Reducing Greenhouse Climate Proxy Uncertainty
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Birmingham
Department Name: Sch of Geography, Earth & Env Sciences
Abstract
On current trajectories, the concentration of atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) will exceed 550 ppm by the middle of this century. Such high carbon dioxide concentrations last occurred over 25 million years ago during the "greenhouse" climates of the early Cenozoic. In particular, the early Eocene epoch (~55 to 48 million years ago) was characterized by the warmest climates of the past 65 million years, with no ice sheets on Antarctica, polar regions ~20-40 degrees C warmer and sea levels ~50 to 70m higher than present. These warm Eocene climates can be simulated using the same climate models that are used to predict future climate change, such as those used in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Fifth Assessment Report (2013-14). In this report, climate model simulations of the Eocene were compared against temperature estimates from the geological record to test the accuracy of modelled warming in Polar regions at greatly increased CO2.
PI Dunkley Jones was responsible for collating the Eocene temperature estimates used and figured in the IPCC AR5 report. This work is now being substantially improved ahead of the next IPCC report within a collaborative international project to run IPCC-class climate models with a consistent set of boundary conditions and Eocene geographies, as part of the "Deep-time Model-data Intercomparison Project" (DeepMIP). Significant improvements in the accuracy of the critical geological data used to test these models - Eocene surface temperatures and atmospheric CO2 concentrations - are, however, more difficult to establish. Current moderately reliable estimates of ocean surface temperatures for the early Eocene are limited to only seven locations globally, and, at high latitudes, can diverge by up to 20 degrees C depending on the proxy method used. Current estimates of early Eocene CO2 concentrations are even more uncertain, ranging from ~300 ppm to in excess of 2000 ppm. There is only one sound early Eocene data point based on the CO2 proxy methods highlighted by the IPCC as having particular promise - those based on foraminiferal boron isotopes and alkenone carbon isotope compositions.
Here we aim to make a step-change improvement in these "proxy" estimates by taking advantage of two new opportunities. The first, is the serendipitous discovery of a remarkable suite of very well preserved, unaltered marine microfossils, made of calcium carbonate, alongside similarly well-preserved organic molecular biomarkers produced by Eocene marine algae and bacteria. The chemistry of this fossil material is the basis for proxy temperature and/or atmospheric CO2 estimation. The quality of this material is so high that we propose to generate ~170 alkenone-based CO2 estimates for the early Eocene, where previously there were none, and 15 boron-isotope based estimates to test the single data point currently available. The rare co-occurrence of these substrates and their abundance also provides the opportunity to use multiple independent methods to estimate both ocean temperatures (4 methods) and atmospheric CO2 (2 methods) on the same sample set, and so directly compare estimates from different methodologies at the same time and place.
The second key opportunity is a new collaboration between the PI Dunkley Jones and astrophysicists with advanced expertise in data analysis, statistical modelling and signal processing. With the generation of the largest ever dataset of proxy-to-proxy comparisons from any Greenhouse climate, this new collaboration will maximise our ability to draw robust conclusions about systematic errors within any given proxy method. This is vital for the reconstruction of warm climate states where there are persistent discrepancies between temperature reconstructions based on different proxy methods. Here, we will be able to directly compare methods from the same samples and with uniformly excellent preservation.
PI Dunkley Jones was responsible for collating the Eocene temperature estimates used and figured in the IPCC AR5 report. This work is now being substantially improved ahead of the next IPCC report within a collaborative international project to run IPCC-class climate models with a consistent set of boundary conditions and Eocene geographies, as part of the "Deep-time Model-data Intercomparison Project" (DeepMIP). Significant improvements in the accuracy of the critical geological data used to test these models - Eocene surface temperatures and atmospheric CO2 concentrations - are, however, more difficult to establish. Current moderately reliable estimates of ocean surface temperatures for the early Eocene are limited to only seven locations globally, and, at high latitudes, can diverge by up to 20 degrees C depending on the proxy method used. Current estimates of early Eocene CO2 concentrations are even more uncertain, ranging from ~300 ppm to in excess of 2000 ppm. There is only one sound early Eocene data point based on the CO2 proxy methods highlighted by the IPCC as having particular promise - those based on foraminiferal boron isotopes and alkenone carbon isotope compositions.
