Liz Thomas
PalaeoclimatologistIMP 3
Biography
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:
2023-2026: Co-Investigator (PI: A Burke) -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) – 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 20th 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.
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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
2024
Strawson, Ivo, Faïn, Xavier, Bauska, Thomas K. ORCID record for Thomas K. Bauska, Muschitiello, Francesco, Vladimirova, Diana O. ORCID record for Diana O. Vladimirova, Tetzner, Dieter R. ORCID record for Dieter R. Tetzner, Humby, Jack ORCID record for Jack Humby, Thomas, Elizabeth R. ORCID record for Elizabeth R. Thomas, Liu, Pengfei, Zhang, Bingqing, Grilli, Roberto, Rhodes, Rachael H.. (2024) Historical Southern Hemisphere biomass burning variability inferred from ice core carbon monoxide records. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 121. 10.1073/pnas.2402868121
Moser, Dorothea Elisabeth ORCID record for Dorothea Elisabeth Moser, Thomas, Elizabeth R. ORCID record for Elizabeth R. Thomas, Nehrbass-Ahles, Christoph, Eichler, Anja, Wolff, Eric. (2024) Melt-Affected Ice Cores for Polar Research in a Warming World. The Cryosphere, 18. 28 pp. 10.5194/tc-18-2691-2024
Grieman, Mackenzie M., Nehrbass-Ahles, Christoph, Hoffmann, Helene M., Bauska, Thomas K. ORCID record for Thomas K. Bauska, King, Amy C.F. ORCID record for Amy C.F. King, Mulvaney, Robert ORCID record for Robert Mulvaney, Rhodes, Rachael H., Rowell, Isobel F., Thomas, Elizabeth R. ORCID record for Elizabeth R. Thomas, Wolff, Eric W.. (2024) Abrupt Holocene ice loss due to thinning and ungrounding in the Weddell Sea Embayment. Nature Geoscience, 17. 9 pp. 10.1038/s41561-024-01375-8
Segato, Delia, Thomas, Elizabeth R. ORCID record for Elizabeth R. Thomas, Tetzner, Dieter ORCID record for Dieter Tetzner, Jackson, Sarah, Moser, Dorothea Elisabeth ORCID record for Dorothea Elisabeth Moser, Turetta, Clara, Fernandez, Rafael P., Saiz-Lopez, Alfonso, Pedro, Joel, Markle, Bradley, Spolaor, Andrea. (2024) Investigating halogens and MSA in the Southern Hemisphere: A spatial analysis. Atmospheric Environment, 319. 9 pp. 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2023.120279
The Firn Symposium team, incl., Moser, Dorothea ORCID record for Dorothea Moser, Thomas, Elizabeth R. ORCID record for Elizabeth R. Thomas. (2024) Firn on ice sheets. Nature Reviews Earth & Environment. 21 pp. 10.1038/s43017-023-00507-9
2023
Dalaiden, Quentin, Rezsohazy, Jeanne, Goosse, Hugues, Thomas, Elizabeth R. ORCID record for Elizabeth R. Thomas, Vladimirova, Diana O. ORCID record for Diana O. Vladimirova, Tetzner, Dieter ORCID record for Dieter Tetzner. (2023) An unprecedented sea ice retreat in the Weddell Sea driving an overall decrease of the Antarctic sea-ice extent over the 20th century. Geophysical Research Letters, 50. 12 pp. 10.1029/2023GL104666
Hoffmann-Abdi, Kirstin, Meyer, Hanno, Fernandoy, Francisco, Freitag, Johannes, Shaw, Fyntan M., Werner, Martin, Thomas, Elizabeth R. ORCID record for Elizabeth R. Thomas, 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. Journal of Glaciology. 19 pp. 10.1017/jog.2023.79
