Louise Sime
Palaeoclimate Modeller
Biography
My research is primarily concerned with developing a better understanding changes in the ice sheets, sea ice, and climate in polar regions over the last 800 000 years. Much of my effort goes into understanding ice core observations of stable water isotopes by using climate models. Water isotopes (deuterium and oxygen-18) in ice are a key long-term record of past changes in the polar environmental and global climate. Water isotope enabled simulations, from climate models, help us understand how changes in ice sheets, sea ice, and climate imprint themselves in polar ice cores.
I have worked for the British Antarctic Survey since 2006. Before this, I had a two year stint as a senior research associate at UEA (2003-2006), and obtained a PhD from the University of Sheffield (in 2004). And before all that, I gained a BSc Hons degree from the University of Glasgow (in 1999).
Current responsibilities for BAS:
- Deputy Team Leader of Ice Dynamics and Palaeoclimate
- Group head of Palaeoclimate
Previously advertised PhD projects:
- How do orbital and solar cycles imprint themselves on Greenland and Antarctic ice cores? (with the University of Cambridge)
- High resolution simulations of Antarctic ice sheet change (with the University of Durham and the University of Washington)
- What happened to all the Antarctic sea ice? (with the University of Bristol and the MetOffice)
- The role of Antarctic sea ice in glacial-interglacial climatic transitions (with the University of Southampton and the National Oceanographic Centre)
- The Antarctic Ice Sheet of the past million years (led by University of Bristol)
Current students and staff:
- Co-Supervisor of PDRA (Dr Clare Allen. British Antarctic Survey, UK).
- Co-supervisor of Royal Society supported PhD (Ms Estelle Lonyem Ngoumtsa, University of Bristol, UK).
- Co-supervisor of PhD (Ms Elisabeth Bowker, University of Leeds, UK).
- Co-supervisor of SPITFIRE PhD (Mr Matthew Chadwick, British Antarctic Survey, UK).
- Primary Supervisor of PDRA (Dr Vittoria Guarino. British Antarctic Survey, UK).
- Co-supervisor of PhD (Ms Fiona Turner, University of Sheffield, UK).
- Primary supervisor of PhD (Ms Irene Malmierca, British Antarctic Survey, UK).
Previous students and staff:
- Primary supervisor for DFG Research Fellow (Dr Kira Rehfeld, British Antarctic Survey, UK).
- Primary supervisor of PDRA (Dr Max Holloway, British Antarctic Survey, UK).
- Primary supervisor of PDRA (Dr Emilie Capron, British Antarctic Survey, UK).
- Primary supervisor of PhD (Mr Max Holloway, British Antarctic Survey, UK).
- Primary supervisor of funded MSC (Daniel Kramer, University of Trier, Germany).
- Co-supervisor of funded MSC (Ms Alienor Lavergne, Ecole Normale superieure of Paris, France).
- Co-supervisor of PDRA (Dr Gisela Hiess, British Antarctic Survey, UK).
- Co-supervisor of PhD (Mr Joe Wheatley, University of Sheffield).
- Supervisor of SPITFIRE REP student (Ms Andrea Becsek, British Antarctic Survey, UK).
Funding and major projects:
- WP and Institute Lead: EU-H2020: Tipping Points in the Earths System: TiPES
- Co-Investigator. AHRC: research grant: Materializing Data, Embodying Climate Change. AH/S00369X/
- Co-Investigator. EU-ERC Grant: Warm Climate Stability of the West Antarctic ice sheet in the last Interglacial: WACSWAIN.
- Principal Investigator. NERC Standard Grant: Retreat of Southern Hemisphere Sea Ice, 130 000 to 116 000 years BP. NE/P013279/1.
- Principal Investigator. NSF-NERC Standard Grant: Paleoclimate signatures of the climate response to West Antarctic ice sheet collapse. NE/P009271/1.
- Co-Investigator. Grantham Centre for Sustainable Futures Grant: Reconstructing the past and predicting the future: what can ice cores tell us about climate?
- Principal Investigator. EPSRC-Feasibility Study Grant: Emulating the Isotope Response to Changes in the Geometry of the Greenland Ice Sheet.