Here we aim to make a step-change improvement in these "proxy" estimates by taking advantage of two new opportunities. The first, is the serendipitous discovery of a remarkable suite of very well preserved, unaltered marine microfossils, made of calcium carbonate, alongside similarly well-preserved organic molecular biomarkers produced by Eocene marine algae and bacteria. The chemistry of this fossil material is the basis for proxy temperature and/or atmospheric CO2 estimation. The quality of this material is so high that we propose to generate ~170 alkenone-based CO2 estimates for the early Eocene, where previously there were none, and 15 boron-isotope based estimates to test the single data point currently available. The rare co-occurrence of these substrates and their abundance also provides the opportunity to use multiple independent methods to estimate both ocean temperatures (4 methods) and atmospheric CO2 (2 methods) on the same sample set, and so directly compare estimates from different methodologies at the same time and place.
The second key opportunity is a new collaboration between the PI Dunkley Jones and astrophysicists with advanced expertise in data analysis, statistical modelling and signal processing. With the generation of the largest ever dataset of proxy-to-proxy comparisons from any Greenhouse climate, this new collaboration will maximise our ability to draw robust conclusions about systematic errors within any given proxy method. This is vital for the reconstruction of warm climate states where there are persistent discrepancies between temperature reconstructions based on different proxy methods. Here, we will be able to directly compare methods from the same samples and with uniformly excellent preservation.
Planned Impact
Following the NERC Handbook, here we address Pathways to Impact sections a & b: who could potentially benefit from the proposed research and how might the potential beneficiaries benefit?
INDUSTRIAL IMPACT
Core 16/28-Sb01 was funded and acquired by the Irish Petroleum Infrastructure Programme (PIP) at a cost of c. £550k. The original drilling aim was to confirm the Cenozoic and Mesozoic stratigraphy of Rockall Trough, an exploration frontier. PIP and their industrial partners will receive direct benefit from our proposed work program. Our new organic geochemical and micropaleontological data will provide down-core constraints on early Cenozoic environments of the Rockall Trough region. Our work will directly feed into a new project, contracted by PIP to Merlin Energy Resources (Merlin), to integrate all existing biostratigraphic and micropaleontological data from across the Irish Basins. The project team, lead by the PI, already has an excellent working relationship with Merlin Energy Resources, including the co-supervision of a PhD project in Birmingham on the Jurassic Basins of Northern Ireland with their Director Dr Phil Copestake, and also with their associated team for the specific PIP project, including Dr Haydon Bailey who teaches on the University of Birmingham MSc course in Applied Micropaleontology. We also have strong links with key industry partners through PP Harrington of Petrostrat Ltd, who originally studied the Rockall Cores for palynological content. Between PPs PIP, Haughton (University College Dublin) and Harrington (Petrostrat) we will directly link our results into the most current industry data integration for the Rockall area. Further, this collaboration will also be of benefit for the Project Team, as we seek to expand the search for well-preserved material from the Late Cretaceous and Neogene on the Irish Shelf. Collaboration with industry data integration and with PIP is likely to be a productive mutual collaboration for both industry understanding of regional geology and paleoclimate science. To ensure the best possible communication between our project team, other relevant academics (Haughton) and industry end-users, we propose a Dublin-based workshop, co-hosted with PIP and the Irish Shelf Petroleum Studies Group (ISPSG) to discuss how our results relate to frontier deep-water paleoenvironments. In particular, do they provide new constraints on industry source-sink analysis that aim to predict erosion sites, sediment transport pathways and foci of sand deposition. As well as this, we have also made a commitment report on this project at PIP's annual conference each November.