Thomas, Elizabeth R. ORCID record for Elizabeth R. Thomas, Vladimirova, Diana O. ORCID record for Diana O. Vladimirova, Tetzner, Dieter R. ORCID record for Dieter R. Tetzner, Emanuelsson, B. Daniel ORCID record for B. Daniel Emanuelsson, Chellman, Nathan, Dixon, Daniel A., Goosse, Hugues, Grieman, Mackenzie M., King, Amy C.F. ORCID record for Amy C.F. King, 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. Earth System Science Data, 15. 2517-2532. 10.5194/essd-15-2517-2023
Thomas, Elizabeth Ruth ORCID record for Elizabeth Ruth Thomas, Tetzner, Dieter ORCID record for Dieter Tetzner, Markle, Bradley, Pedro, Joel, Gacitúa, Guisella, Moser, Dorothea Elisabeth ORCID record for Dorothea Elisabeth Moser, Jackson, Sarah. (2023) The first firn core from Peter 1st Island – capturing climate variability across the Bellingshausen Sea [in review]. Climate of the Past: Discussions. 10.5194/egusphere-2023-1064
Emanuelsson, B. Daniel ORCID record for B. Daniel Emanuelsson, Renwick, James A., Bertler, Nancy A. N., Baisden, W. Troy, Thomas, Elizabeth R. ORCID record for Elizabeth R. Thomas. (2023) 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. Climate Dynamics, 60. 4145-4155. 10.1007/s00382-022-06568-8
Hartz, William F., Björnsdotter, Maria K., Yeung, Leo W.Y., Hodson, Andrew, Thomas, Elizabeth R. ORCID record for Elizabeth R. Thomas, Humby, Jack D. ORCID record for Jack D. Humby, 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. Science of the Total Environment, 871. 12 pp. 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.161830
Thomas, E.R. ORCID record for E.R. Thomas, Tetzner, D.R. ORCID record for D.R. Tetzner, Roberts, S.L., Turner, S.D., Rose, N.L.. (2023) First evidence of industrial fly-ash in an Antarctic ice core. Scientific Reports, 13. 5 pp. 10.1038/s41598-023-33849-x
Thomas, Elizabeth R.. ORCID record for Elizabeth R.. Thomas, Vladimirova, Diana O. ORCID record for Diana O. Vladimirova, Tetzner, Dieter R. ORCID record for Dieter R. Tetzner, Emanuelsson, Daniel B. ORCID record for Daniel B. Emanuelsson, Humby, Jack ORCID record for Jack Humby, 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. The Anthropocene Review, 10. 30 pp. 10.1177/20530196231155191
Brown, Joseph W., Moser, Dorothea E. ORCID record for Dorothea E. Moser, Emanuelsson, Daniel B. ORCID record for Daniel B. Emanuelsson, Thomas, Elizabeth R. ORCID record for Elizabeth R. Thomas. (2023) Visual Stratigraphy-Based Age Scale Developed for the Shallow Mount Siple Firn Core, Antarctica. Geosciences, 13. 10.3390/geosciences13030085
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. ORCID record for Elizabeth R. Thomas, 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. Earth System Science Data, 15. 19 pp. 10.5194/essd-15-411-2023
2022
Emanuelsson, B. Daniel ORCID record for B. Daniel Emanuelsson, Thomas, Elizabeth R. ORCID record for Elizabeth R. Thomas, Humby, Jack D. ORCID record for Jack D. Humby, Vladimirova, Diana O. ORCID record for Diana O. Vladimirova. (2022) Decadal Scale Variability of Larsen Ice Shelf Melt Captured by Antarctic Peninsula Ice Core. Geosciences, 12. 12 pp. 10.3390/geosciences12090344
Hoffmann, Helene M., Grieman, Mackenzie M., King, Amy C.F. ORCID record for Amy C.F. King, Epifanio, Jenna A., Martin, Kaden, Vladimirova, Diana, Pryer, Helena, Doyle, Emily, Schmidt, Axel, Humby, Jack D. ORCID record for Jack D. Humby, Rowell, Isobel F., Nehrbass-Ahles, Christoph, Thomas, Elizabeth R. ORCID record for Elizabeth R. Thomas, Mulvaney, Robert ORCID record for Robert Mulvaney, Wolff, Eric W.. (2022) The ST22 chronology for the Skytrain Ice Rise ice core – Part 1: A stratigraphic chronology of the last 2000 years. Climate of the Past, 18. 17 pp. 10.5194/cp-18-1831-2022
