classrooms link and youtube.

Channel 4 News pre-COP26 special

UK Live lesson aimed at KS2 children

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Lead, CLIVASH 2k

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Ice Dynamics and Palaeoclimate team

General enquiries

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