Professor Of Physical Geography, Swansea University
Profile:
• I am a tree ring climate scientist specialising in stable isotope analysis of trees.
• I teach climate science, employability and career skills, programme direct Swansea University’s College of Science foundating degree schemes and run two major science outreach programmes.
• Current research focus is on changing carbon water relationships in trees and Oak Decline syndrome in UK.
• Research funders currently – Forest Research and the UK Forestry Commision, DEFRA, Woodland Trust, Woodland Heritage, I am also a National Geographic Explorer (Borneo reseach funded through Nat Geo).
• Steeering Committee member UK Palaeoclimate Society.
• Significant STEM Outreach profile. www.orielscience.co.uk (Deputy Director). http://www.swansea.ac.uk/science/businessandcommunityengagement/s4/ (PI of our current £2 Million EU and Welsh Government funded STEM Outreach Centre).
Education:
1997 B.Sc. Geography and Geology, University of Birmingham.
2003 Ph.D. Geography, University of Wales Swansea: “The Response of Pine Tree to climate in the Southern French Alps and the Paleoclimate Potential of Stable Carbon Isotope Ratios”.
2014 Post Graduate Certificate in Higher Education. Swansea University (Merit).
Summer 2023 was northern hemisphere’s hottest for 2,000 years, tree rings show
May 15, 2024 07:47 am UTC| Nature
The summer of 2023 was the warmest in the non-tropical areas of the northern hemisphere for 2,000 years, a new study has shown. Across this vast area of land, encompassing Europe, Asia and North America, surface air...