- Co-Investigator. NERC Standard Grant: Late Quaternary changes in Westerly Winds over the Southern Ocean. NE/K004514/1.
- Principal Investigator. NERC New Investigator Grant: The Age Structure of the Greenland Ice Sheet. NE/J004804/1.
Research interests
One of the key questions which has motivated my recent work is the question of how can we best use ice and marine core evidence from the Last Interglacial, 130 000 to 116 000 years ago, to help better predict likely polar change over the coming centuries. Last Interglacial global temperature was quite similar to that predicted over the coming 50 years; but polar regions were substantially warmer than they are today. Reconstructing and modeling polar ice sheets and sea ice changes during the Last Interglacial provides a unique means to evaluate future predictions of critical changes in both polar climate and global sea level.
Collaborations
Professional (collaborative) activities:
2018-2023 Chair of the University of Cambridge C-CLEAR NERC DTP Climate and Environment panel: Awards 3-12 NERC PhD studentships
2018-2020 Steering Committee: SCAR Past Antarctic Ice Sheet (PAIS)
2017-2020 Steering Committee: PAGES Climate Variability Across Scales (CVAS)
2016-2021 Core panel A member for NERC: Attend 2-3 panel meetings per year
2016-2018 Management board member: GW4+ NERC DTP: Awards 28 NERC PhD studentships
2016-2017 Chaired interview panel: For GW4+ DTP across multiple sites.
2015-2017 Elected Work Group Leader: the Past Earth Network, Model-Data Comparisons
Publications from NERC Open Research Archive
2021
Diamond, Rachel, Sime, Louise C. ORCID record for Louise C. Sime, Schroeder, David, Guarino, Maria-Vittoria ORCID record for Maria-Vittoria Guarino. (2021) The contribution of melt ponds to enhanced Arctic sea-ice melt during the Last Interglacial [in review]. The Cryosphere: Discussions. 10.5194/tc-2021-6
Otto-Bliesner, Bette, Brady, Esther, Zhao, Anni, Brierley, Chris, Axford, Yarrow, Capron, Emilie, Govin, Aline, Hoffman, Jeremy, Isaacs, Elizabeth, Kageyama, Masa, Scussolini, Paolo, Tzedakis, Polychronis C., Williams, Charlie, Wolff, Eric, Abe-Ouchi, Ayako, Braconnot, Pascale, Ramos Buarque, Silvana, Cao, Jian, de Vernal, Anne, Guarino, Maria Vittoria ORCID record for Maria Vittoria Guarino, Guo, Chuncheng, LeGrande, Allegra N., Lohmann, Gerrit, Meissner, Katrin, Menviel, Laurie, Nisancioglu, Kerim, O'ishi, Ryouta, Salas Y Melia, David, Shi, Xioaoxu, Sicard, Marie, Sime, Louise ORCID record for Louise Sime, Tomas, Robert, Volodin, Evgeny, Yeung, Nicolas, Zhang, Qiong, Zhang, Zhonghi, Zheng, Weipeng. (2021) Large-scale features of Last Interglacial climate: results from evaluating the lig127k simulations for the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP6)-Paleoclimate Modeling Intercomparison Project (PMIP4).. Climate of the Past, 17. 32 pp. 10.5194/cp-17-63-2021
Kageyama, Masa, Sime, Louise C. ORCID record for Louise C. Sime, Sicard, Marie, Guarino, Maria Vittoria ORCID record for Maria Vittoria Guarino, de Vernal, Anne, Schroeder, David, Stein, Ruediger, Malmierca Vallet, Irene, Abe-Ouchi, Ayako, Bitz, Cecilia, Braconnot, Pascale, Brady, Esther, Chamberlain, Matthew A., Feltham, Danny, Guo, Chuncheng, Lohmann, Gerrit, Meissner, Katrin, Menviel, Laurie, Morozova, Polina, Nisancioglu, Kerim H., Otto-Bliesner, Bette, O'ishi, Ryouta, Sherriff-Tadano, Sam, Stroeve, Julienne, Shi, Xiaoxu, Sun, Bo, Volodin, Evgeny, Yeung, Nicholas, Zhang, Qiong, Zhang, Zhongshi, Ziehn, Tilo. (2021) A multi-model CMIP6-PMIP4 study of Arctic sea ice at 127ka: Sea ice data compilation and model differences. Climate of the Past, 17. 26 pp. 10.5194/cp-17-37-2021