EDUCATIONAL IMPACT
Cenozoic palaeoceanographic research embodies international scientific collaboration and the deployment of specialized engineering and technological solutions against a backdrop of dramatic ocean environments. This strong aesthetic appeal gives scientists leverage for communicating their work to the public, including young people, educators and policy makers. In the case of our proposal, the appeal is enhanced by the juxtaposition of the familiar with the exotic: the NE Atlantic and western coast of the British Isles during the last super Greenhouse world. The same ocean, the same land mass, but subject to dramatically different sea-levels, persistently hot temperatures and replete with para-tropical rainforests harbouring vegetation such as Palms and Bombacoideae trees (whose modern taxa include the Baobabs and Durian fruit trees). Palaeoclimatic research can be inspirational for the public, and our impact plan will ensure that our message about climate change reaches this audience. Through our collaborative impact plan with the Lapworth Museum of Geology, we will target schools, the media and the wider public.
INDUSTRIAL IMPACT
Core 16/28-Sb01 was funded and acquired by the Irish Petroleum Infrastructure Programme (PIP) at a cost of c. £550k. The original drilling aim was to confirm the Cenozoic and Mesozoic stratigraphy of Rockall Trough, an exploration frontier. PIP and their industrial partners will receive direct benefit from our proposed work program. Our new organic geochemical and micropaleontological data will provide down-core constraints on early Cenozoic environments of the Rockall Trough region. Our work will directly feed into a new project, contracted by PIP to Merlin Energy Resources (Merlin), to integrate all existing biostratigraphic and micropaleontological data from across the Irish Basins. The project team, lead by the PI, already has an excellent working relationship with Merlin Energy Resources, including the co-supervision of a PhD project in Birmingham on the Jurassic Basins of Northern Ireland with their Director Dr Phil Copestake, and also with their associated team for the specific PIP project, including Dr Haydon Bailey who teaches on the University of Birmingham MSc course in Applied Micropaleontology. We also have strong links with key industry partners through PP Harrington of Petrostrat Ltd, who originally studied the Rockall Cores for palynological content. Between PPs PIP, Haughton (University College Dublin) and Harrington (Petrostrat) we will directly link our results into the most current industry data integration for the Rockall area. Further, this collaboration will also be of benefit for the Project Team, as we seek to expand the search for well-preserved material from the Late Cretaceous and Neogene on the Irish Shelf. Collaboration with industry data integration and with PIP is likely to be a productive mutual collaboration for both industry understanding of regional geology and paleoclimate science. To ensure the best possible communication between our project team, other relevant academics (Haughton) and industry end-users, we propose a Dublin-based workshop, co-hosted with PIP and the Irish Shelf Petroleum Studies Group (ISPSG) to discuss how our results relate to frontier deep-water paleoenvironments. In particular, do they provide new constraints on industry source-sink analysis that aim to predict erosion sites, sediment transport pathways and foci of sand deposition. As well as this, we have also made a commitment report on this project at PIP's annual conference each November.
EDUCATIONAL IMPACT
Cenozoic palaeoceanographic research embodies international scientific collaboration and the deployment of specialized engineering and technological solutions against a backdrop of dramatic ocean environments. This strong aesthetic appeal gives scientists leverage for communicating their work to the public, including young people, educators and policy makers. In the case of our proposal, the appeal is enhanced by the juxtaposition of the familiar with the exotic: the NE Atlantic and western coast of the British Isles during the last super Greenhouse world. The same ocean, the same land mass, but subject to dramatically different sea-levels, persistently hot temperatures and replete with para-tropical rainforests harbouring vegetation such as Palms and Bombacoideae trees (whose modern taxa include the Baobabs and Durian fruit trees). Palaeoclimatic research can be inspirational for the public, and our impact plan will ensure that our message about climate change reaches this audience. Through our collaborative impact plan with the Lapworth Museum of Geology, we will target schools, the media and the wider public.
Organisations
- University of Birmingham (Lead Research Organisation)
- University of Bristol (Collaboration)
- University of New Hampshire (Project Partner)
- GNS Science (Project Partner)
- University College Dublin (Project Partner)
- Scripps Research Institute (Project Partner)
- PIPCO RSG Limited (Project Partner)
- PetroStrat Ltd (Project Partner)
Publications
Edgar K
(2019)
Volume 369: Australia Cretaceous Climate and Tectonics
Henehan M
(2020)
Revisiting the Middle Eocene Climatic Optimum "Carbon Cycle Conundrum" With New Estimates of Atmospheric pCO 2 From Boron Isotopes
in Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology
Duncan B
(2022)
Climatic and tectonic drivers of late Oligocene Antarctic ice volume
in Nature Geoscience
Jones SM
(2019)
Large Igneous Province thermogenic greenhouse gas flux could have initiated Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum climate change.