Jones, Richard S., Johnson, Joanne S. ORCID record for Joanne S. Johnson, Lin, Yucheng, Mackintosh, Andrew N., Sefton, Juliet P., Smith, James A. ORCID record for James A. Smith, Thomas, Elizabeth R. ORCID record for Elizabeth R. Thomas, Whitehouse, Pippa L.. (2022) Stability of the Antarctic Ice Sheet during the pre-industrial Holocene. Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, 3. 16 pp. 10.1038/s43017-022-00309-5
Tetzner, Dieter R. ORCID record for Dieter R. Tetzner, Thomas, Elizabeth R. ORCID record for Elizabeth R. Thomas, Allen, Claire S. ORCID record for Claire S. Allen, Grieman, Mackenzie M.. (2022) Regional validation of the use of diatoms in ice cores from the Antarctic Peninsula as a Southern Hemisphere westerly wind proxy. Climate of the Past, 18. 1709-1727. 10.5194/cp-18-1709-2022
Turner, John ORCID record for John Turner, Holmes, Caroline ORCID record for Caroline Holmes, Caton Harrison, Thomas ORCID record for Thomas Caton Harrison, Phillips, Tony ORCID record for Tony Phillips, Jena, Babula, Reeves-Francois, Tylei, Fogt, Ryan, Thomas, Elizabeth R. ORCID record for Elizabeth R. Thomas, Bajish, C.C.. (2022) Record low Antarctic sea ice cover in February 2022. Geophysical Research Letters, 49. 11 pp. 10.1029/2022GL098904
Johnson, Joanne S. ORCID record for Joanne S. Johnson, Venturelli, Ryan A., Balco, Greg, Allen, Claire S. ORCID record for Claire S. Allen, Braddock, Scott, Campbell, Seth, Goehring, Brent M., Hall, Brenda L., Neff, Peter D., Nichols, Keir A., Rood, Dylan H., Thomas, Elizabeth R. ORCID record for Elizabeth R. Thomas, Woodward, John. (2022) Existing and potential evidence for Holocene grounding line retreat and readvance in Antarctica. The Cryosphere, 16. 1543-1562. 10.5194/tc-16-1543-2022
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. ORCID record for R. Mulvaney, Thomas, E.R. ORCID record for E.R. Thomas, Abram, N., Stocker, T.F., Fischer, H.. (2022) High-resolution aerosol concentration data from the Greenland NorthGRIP and NEEM deep ice cores. Earth System Science Data, 14. 1215-1231. 10.5194/essd-14-1215-2022
Tetzner, Dieter R. ORCID record for Dieter R. Tetzner, Allen, Claire S. ORCID record for Claire S. Allen, Thomas, Elizabeth R. ORCID record for Elizabeth R. Thomas. (2022) Regional variability of diatoms in ice cores from the Antarctic Peninsula and Ellsworth Land, Antarctica. The Cryosphere, 16. 779-798. 10.5194/tc-16-779-2022
Emanuelsson, B. Daniel ORCID record for B. Daniel Emanuelsson, Thomas, Elizabeth R. ORCID record for Elizabeth R. Thomas, Tetzner, Dieter R. ORCID record for Dieter R. Tetzner, Humby, Jack D. ORCID record for Jack D. Humby, Vladimirova, Diana O. ORCID record for Diana O. Vladimirova. (2022) Ice core chronologies from the Antarctic Peninsula: The Palmer, Jurassic, and Rendezvous age-scales. Geosciences, 12. 10.3390/geosciences12020087
Grieman, Mackenzie M., Hoffmann, Helene M., Humby, Jack D. ORCID record for Jack D. Humby, Mulvaney, Robert ORCID record for Robert Mulvaney, Nehrbass-Ahles, Christoph, Rix, Julius ORCID record for Julius Rix, Thomas, Elizabeth R. ORCID record for Elizabeth R. Thomas, Tuckwell, Rebecca ORCID record for Rebecca Tuckwell, Wolff, Eric W.. (2022) Continuous flow analysis methods for sodium, magnesium and calcium detection in the Skytrain ice core. Journal of Glaciology, 68. 90-100. 10.1017/jog.2021.75