2020
Goursaud, Sentia, Holloway, Max, Sime, Louise ORCID record for Louise Sime, Wolff, Eric, Valdes, Paul, Steig, Eric J., Pauling, Andrew. (2020) Antarctic Ice Sheet elevation impacts on water isotope records during the Last Interglacial. Geophysical Research Letters. 10.1029/2020GL091412
Malmierca-Vallet, Irene, Sime, Louise C. ORCID record for Louise C. Sime, Valdes, Paul J., Tindall, Julia C.. (2020) Sea ice feedbacks influence the isotopic signature of Greenland ice sheet elevation changes: last interglacial HadCM3 simulations. Climate of the Past, 16. 24 pp. 10.5194/cp-16-2485-2020
Perren, Bianca B. ORCID record for Bianca B. Perren, Hodgson, Dominic A. ORCID record for Dominic A. Hodgson, Roberts, Stephen J. ORCID record for Stephen J. Roberts, Sime, Louise ORCID record for Louise Sime, Van Nieuwenhuyze, Wim, Verleyen, Elie, Vyverman, Wim. (2020) Southward migration of the Southern Hemisphere westerly winds corresponds with warming climate over centennial timescales. Communications Earth & Environment, 1. 8 pp. 10.1038/s43247-020-00059-6
Bühler, Janica Carmen, Roesch, Carla, Kirschner, Moritz, Sime, Louise ORCID record for Louise Sime, Holloway, Max D, Rehfeld, Kira. (2020) Comparison of the oxygen isotope signatures in speleothem records and iHadCM3 model simulations for the last millennium [in review]. Climate of the Past: Discussions. 10.5194/cp-2020-121
Brown, Josephine R., Brierley, Chris M., An, Soon-Il, Guarino, Maria Vittoria ORCID record for Maria Vittoria Guarino, Stevenson, Samantha, Williams, Charles J.R., Zhang, Qiong, Zhao, Anni, Braconnot, Pascale, Brady, Esther C., Chandan, Deepak, D'Agostino, Roberta, Guo, Chuncheng, LeGrande, Allegra N., Lohmann, Gerrit, Morozova, Polina A., Ohgaito, Rumi, O'ishi, Ryouta, Otto-Bliesner, Bette, Peltier, Richard W., Shi, Xiaoxu, Sime, Louise ORCID record for Louise Sime, Volodin, Evgeny M., Zhang, Zhongshi, Weipeng, Zheng. (2020) Comparison of past and future simulations of ENSO in CMIP5/PMIP3 and CMIP6/PMIP4 models. Climate of the Past, 16. 29 pp. 10.5194/cp-2019-155
Guarino, Maria Vittoria ORCID record for Maria Vittoria Guarino, Sime, Louise C. ORCID record for Louise C. Sime, Schröeder, David, Malmierca Vallet, Irene, Rosenblum, Erica, Ringer, Mark, Ridley, Jeff, Feltham, Danny, Bitz, Cecilia, Steig, Eric J., Wolff, Eric, Stroeve, Julienne, Sellar, Alistair. (2020) Sea-ice-free Arctic during the Last Interglacial supports fast future loss. Nature Climate Change. 10.1038/s41558-020-0865-2
Williams, Charles J.R., Guarino, Maria Vittoria ORCID record for Maria Vittoria Guarino, Capron, Emilie, Malmierca Vallet, Irene, Singarayer, Joy S., Sime, Louise ORCID record for Louise Sime, Lunt, Daniel J., Valdes, Paul J.. (2020) CMIP6/PMIP4 simulations of the mid-Holocene and Last Interglacial using HadGEM3: comparison to the pre-industrial era, previous model versions and proxy data. Climate of the Past, 16. 22 pp. 10.5194/cp-16-1429-2020
Domingo, Dario, Malmierca Vallet, Irene, Sime, Louise ORCID record for Louise Sime, Voss, Jochen, Capron, Emilie. (2020) Using ice cores and Gaussian process emulation to recover changes in the Greenland Ice Sheet during the last interglacial. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, 125. 19 pp. 10.1029/2019JF005237
Guarino, Maria Vittoria ORCID record for Maria Vittoria Guarino, Sime, Louise ORCID record for Louise Sime, Schroeder, David, Lister, Grenville M.S., Hatcher, Rosalyn. (2020) Machine dependence and reproducibility for coupled climate simulations: the HadGEM3-GC3.1 CMIP Preindustrial simulation. Geoscientific Model Development, 13. 139-154. 10.5194/gmd-13-139-2020