in Nature communications
De Lira Mota M
(2023)
Multi-proxy evidence for sea level fall at the onset of the Eocene-Oligocene transition
in Nature Communications
De Lira Mota M
(2020)
Organic-walled dinoflagellate cyst biostratigraphy of the upper Eocene to lower Oligocene Yazoo Formation, US Gulf Coast
in Journal of Micropalaeontology
Edgar K
(2020)
New composite bio- and isotope stratigraphies spanning the Middle Eocene Climatic Optimum at tropical ODP Site 865 in the Pacific Ocean
in Journal of Micropalaeontology
Hollis C
(2019)
The DeepMIP contribution to PMIP4: methodologies for selection, compilation and analysis of latest Paleocene and early Eocene climate proxy data, incorporating version 0.1 of the DeepMIP database
in Geoscientific Model Development
Duller R
(2019)
Delayed sedimentary response to abrupt climate change at the Paleocene-Eocene boundary, northern Spain
in Geology
Vahlenkamp M
(2020)
A lower to middle Eocene astrochronology for the Mentelle Basin (Australia) and its implications for the geologic time scale
in Earth and Planetary Science Letters
Barnet J
(2020)
Coupled evolution of temperature and carbonate chemistry during the Paleocene-Eocene; new trace element records from the low latitude Indian Ocean
in Earth and Planetary Science Letters
Dunkley Jones T
(2018)
Dynamics of sediment flux to a bathyal continental margin section through the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum
in Climate of the Past
Lunt D
(2021)
DeepMIP: model intercomparison of early Eocene climatic optimum (EECO) large-scale climate features and comparison with proxy data
in Climate of the Past
Dunkley Jones T
(2020)
OPTiMAL: a new machine learning approach for GDGT-based palaeothermometry
in Climate of the Past
Title | Mysteries of the Deep |
Description | Mysteries of the Deep comic / graphic novel explaining palaeoclimate science. Co-authors Tom Dunkley Jones and Edward Ross |
Type Of Art | Creative Writing |
Year Produced | 2019 |
Impact | Just released - awaiting data on use and impact |
URL | https://www.mysteriesofthedeep.org |
Description | The work undertaken as part of this award has contributed to significant advances in the understanding of the Earth's climate responses to very high concentrations of atmospheric carbon dioxide, using the early Cenozoic as the most recent available model for these conditions. A series of papers have been published either led by of with significant contributions from the project team, that document best practice approaches to reconstructing past surface temperature, the compilation of available temperature data for the early Cenozoic, and the estimation of global mean surface temperatures from critical intervals. |
Exploitation Route | The new models for temperature estimation, using machine learning approaches (Dunkley Jones et al. 2020) and methods for estimating global mean surface temperatures (Inglis et al. 2020) are both of wide interest to paleoclimate and climate science. |
Sectors | Environment |
URL | https://research.birmingham.ac.uk/en/persons/tom-dunkley-jones |
Description | Used to provide temporary exhibition content at the Lapworth Museum of geology - "Mysteries of the Deep", along with an associated 'manga-style' outreach story-book and artwork that was used to deliver education sessions to local secondary schools and engage with the wider public through the exhibition and associated events. The research results themselves contributed to a number of papers cited in the IPCC 6th Assessment Report, assessing the responses of global climate to greenhouse gas warming. |
First Year Of Impact | 2017 |
Sector | Environment,Culture, Heritage, Museums and Collections |
Impact Types | Cultural,Societal,Policy & public services |
Title | Age-Depth tie points for DSDP Hole 28-270 |
Description | Age tie points from 214.13 mbsf and above from: Acton et al. (2008). Age tie points from 214.14 to 1138.54 mbsf from Levy et al. (2016).Antarctica New Zealand Sir Robin Irvine PhD Scholarship awarded to B.D. Scientific Committee of Antarctic Research Fellowship awarded to B.D. New Zealand Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment through the Antarctic Science Platform (ANTA1801), and Contract C05X1001 |
Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
Year Produced | 2022 |
Provided To Others? | Yes |
URL | https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.946796 |
Title | Age-Depth tie points for DSDP Hole 28-274 |
