Research interests

As a palaeo ice sheet modeller, I aim to bridge the gap between in-situ and numerical model results, using geological records (e.g., cosmogenic-nuclide dating, sediment/ice-core proxies) and ice sheet modelling in a combined approach. Observations are used to reconstruct past climate forcings and constrain model simulations, and model simulations are in turn used to better interpret the results obtained from geological records, including the potential drivers of ice sheet changes over long time scales.

Publications from NERC Open Research Archive

2025

Mas e Braga, Martim ORCID record for Mas e Braga, Martim. Cowton, Tom ORCID record for Cowton, Tom. Slater, Donald ORCID record for Slater, Donald. Inall, Mark ORCID record for Inall, Mark. Johnstone, Eleanor. Fraser, Neil ORCID record for Fraser, Neil. (2025) Controls on Fjord Temperature Throughout Greenland in a Reduced‐Physics Model.

Li, Y., Tang, G., O’Rourke, E., Minallah, S., Mas e Braga, M., Nowicki, S., Smith, R. S., Lawrence, D. M., Hurtt, G. C., Peano, D., Meyer, G., Hassler, B., Mao, J., Xue, Y., and Juckes, M.: CMIP7 data request: land and land ice priorities and opportunities, Geosci. Model Dev., 19, 3129–3155, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-19-3129-2026, 2026.

Slater, D. A., Johnstone, E., Mas e Braga, M., Fraser, N. J., Cowton, T., and Inall, M.: FjordRPM v1.0: a reduced-physics model for efficient simulation of glacial fjords, Geosci. Model Dev., 18, 7475–7500, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-18-7475-2025, 2025.

Mas e Braga, M., Jones, R.S., Bernales, J. et al. A thicker Antarctic ice stream during the mid-Pliocene warm period, Commun. Earth Environ., 4, 321, https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-023-00983-3, 2023.

Suganuma, Y., Kaneda, H., Mas e Braga, M. et al. Regional sea-level highstand triggered Holocene ice sheet thinning across coastal Dronning Maud Land, East Antarctica, Commun. Earth Environ. 3, 273, https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-022-00599-z, 2022

Mas e Braga, M., Selwyn Jones, R., Newall, J. C. H., Rogozhina, I., Andersen, J. L., Lifton, N. A., and Stroeven, A. P.: Nunataks as barriers to ice flow: implications for palaeo ice sheet reconstructions, The Cryosphere, 15, 4929–4947, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-4929-2021, 2021.

Mas e Braga, M., Bernales, J., Prange, M., Stroeven, A. P., and Rogozhina, I.: Sensitivity of the Antarctic ice sheets to the warming of marine isotope substage 11c, The Cryosphere, 15, 459–478, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-459-2021, 2021.