Dalaiden, Quentin, Goosse, Hugues, Klein, François, Lenaerts, Jan T.M., Holloway, Max ORCID record for Max Holloway, Sime, Louise ORCID record for Louise Sime, Thomas, Elizabeth R. ORCID record for Elizabeth R. Thomas. (2020) How useful is snow accumulation in reconstructing surface air temperature in Antarctica? A study combining ice core records and climate models. The Cryosphere, 14. 1187-1207. 10.5194/tc-14-1187-2020
Chadwick, Matthew ORCID record for Matthew Chadwick, Allen, Claire S. ORCID record for Claire S. Allen, Sime, Louise C. ORCID record for Louise C. Sime, Hillenbrand, Claus-Dieter ORCID record for Claus-Dieter Hillenbrand. (2020) Analysing the timing of peak warming and minimum winter sea-ice extent in the Southern Ocean during MIS 5e. Quaternary Science Reviews, 229. 16 pp. 10.1016/j.quascirev.2019.106134
2019
Turner, Fiona, Wilkinson, Richard, Buck, Caitlin, Jones, Julie, Sime, Louise ORCID record for Louise Sime. (2019) Ice Cores and Emulation: Learning More About Past Ice Sheet Shapes.. In: 4th Bayesian Young Statisticians Meeting, BAYSM 2018 Warwick; United Kingdom, 2 July 2018 through 3 July 2018. Springer.
Bracegirdle, Thomas J. ORCID record for Thomas J. Bracegirdle, 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 ORCID record for Louise Sime, Thomas, Elizabeth R. ORCID record for Elizabeth R. Thomas, 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. Geosciences, 9. 10.3390/geosciences9060255
Sime, Louise ORCID record for Louise Sime, Hopcroft, Peter O., Rhodes, Rachael H.. (2019) Impact of abrupt sea ice loss on Greenland water isotopes during the last glacial period. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 116. 4099-4104. 10.1073/pnas.1807261116
Voarintsoa, Ny Riavo G, Matero, Ilkka SO, Railsback, L Bruce, Gregoire, Lauren J, Tindall, Julia, Sime, Louise ORCID record for Louise Sime, Cheng, Hai, Edwards, R Lawrence, Brook, George A, Kathayat, Gayatri, Li, Xianglei, Rakotondrazafy, Amos Fety Michel, Razanatseheno, Marie Olga Madison. (2019) Investigating the 8.2 ka event in northwestern Madagascar: insight from data–model comparisons. Quaternary Science Reviews, 204. 172-186. 10.1016/j.quascirev.2018.11.030
Sime, Louise C. ORCID record for Louise C. Sime, Carlson, A.E., Holloway, M ORCID record for M Holloway. (2019) On recovering Last Interglacial changes in the Antarctic ice sheet. Past Global Changes Magazine, 27. 14-15. 10.22498/pages.27.1.14
2018
De Boer, Agatha M., Pascual-Ahuir, Gavilan Estanislao, Stevens, David P., Chafik, Léon, Hutchinson, David K., Zhang, Qiong, Sime, Louise C. ORCID record for Louise C. Sime, Willmott, Andrew J.. (2018) Interconnectivity between volume transports through Arctic straits. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 123. 8714-8729. 10.1029/2018JC014320
Holloway, Max D. ORCID record for Max D. Holloway, Sime, Louise C. ORCID record for Louise C. Sime, Singarayer, Joy S., Tindall, Julia C., Valdes, Paul J.. (2018) Simulating the 128 ka Antarctic climate response to Northern Hemisphere ice sheet melting using the isotope-enabled HadCM3. Geophysical Research Letters, 45. 11921-11929. 10.1029/2018GL079647
Malmierca Vallet, Irene, Sime, Louise C. ORCID record for Louise C. Sime, Tindall, Julia C, Capron, Emilie ORCID record for Emilie Capron, Valdes, Paul J, Vinther, Bo M. (2018) Simulating the Last Interglacial Greenland stable water isotope peak: the role of Arctic sea ice changes. Quaternary Science Reviews, 198. 1-14. 10.1016/j.quascirev.2018.07.027