Description | Ages have been assigned using the relaxed hybrid CONOP model of Crampton et al. (2016). No biostratigraphic markers exist in the interval directly below 141.26 so the age model here assumes the same sedimentation rate as between 113.6 and 141.26.Age tie points from 214.13 mbsf and above from: Acton et al. (2008). Age tie points from 214.14 to 1138.54 mbsf from Levy et al. (2016).Antarctica New Zealand Sir Robin Irvine PhD Scholarship awarded to B.D. Scientific Committee of Antarctic Research Fellowship awarded to B.D. New Zealand Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment through the Antarctic Science Platform (ANTA1801), and Contract C05X1001 |
Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
Year Produced | 2022 |
Provided To Others? | Yes |
URL | https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.946797 |
Title | Age-Depth tie points for drill core ANDRILL 1B |
Description | Antarctica New Zealand Sir Robin Irvine PhD Scholarship awarded to B.D. Scientific Committee of Antarctic Research Fellowship awarded to B.D. New Zealand Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment through the Antarctic Science Platform (ANTA1801), and Contract C05X1001 |
Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
Year Produced | 2022 |
Provided To Others? | Yes |
URL | https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.946793 |
Title | Age-Depth tie points for drill core ANDRILL 2A |
Description | Age tie points from 214.13 mbsf and above from: Acton et al. (2008). Age tie points from 214.14 to 1138.54 mbsf from Levy et al. (2016).Antarctica New Zealand Sir Robin Irvine PhD Scholarship awarded to B.D. Scientific Committee of Antarctic Research Fellowship awarded to B.D. New Zealand Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment through the Antarctic Science Platform (ANTA1801), and Contract C05X1001 |
Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
Year Produced | 2022 |
Provided To Others? | Yes |
URL | https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.946792 |
Title | Age-Depth tie points for drill core CIROS 1 |
Description | Age above 366 mbsf from Roberts et al. (2003). Age below 366 mbsf applies magnetic stratigraphy of Wilson et al. 1998. Our age model (Fig. S1) remains within the shaded area of their figure 7, but places the E-O boundary at 547m, applying new biostratigraphic observations indicated in Supplementary Data Table 1.Antarctica New Zealand Sir Robin Irvine PhD Scholarship awarded to B.D. Scientific Committee of Antarctic Research Fellowship awarded to B.D. New Zealand Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment through the Antarctic Science Platform (ANTA1801), and Contract C05X1001 |
Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
Year Produced | 2022 |
Provided To Others? | Yes |
URL | https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.946794 |
Title | Age-Depth tie points for drill core Cape Roberts 2/2A |
Description | Age tie points from 214.13 mbsf and above from: Acton et al. (2008). Age tie points from 214.14 to 1138.54 mbsf from Levy et al. (2016).Antarctica New Zealand Sir Robin Irvine PhD Scholarship awarded to B.D. Scientific Committee of Antarctic Research Fellowship awarded to B.D. New Zealand Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment through the Antarctic Science Platform (ANTA1801), and Contract C05X1001 |
Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
Year Produced | 2022 |
Provided To Others? | Yes |
URL | https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.946795 |
Title | Biostratigraphic age events for drill core CIROS-1 |
Description | Antarctica New Zealand Sir Robin Irvine PhD Scholarship awarded to B.D. Scientific Committee of Antarctic Research Fellowship awarded to B.D. New Zealand Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment through the Antarctic Science Platform (ANTA1801), and Contract C05X1001 |
Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
Year Produced | 2022 |
Provided To Others? | Yes |
URL | https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.946798 |
Title | GDGT abundances and indices for Ross Sea sample sites |
Description | Note for AND1-1B (ANDRILL-1B): in samples with BIT values but no brGDGT values, the BIT has been taken from McKay et al. (2012).Antarctica New Zealand Sir Robin Irvine PhD Scholarship awarded to B.D. Scientific Committee of Antarctic Research Fellowship awarded to B.D. New Zealand Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment through the Antarctic Science Platform (ANTA1801), and Contract C05X1001 |
Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
Year Produced | 2022 |
Provided To Others? | Yes |
URL | https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.946782 |
Title | OPTiMAL machine learning calibration for GDGT temperature estimation |