2021
Tetzner, Dieter R. ORCID record for Dieter R. Tetzner, Thomas, Elizabeth R. ORCID record for Elizabeth R. Thomas, Allen, Claire S. ORCID record for Claire S. Allen, Permattei, Alma. (2021) Evidence of recent active volcanism in the Balleny Islands (Antarctica) from ice core records. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 126. 20 pp. 10.1029/2021JD035095
Dalaiden, Quentin, Goosse, Hugues, Rezsöhazy, Jeanne, Thomas, Elizabeth R. ORCID record for Elizabeth R. Thomas. (2021) Reconstructing atmospheric circulation and sea-ice extent in the West Antarctic over the past 200 years using data assimilation. Climate Dynamics, 57. 3479-3503. 10.1007/s00382-021-05879-6
Simms, Alexander R., Bentley, Michael J., Simkins, Lauren M., Zurbuchen, Julie, Reynolds, Laura C., DeWitt, Regina, Thomas, Elizabeth R. ORCID record for Elizabeth R. Thomas. (2021) Evidence for a “Little Ice Age” glacial advance within the Antarctic Peninsula – Examples from glacially-overrun raised beaches. Quaternary Science Reviews, 271. 16 pp. 10.1016/j.quascirev.2021.107195
Moser, Dorothea Elisabeth ORCID record for Dorothea Elisabeth Moser, Jackson, Sarah, Kjær, Helle Astrid, Markle, Bradley, Ngoumtsa, Estelle, Pedro, Joel B., Segato, Delia, Spolaor, andrea, Tetzner, Dieter ORCID record for Dieter Tetzner, Vallelonga, Paul, Thomas, Elizabeth R. ORCID record for Elizabeth R. Thomas. (2021) An age scale for the first shallow (sub-)Antarctic ice core from Young Island, Northwest Ross Sea. Geosciences, 11. 18 pp. 10.3390/geosciences11090368
Tetzner, Dieter ORCID record for Dieter Tetzner, Thomas, Elizabeth R. ORCID record for Elizabeth R. Thomas, Allen, Claire S. ORCID record for Claire S. Allen, 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. Frontiers in Earth Science, 9. 13 pp. 10.3389/feart.2021.617043
Thomas, Elizabeth R. ORCID record for Elizabeth R. Thomas, Gacitúa, Guisella, Pedro, Joel B., King, Amy Constance Faith ORCID record for Amy Constance Faith King, Markle, Bradley, Potocki, Mariusz, Moser, Dorothea Elisabeth. (2021) Physical properties of shallow ice cores from Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands. The Cryosphere, 15. 14 pp. 10.5194/tc-15-1173-2021
2020
Cavitte, Marie G. P., Dalaiden, Quentin, Goosse, Hugues, Lenaerts, Jan T. M., Thomas, Elizabeth R. ORCID record for Elizabeth R. Thomas. (2020) Reconciling the surface temperature–surface mass balance relationship in models and ice cores in Antarctica over the last 2 centuries. The Cryosphere, 14. 20 pp. 10.5194/tc-14-4083-2020
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
Hoffmann, Kirstin, Fernandoy, Francisco, Meyer, Hanno, Thomas, Elizabeth R. ORCID record for Elizabeth R. Thomas, Aliaga, Marcelo, Tetzner, Dieter ORCID record for Dieter Tetzner, Freitag, Johannes, Opel, Thomas, Arigony-Neto, Jorge, Göbel, Christian Florian, Jaña, Ricardo, Rodríguez Oroz, Delia, Tuckwell, Rebecca ORCID record for Rebecca Tuckwell, 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. The Cryosphere, 14. 881-904. 10.5194/tc-14-881-2020