Saunders, Krystyna M., Roberts, Stephen J. ORCID record for Stephen J. Roberts, Perren, Bianca ORCID record for Bianca Perren, Butz, Christoph, Sime, Louise ORCID record for Louise Sime, Davies, Sarah, Van Nieuwenhuyze, Wim, Grosjean, Martin, Hodgson, Dominic A. ORCID record for Dominic A. Hodgson. (2018) Holocene dynamics of the Southern Hemisphere westerly winds and possible links to CO2 outgassing. Nature Geoscience, 11. 650-655. 10.1038/s41561-018-0186-5
2017
Holloway, Max D. ORCID record for Max D. Holloway, Sime, Louise C. ORCID record for Louise C. Sime, Allen, Claire S. ORCID record for Claire S. Allen, Hillenbrand, Claus-Dieter ORCID record for Claus-Dieter Hillenbrand, Bunch, Pete, Wolff, Eric, Valdes, Paul J.. (2017) The spatial structure of the 128 ka Antarctic sea ice minimum. Geophysical Research Letters, 44. 11129-11139. 10.1002/2017GL074594
Rhodes, Rachael H., Brook, Edward J., McConnell, Joseph R., Blunier, Thomas, Sime, Louise C. ORCID record for Louise C. Sime, Faïn, Xavier, Mulvaney, Robert ORCID record for Robert Mulvaney. (2017) Atmospheric methane variability: Centennial-scale signals in the Last Glacial Period. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 31. 575-590. doi:10.1002/2016GB005570
2016
Sime, Louise S. ORCID record for Louise S. Sime, Hodgson, Dominic ORCID record for Dominic Hodgson, Bracegirdle, Thomas J. ORCID record for Thomas J. Bracegirdle, Allen, Claire ORCID record for Claire Allen, Perren, Bianca ORCID record for Bianca Perren, Roberts, Stephen ORCID record for Stephen Roberts, de Boer, Agatha M.. (2016) Sea ice led to poleward-shifted winds at the Last Glacial Maximum: the influence of state dependency on CMIP5 and PMIP3 models. Climate of the Past, 12. 2241-2253. doi:10.5194/cp-12-2241-2016
Holloway, Max D. ORCID record for Max D. Holloway, Sime, Louise C. ORCID record for Louise C. Sime, Singarayer, Joy S., Tindall, Julia C., Bunch, Pete, Valdes, Paul J.. (2016) Antarctic last interglacial isotope peak in response to sea ice retreat not ice-sheet collapse. Nature Communications, 7. 9 pp. doi:10.1038/ncomms12293
Holloway, Max D. ORCID record for Max D. Holloway, Sime, Louise C. ORCID record for Louise C. Sime, Singarayer, Joy S., Tindall, Julia C., Valdes, Paul J.. (2016) Reconstructing paleosalinity from δ18O: Coupled model simulations of the Last Glacial Maximum, Last Interglacial and Late Holocene. Quaternary Science Reviews, 131. 350-364. doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2015.07.007
2014
Capron, Emilie ORCID record for Emilie Capron, Govin, Aline, Stone, Emma J., Masson-Delmotte, Valérie, Mulitza, Stefan, Otto-Bliesner, Bette, Sime, Louise C. ORCID record for Louise C. Sime, Waelbroeck, Claire, Wolff, Eric W.. (2014) Temporal and spatial structure of multi‐millennial temperature changes at high latitudes during the Last Interglacial. Quaternary Science Reviews, 103. 116-133. 10.1016/j.quascirev.2014.08.018
Sime, Louise C. ORCID record for Louise C. Sime. (2014) Greenland deglaciation puzzles. Science, 345. 1116-1117. 10.1126/science.1257842
Sime, Louise C. ORCID record for Louise C. Sime, Karlsson, Nanna B., Paden, John D., Gogineni, S. Prasad. (2014) Isochronous information in a Greenland ice sheet radio-echo sounding dataset. Geophysical Research Letters, 41. 1593-1599. 10.1002/2013GL057928
2013