Description | This code is used to predict sea surface temperatures from the relative abundances of GDGTs using two methodologies (GPR model and FWD model) as described in: OPTiMAL: A new machine learning approach for GDGT-based palaeothermometry Tom Dunkley Jones, Yvette L. Eley, William Thomson, Sarah E. Greene, Ilya Mandel, Kirsty Edgar, and James A. Bendle Climate of the Past 16, 2599-2617, 2020. doi:10.5194/cp-16-2599-2020. The GPR model, with its built-in nearest neighbour distance screening (together called 'OPTiMAL'), is recommended as the default method for predicting SSTs from GDGT distributions. The FWD model is provided as an avenue for potential future development. See manuscript for further details. |
Type Of Material | Computer model/algorithm |
Year Produced | 2020 |
Provided To Others? | Yes |
Impact | Model code available for wider research community and being used in other paleoclimate studies already submitted for publication. |
URL | https://github.com/carbonatefan/OPTiMAL |
Title | Updated ages for the McMurdo erratics and basis for age changes |
Description | LAD: last appearance datum, FAD: first appearance datum, LO: Last occurrence, LCO: Last common occurrence, FO: First occurrenceAntarctica New Zealand Sir Robin Irvine PhD Scholarship awarded to B.D. Scientific Committee of Antarctic Research Fellowship awarded to B.D. New Zealand Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment through the Antarctic Science Platform (ANTA1801), and Contract C05X1001 |
Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
Year Produced | 2022 |
Provided To Others? | Yes |
URL | https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.946788 |
Description | Collaboration within the DeepMIP consortium |
Organisation | University of Bristol |
Department | School of Geographical Sciences |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | We have provided collaborations in data compilation and analysis to multiple papers coordinated by the DeepMIP project. |
Collaborator Contribution | The DeepMIP project is led by Prof. Dan Lunt of University of Bristol, and has provided multiple international networking and colloboration meetings and working groups. |
Impact | doi.org/10.5194/gmd-12-3149-2019 doi.org/10.5194/cp-16-1953-2020 doi.org/10.5194/cp-17-203-2021 |
Start Year | 2017 |
Description | Lapworth Museum of Geology Temporary Exhibition |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Ongoing temporary 4 month exhibition about ocean drilling and palaeoclimate research based at the Lapworth Museum of Geology (~60,000 visitors / year). Associated with outreach events (family fun day and evening events and lectures) as well as outreach website and free comic: https://www.mysteriesofthedeep.org |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
URL | https://www.mysteriesofthedeep.org |
Description | Lyme Regis Fossil Festival |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Lyme Regis Fossil Festival "hands on" micropaleontology outreach event - one day to primary school groups (x15), two days to the general public. General awareness raising of the study of climate change using microfossils. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017,2018 |
URL | https://www.fossilfestival.co.uk |
Description | Mysteries of the Deep Exhibition at the Lapworth Museum of Geology |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Temporary exhibition on the Mysteries of the Deep Exhibition at the Lapworth Museum of Geology at the University of Birmingham from March-June 2019 including multiple public lectures and a public outreach day with >350 attendees. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
URL | https://www.mysteriesofthedeep.org/ |
Description | Participation in the annual Skype a Scientist outreach event |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Schools |
Results and Impact | I participated in the Skype a Scientist annual outreach event, which saw me paired with two classes of children in the 11-14 age bracket in the USA. The purpose of this outreach is to connect children with working scientists, so that they can ask questions about your research and what life is like as a scientist. The overall aim of this international outreach scheme is to encourage the next generation of scientists, and it is therefore important that students see a representative range of scientists to widen participation. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | Public lecture to Leicester Lit & Phil Soc (Geology Section) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Invited public lecture with extensive question and answer session. Multiple undergraduate students contacted me regarding future research areas, careers and opportunities. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
URL | https://www.charnia.org.uk/current%20winter%20programme/ |