Allen, Claire ORCID record for Claire Allen, Thomas, Elizabeth R. ORCID record for Elizabeth R. Thomas, Blagbrough, Hilary ORCID record for Hilary Blagbrough, Tetzner, Dieter ORCID record for Dieter Tetzner, Warren, Richard A., Ludlow, Emily C., Bracegirdle, Thomas J. ORCID record for Thomas J. Bracegirdle. (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). Geosciences, 10. 10.3390/geosciences10030087
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. ORCID record for Elizabeth R. Thomas. (2020) The last three millions of unequal spring thaws. In: Martinetto, E., Tschopp, E., Gastaldo, R. (eds.). Nature through Time, Cham, Springer, 53 pp. (Springer Textbooks in Earth Sciences, Geography and Environment, ). 10.1007/978-3-030-35058-1_1
2019
Fourteau, Kévin, Martinerie, Patricia, Faïn, Xavier, Schaller, Christoph F., Tuckwell, Rebecca J., Löwe, Henning, Arnaud, Laurent, Magand, Olivier, Thomas, Elizabeth R. ORCID record for Elizabeth R. Thomas, Freitag, Johannes, Mulvaney, Robert ORCID record for Robert Mulvaney, Schneebeli, Martin. (2019) Multi-tracer study of gas trapping in an East Antarctic ice core. The Cryosphere, 13. 3383-3403. 10.5194/tc-13-3383-2019
Thomas, Elizabeth R. ORCID record for Elizabeth R. Thomas, Allen, Claire S. ORCID record for Claire S. Allen, Etourneau, Johan, King, Amy C.F. ORCID record for Amy C.F. King, Severi, Mirko, Winton, Holly ORCID record for Holly Winton, Mueller, Juliane, Crosta, Xavier, Peck, Victoria L. ORCID record for Victoria L. Peck. (2019) Antarctic sea ice proxies from marine and ice core archives suitable for reconstructing sea ice over the past 2000 years. Geosciences, 9. 33 pp. 10.3390/geosciences9120506
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. ORCID record for E. Thomas, 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. Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology, 34. 1570-1596. 10.1029/2019PA003632
King, A.C.F. ORCID record for A.C.F. King, Thomas, E.R. ORCID record for E.R. Thomas, Pedro, J.B., Markle, B., Potocki, M., Jackson, S.L. ORCID record for S.L. Jackson, Wolff, E., Kalberer, M.. (2019) Organic compounds in a sub-Antarctic ice core: A potential suite of sea-ice markers. Geophysical Research Letters, 46. 9930-9939. 10.1029/2019GL084249
Tetzner, Dieter ORCID record for Dieter Tetzner, Thomas, Liz ORCID record for Liz Thomas, Allen, Claire ORCID record for Claire Allen. (2019) A validation of ERA5 reanalysis data in the southern Antarctic Peninsula – Ellsworth Land region, and its implications for ice core studies. Geosciences, 9. 10.3390/geosciences9070289
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
Wang, Yetang, Huai, Baojuan, Thomas, Elizabeth R. ORCID record for Elizabeth R. Thomas, Broeke, Michiel R., Wessem, J. Melchior, Schlosser, Elisabeth. (2019) A new 200‐year spatial reconstruction of West Antarctic surface mass balance. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 124. 5282-5295. 10.1029/2018JD029601
King, Amy ORCID record for Amy King, Giorio, Chiara, Wolff, Eric, Thomas, Liz ORCID record for Liz Thomas, 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. Analytical Chemistry, 91. 5051-5057. 10.1021/acs.analchem.8b05224