Kohfeld, K.E., Graham, R.M., de Boer, A.M., Sime, L.C. ORCID record for L.C. Sime, Wolff, E.W., Le Quéré, C., Bopp, L.. (2013) Southern Hemisphere westerly wind changes during the Last Glacial Maximum: paleo-data synthesis. Quaternary Science Reviews, 68. 76-95. doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2013.01.017
Sime, Louise C. ORCID record for Louise C. Sime, Risi, Camille, Tindall, Julia C., Sjolte, Jesper, Wolff, Eric W., Masson-Delmotte, Valérie, Capron, Emilie ORCID record for Emilie Capron. (2013) Warm climate isotopic simulations: what do we learn about interglacial signals in Greenland ice cores?. Quaternary Science Reviews, 67. 59-80. doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2013.01.009
Sime, Louise C. ORCID record for Louise C. Sime, Kohfeld, Karen E., Le Quere, Corinne, Wolff, Eric, de Boer, Agatha M., Graham, Robert M., Bopp, Laurent. (2013) Southern Hemisphere westerly wind changes during the Last Glacial Maximum: model-data comparison. Quaternary Science Reviews, 64. 104-120. 10.1016/j.quascirev.2012.12.008
Royles, Jessica ORCID record for Jessica Royles, Sime, Louise C. ORCID record for Louise C. Sime, Hodgson, Dominic A. ORCID record for Dominic A. Hodgson, Convey, Peter ORCID record for Peter Convey, Griffiths, Howard. (2013) Differing source water inputs, moderated by evaporative enrichment, determine the contrasting δ18OCELLULOSE signals in maritime Antarctic moss peat banks. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 118. 184-194. doi:10.1002/jgrg.20021
Masson-Delmotte, Valerie, Capron, E. ORCID record for E. Capron, Goosse, H., Pol, K., Siddall, M., Sime, L. ORCID record for L. Sime, Bradley, S., Stenni, B.. (2013) Antarctic interglacial climate variability and implications for changes in ice sheet topography. PAGES News, 21. 18-19.
Sime, Louise C. ORCID record for Louise C. Sime, Masson-Delmotte, V., Risi, C., Sjolte, J.. (2013) Sea surface temperature controls on warm climate water isotopes in Greenland ice cores. PAGES News, 21. 28-29.
2012
Mulvaney, Robert ORCID record for Robert Mulvaney, Abram, Nerilie J., Hindmarsh, Richard C.A. ORCID record for Richard C.A. Hindmarsh, Arrowsmith, Carol, Fleet, Louise, Triest, Jack, Sime, Louise ORCID record for Louise Sime, Alemany, Olivier, Foord, Susan. (2012) Recent Antarctic Peninsula warming relative to Holocene climate and ice shelf history. Nature, 489. 141-144. 10.1038/nature11391
2011
Sime, Louise ORCID record for Louise Sime, Wolff, Eric. (2011) Antarctic accumulation seasonality. Nature, 479. 6 pp. 10.1038/nature10613
Sime, Louise ORCID record for Louise Sime, Lang, Nicola, Thomas, Elizabeth ORCID record for Elizabeth Thomas, Benton, Ailsa, Mulvaney, Robert ORCID record for Robert Mulvaney. (2011) On high-resolution sampling of short ice cores: dating and temperature information recovery from Antarctic Peninsula virtual cores. Journal of Geophysical Research, 116. 17 pp. 10.1029/2011JD015894
Masson-Delmotte, V., Buiron, D., Ekaykin, A., Frezzotti, M., Gallee, H., Jouzel, J., Krinner, G., Landais, A., Motoyama, H., Oerter, H., Pol, K., Pollard, D., Ritz, C., Schlosser, E., Sime, Louise C. ORCID record for Louise C. Sime, Sodemann, H., Stenni, B., Uemura, R., Vimeux, F.. (2011) A comparison of the present and last interglacial periods in six Antarctic ice cores. Climate of the Past, 7. 397-423. 10.5194/cp-7-397-2011
Masson-Delmotte, V., Braconnot, P., Hoffman, G., Jouzel, J., Kageyama, M., Landais, A., Lejeune, Q., Risi, C., Sime, Louise ORCID record for Louise Sime, Sjolte, J., Swingedouw, D., Vinther, B.. (2011) Sensitivity of interglacial Greenland temperature and delta 18 O: ice core data, orbital and increased CO2 climate simulations.. Climate of the Past, 7. 1041-1059. 10.5194/cp-7-1041-2011
Levine, J.G., Wolff, E.W., Jones, A.E. ORCID record for A.E. Jones, Sime, L.C. ORCID record for L.C. Sime, Valdes, P.J., Archibald, A.T., Carver, G.D., Warwick, N.J., Pyle, J.A.. (2011) Reconciling the changes in atmospheric-methane sources and sinks between the Last Glacial Maximum and the pre-industrial era. Geophysical Research Letters, 38. 6 pp. 10.1029/2011GL049545
Sime, Louise C. ORCID record for Louise C. Sime, Hindmarsh, Richard C.A. ORCID record for Richard C.A. Hindmarsh, Corr, Hugh. (2011) Automated processing to derive dip angles of englacial radar reflectors in ice sheets. Journal of Glaciology, 57. 260-266.
Levine, James G., Wolff, Eric W., Jones, Anna E. ORCID record for Anna E. Jones, Sime, Louise C. ORCID record for Louise C. Sime. (2011) The role of atomic chlorine in glacial-interglacial changes in the carbon-13 content of atmospheric methane. Geophysical Research Letters, 38. 6 pp. 10.1029/2010GL046122
2010
Abram, Nerilie J., Thomas, Elizabeth R. ORCID record for Elizabeth R. Thomas, McConnell, Joseph R., Mulvaney, Robert ORCID record for Robert Mulvaney, Bracegirdle, Thomas J. ORCID record for Thomas J. Bracegirdle, Sime, Louise C. ORCID record for Louise C. Sime, Aristarain, Alberto J.. (2010) Ice core evidence for a 20th century decline in sea ice in the Bellingshausen Sea, Antarctica. Journal of Geophysical Research, 115. 9 pp. 10.1029/2010JD014644
Wolff, E.W., Barbante, C., Becagli, S., Bigler, M., Boutron, C.F., Castellano, E., de Angelis, M., Federer, U., Fischer, H., Fundel, F., Hansson, M., Hutterli, Manuel, Jonsell, U., Karlin, T., Kaufmann, P., Lambert, F., Littot, G.C., Mulvaney, Robert ORCID record for Robert Mulvaney, Rothlisberger, Regine, Ruth, U., Severi, M., Siggard-Andersen, M.L., Sime, Louise ORCID record for Louise Sime, Steffensen, J.P., Stocker, T.F., Traversi, R., Twarloh, B., Udisti, R., Wagenbach, D., Wegner, A.. (2010) Changes in environment over the last 800,000 years from chemical analysis of the EPICA Dome C ice core. Quaternary Science Reviews, 29. 285-295. doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2009.06.013
Hodgson, Dominic A. ORCID record for Dominic A. Hodgson, Sime, Louise C. ORCID record for Louise C. Sime. (2010) Palaeoclimate Southern westerlies and CO2. Nature Geoscience, 3. 666-667. 10.1038/ngeo970
2009
Tindall, J. C., Valdes, P.J., Sime, Louise C. ORCID record for Louise C. Sime. (2009) Stable water isotopes in HadCM3: isotopic signature of El Nino-Southern Oscillation and the tropical amount effect. Journal of Geophysical Research, 114. 12 pp. 10.1029/2008JD010825
Sime, Louise C. ORCID record for Louise C. Sime, Marshall, Gareth J. ORCID record for Gareth J. Marshall, Mulvaney, Robert ORCID record for Robert Mulvaney, Thomas, Elizabeth R. ORCID record for Elizabeth R. Thomas. (2009) Interpreting temperature information from ice cores along the Antarctic Peninsula: ERA40 analysis. Geophysical Research Letters, 36. 5 pp. 10.1029/2009GL038982
Sime, Louise ORCID record for Louise Sime, Wolff, Eric, Oliver, K.I.C., Tindall, J.C.. (2009) Evidence for warmer interglacials in East Antarctic ice cores. Nature, 462. 342-346. 10.1038/nature08564
2008
Rothlisberger, R., Mudelsee, M., Bigler, M., de Angelis, M., Fischer, H., Hansson, M., Lambert, F., Masson-Delmotte, V., Sime, L. ORCID record for L. Sime, Udisti, R., Wolff, E.W.. (2008) The Southern Hemisphere at glacial terminations: insights from the Dome C ice core. Climate of the Past, 4. 345-356.