Turner, John ORCID record for John Turner, Phillips, Tony ORCID record for Tony Phillips, Thamban, Meloth, Rahaman, Waliur, Marshall, Gareth ORCID record for Gareth Marshall, Wille, Jonathan, Favier, Vincent, Winton, Holly ORCID record for Holly Winton, Thomas, Liz ORCID record for Liz Thomas, Wang, Zhaomin, van den Broeke, Michiel, Hosking, Scott ORCID record for Scott Hosking, Lachlan-Cope, Thomas ORCID record for Thomas Lachlan-Cope. (2019) The dominant role of extreme precipitation events in Antarctic snowfall variability. Geophysical Research Letters, 46. 3502-3511. 10.1029/2018GL081517
King, Amy C.F. ORCID record for Amy C.F. King, Giorio, Chiara, Wolff, Eric, Thomas, Liz ORCID record for Liz Thomas, 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. Talanta, 194. 233-242. 10.1016/j.talanta.2018.10.042
Medley, B., Thomas, E.R. ORCID record for E.R. Thomas. (2019) Increased snowfall over the Antarctic Ice Sheet mitigated twentieth-century sea-level rise. Nature Climate Change, 9. 34-39. 10.1038/s41558-018-0356-x
2018
Thomas, Liz R. ORCID record for Liz R. Thomas, Tetzner, Dieter R. ORCID record for Dieter R. Tetzner. (2018) The climate of the Antarctic Peninsula during the 20th century- evidence from ice cores. In: Kanao, Masaki (eds.). Antarctica - A Key To Global Change, IntechOpen, 10.5772/intechopen.81507
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 ORCID record for Robert Mulvaney, Tuckwell, Rebecca J. ORCID record for Rebecca J. Tuckwell, Hogg, Anna E., Thomas, Elizabeth R. ORCID record for Elizabeth R. Thomas. (2018) Climate and surface mass balance of coastal West Antarctica resolved by regional climate modelling. Annals of Glaciology, 59. 29-41. 10.1017/aog.2017.42
Johnson, Joanne S. ORCID record for Joanne S. Johnson, O'Donnell, John P., Thomas, Elizabeth R. ORCID record for Elizabeth R. Thomas. (2018) In situ measurements of snow accumulation in the Amundsen Sea Embayment during 2016. Antarctic Science, 30. 197-203. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954102018000068
Schüpbach, S., Fischer, H., Bigler, M., Erhardt, T., Gfeller, G., Leuenberger, D., Mini, O., Mulvaney, Robert ORCID record for Robert Mulvaney, Abram, Nerilie J., Fleet, Louise, Frey, Markus M. ORCID record for Markus M. Frey, Thomas, E. ORCID record for E. Thomas, 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. Nature Communications, 9. 1476. 10.1038/s41467-018-03924-3
Giorio, Chiara, Kehrwald, Natalie, Barbante, Carlo, Kalberer, Markus, King, Amy ORCID record for Amy King, Thomas, Elizabeth R. ORCID record for Elizabeth R. Thomas, Wolff, Eric W., Zennaro, Piero. (2018) Prospects for reconstructing paleoenvironmental conditions from organic compounds in polar snow and ice. Quaternary Science Reviews, 183. 1-22. 10.1016/j.quascirev.2018.01.007
2017
Wang, Yetang, Thomas, Elizabeth R. ORCID record for Elizabeth R. Thomas, 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. Geophysical Research Letters, 44. 11,482-11,490. 10.1002/2017GL075135
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. ORCID record for Elizabeth R. Thomas, 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. Climate of the Past, 13. 1609-1634. 10.5194/cp-13-1609-2017
Thomas, Elizabeth R. ORCID record for Elizabeth R. Thomas, 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. Climate of the Past, 13. 1491-1513. 10.5194/cp-13-1491-2017
Hosking, J. Scott ORCID record for J. Scott Hosking, Fogt, Ryan, Thomas, Elizabeth R. ORCID record for Elizabeth R. Thomas, Moosavi, Vahid, Phillips, Tony ORCID record for Tony Phillips, Coggins, Jack, Reusch, David. (2017) Accumulation in coastal West Antarctic ice core records and the role of cyclone activity. Geophysical Research Letters, 44. 9084-9092. 10.1002/2017GL074722