Sime, Louise C. ORCID record for Louise C. Sime, Tindall, Julia C., Wolff, Eric W., Connolley, William M., Valdes, Paul J.. (2008) Antarctic isotopic thermometer during a CO2 forced warming event. Journal of Geophysical Research, 113. 16 pp. doi:10.1029/2008JD010395
- Retreat of Southern Hemisphere Sea Ice, 127 000 years BP
- Past Westerly Winds
- Weddell Sea ice sheet and climate
- Climate and Ice during the Last Interglacial
- Late Quaternary changes in the Westerly Winds over the Southern Ocean
- iStar-D The contribution to sea-level rise from the Amundsen Sea sector of Antarctica
Some links to current major funded projects that I lead or co-lead:
EU-H2020 Major European Grant: Tipping Points in the Earths System: Led by Dr Peter Ditlevsen (8 mill EUR in total): WP lead Louise Sime (680K EUR to BAS)
AHRC: research grant: Materializing Data, Embodying Climate Change. Led by Professor Tom Corby: University of the Arts London. AH/S00369X/1 (685K), co-led by Dr Louise Sime. [LINK?]
ERC advanced grant: WACSWAIN. (3000K) Led by Prof Eric Wolff; co-investigator Dr Louise Sime.
NERC standard grant: Retreat of Southern Hemisphere Sea Ice, 130 000 to 116 000 years BP . Led by Dr Louise Sime: BAS (360K)
NSFGEO-NERC standard grant: Paleoclimate signatures of the climate response to West Antarctic ice sheet collapse. Joint US and UK project. Led by Dr Louise Sime: BAS (202K); and Prof Eric Steig; University of Washington (300K).
Links to major funded projects now finished, that I led or co-led:
NERC standard grant: Late Quaternary changes in the Westerly Winds over the Southern Ocean. Led by Dr Dom Hodgson, BAS (650K)l; co-led by Dr Louise Sime.
NERC new investigator grant: The Age Structure of the Greenland ice sheet from Airborne Radar Data (ASGARD). Led by Dr Louise Sime: BAS (79K)
2020
Past evidence supports complete loss of Arctic sea-ice by 2035
News 10 August, 2020
2019
Impact Women’s Network: Impact on Climate Change—Working together for a 1.5°C future
Event 1 May, 2019
Arctic sea ice loss in past linked to abrupt climate events
News 12 February, 2019
2017
FEATURED PAPER: Winds and sea ice
News 23 March, 2017
2016
FEATURED PAPER: Sea-ice reduction
News 18 October, 2016
New Antarctic ice discovery aids future climate predictions
News 16 August, 2016
2009
PRESS RELEASE: Warmer spells detected in ice cores
News 18 November, 2009
Some press coverage of our groups work:
The Guardian: www.theguardian.com/science/2017/jan/19/sea-levels-could-rise-bysix-to-nine-metres-over-time-new-study-warns
The Independent: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/west-antarctic-ice-sheet-sea-level-rise-global-warming-climate-change-british-antarctic-survey-a7195481.html
The Mail Online: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/reuters/article-3743104/Antarcticas-sea-ice-said-vulnerable-sudden-retreat.html
The New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2016/08/16/world/europe/16reuters-climatechange-antarctica.html?ref=world&_r=0
- Group Head, Paleoclimate
- BAS representative on Management Board, GW4+ NERC Doctoral Training Partnership
- BAS member of the NERC Peer review College, NERC Peer review College
- Member of the Sea Ice Prediction Network, Sea Ice Prediction Network
- Elected Work Group Leader, The Past Earth Network