Severi, M., Becagli, S., Caiazzo, L., Ciardini, V., Colizza, E., Giardi, F., Mezgec, K., Scarchilli, C., Stenni, B., Thomas, E.R. ORCID record for E.R. Thomas, 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. Chemosphere, 177. 266-274. doi:10.1016/j.chemosphere.2017.03.025
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. ORCID record for Elizabeth R. Thomas, Visbeck, Martin. (2017) Tropical forcing of increased Southern Ocean climate variability revealed by a 140-year subantarctic temperate reconstruction. Climate of the Past, 13. 231-248. 10.5194/cp-13-231-2017
2016
Hobbs, Will, Curran, Mark, Abram, Nerilie, Thomas, Elizabeth R. ORCID record for Elizabeth R. Thomas. (2016) Century-scale perspectives on observed and simulated Southern Ocean sea ice trends from proxy reconstructions. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 121. 7804-7818. doi:10.1002/2016JC012111
Wang, Yetang, Ding, Minghu, van Wessem, J. M., Schlosser, E., Altnau, S., van den Broeke, Michiel R., Lenaerts, Jan T. M., Thomas, Elizabeth R. ORCID record for Elizabeth R. Thomas, Isaksson, Elisabeth, Wang, Jianhui, Sun, Weijun. (2016) A comparison of Antarctic ice sheet surface mass balance from atmospheric climate models and in situ observations. Journal of Climate, 29. 5317-5337. doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-15-0642.1
Thomas, Elizabeth R. ORCID record for Elizabeth R. Thomas, Abram, Nerilie J.. (2016) Ice core reconstruction of sea ice change in the Amundsen-Ross Seas since 1702 A.D.. Geophysical Research Letters, 43. 5309-5317. 10.1002/2016GL068130
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. ORCID record for E. R. Thomas, Turner, John ORCID record for John Turner, Wuite, J., Scambos, T. A., van Meijgaard, E.. (2016) The modelled surface mass balance of the Antarctic Peninsula at 5.5 km horizontal resolution. The Cryosphere, 10. 271-285. 10.5194/tc-10-271-2016
2015
Thomas, Elizabeth R. ORCID record for Elizabeth R. Thomas, Hosking, J. Scott ORCID record for J. Scott Hosking, Tuckwell, Rebecca R. ORCID record for Rebecca R. Tuckwell, Ludlow, Emily C.. (2015) Twentieth century increase in snowfall in coastal West Antarctica. Geophysical Research Letters, 42. 9387-9393. 10.1002/2015GL065750
Thomas, Elizabeth R ORCID record for Elizabeth R Thomas, Bracegirdle, Thomas J ORCID record for Thomas J Bracegirdle. (2015) Precipitation pathways for five new ice core sites in Ellsworth Land, West Antarctica. Climate Dynamics, 44. 2067-2078. 10.1007/s00382-014-2213-6
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. ORCID record for E. Thomas. (2014) Antarctic-wide array of high-resolution ice core records reveals pervasive lead pollution began in 1889 and persists today. Scientific Reports, 4. 1-5. 10.1038/srep05848
2013
Thomas, Elizabeth R ORCID record for Elizabeth R Thomas, Bracegirdle, Thomas J ORCID record for Thomas J Bracegirdle, Turner, John ORCID record for John Turner, Wolff, Eric W. (2013) A 308-year record of climate variability in West Antarctica. Geophysical Research Letters, 40. 5492-5496. doi:10.1002/2013GL057782
Thomas, Liz ORCID record for Liz Thomas, Allen, Claire ORCID record for Claire Allen. (2013) A climatic history of West Antarctica. International Innovation, October. 15-17.
2012
Wheatley, J.J., Blackwell, P.G., Abram, N.J., McConnell, J.R., Thomas, E.R. ORCID record for E.R. Thomas, Wolff, E.W.. (2012) Automated ice-core layer-counting with strong univariate signals. Climate of the Past, 8. 1869-1879. 10.5194/cp-8-1869-2012
2011
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
Daley, Timothy J., Thomas, Elizabeth R. ORCID record for Elizabeth R. Thomas, 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. (2011) The 8200 yr BP cold event in stable isotope records from the North Atlantic region. Global and Planetary Change, 79. 288-302. 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2011.03.006
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
Arthern, Robert J. ORCID record for Robert J. Arthern, Vaughan, David G. ORCID record for David G. Vaughan, Rankin, Andrew M., Mulvaney, Robert ORCID record for Robert Mulvaney, Thomas, Elizabeth R. ORCID record for Elizabeth R. Thomas. (2010) In situ measurements of Antarctic snow compaction compared with predictions of models. Journal of Geophysical Research, 115. 12 pp. 10.1029/2009JF001306
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, Liz ORCID record for Liz Thomas, Thornton, P. E., Zender, C. S.. (2010) Observed 20th century desert dust variability: impact on climate and biogeochemistry. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 10. 10875-10893. 10.5194/acp-10-10875-2010
2009
Thomas, E.R. ORCID record for E.R. Thomas, Dennis, P. F., Bracegirdle, T.J. ORCID record for T.J. Bracegirdle, Franzke, C.. (2009) Ice core evidence for significant 100-year regional warming on the Antarctic Peninsula. Geophysical Research Letters, 36. 5 pp. 10.1029/2009GL040104
Thomas, Elizabeth R. ORCID record for Elizabeth R. Thomas, Wolff, Eric W., Mulvaney, Robert ORCID record for Robert Mulvaney, 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. Journal of Geophysical Research, 114. 10.1029/2008JD011215
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
Thomas, E.R. ORCID record for E.R. Thomas, Bracegirdle, T.J. ORCID record for T.J. Bracegirdle. (2009) Improving ice core interpretation using in situ and reanalysis data. Journal of Geophysical Research, 114. 8 pp. 10.1029/2009JD012263
2008
Thomas, Elizabeth R. ORCID record for Elizabeth R. Thomas, Marshall, Gareth J. ORCID record for Gareth J. Marshall, McConnell, Joseph R.. (2008) A doubling in snow accumulation in the western Antarctic Peninsula since 1850. Geophysical Research Letters, 35. 5 pp. doi:10.1029/2007GL032529
Thomas, Elizabeth R. ORCID record for Elizabeth R. Thomas, Mulvaney, Robert ORCID record for Robert Mulvaney, Wolff, Eric W.. (2008) A change in seasonality in Greenland during a Dansgaard–Oeschger warming. Annals of Glaciology, 48. 19-24. doi:10.3189/172756408784700590
Thomas, Liz ORCID record for Liz Thomas, Baeseman, J., Lantuit, H., Xavier, J.C., Baker, N.. (2008) Professional development training for early career polar researchers. Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union, 89. 434.
2007
Thomas, Elizabeth R. ORCID record for Elizabeth R. Thomas, Wolff, Eric W., Mulvaney, Robert ORCID record for Robert Mulvaney, 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. Quaternary Science Reviews, 26. 70-81. doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2006.07.017
- PRESCIENT
- RIFT-TIP
- SIWHA
- SubICE
- Weddell Sea ice sheet and climate
- Antarctic Climate over the last millennia
- West Antarctica wind strength and atmospheric circulation
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
2024
Scientists one step closer to predicting iceberg calving
News 16 April, 2024
Team embarks on mission to investigate iceberg calving
News 8 January, 2024
2021
Immersive science-art exhibition opens at Glasgow Science Centre
News 29 September, 2021
2020
International Day of Women and Girls in Science 2020
News 11 February, 2020
2019
Antarctic snowfall dominated by a few extreme snowstorms
News 25 March, 2019
Celebrating International Day of Women & Girls in Science
News 11 February, 2019
2018
Increased snowfall in Antarctica buffers sea-level rise
News 10 December, 2018
New study reveals increased snowfall in Antarctica over last two centuries
News 9 April, 2018
2015
FEATURED PAPER: Recent snowfall increase
News 16 December, 2015
PRESS RELEASE: West Antarctica snow accumulation
News 4 November, 2015
Ice core aquisition and analysis
Facility
2013
NEWS STORY: Climate records from ice cores
News 5 December, 2013
2008
New ice core shows more evidence of Antarctic Peninsula change
News 31 January, 2008
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 20th 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
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
- Group Head, Ice cores
- Lead, CLIVASH 2k
@LizThomas_ice
Follow this link for to a live lesson about ice cores targeted at primary school children.
Includes links to education materials for Key Stage 2 (7-11yrs).
Produced in collaboration with our friends at High Impact.