Sr zonation in a fish otolith (ear bone)

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Find out more about our research into greenhouse gas removal, climate change, volcanology and others.
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Past methane from Alaskan lakes: Integrating proxies and models to constrain methane cycling

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PCO2Min: Peridotite CO2 Mineralization

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Predicting Rainfall over Millennial Scales (PROMS)

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Greenhouse Gas Removal via Enhanced Rock Weathering (GGREW)

Staff

Lead researchers

Professor Rachael James

Professor of Geochemistry
Research interests
  • Enhanced rock weathering and other techniques for removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphe…
  • Novel isotopic signatures of biogeochemical cycling, including iron, chromium, lithium and …
  • Exploration for new sources of metals and elements critical for emerging green technologies…
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Email: R.H.James@soton.ac.uk

Other researchers

Professor Damon Teagle

Professor of Geochemistry
Research interests
  • formation and evolution of the ocean crust
  • fluid-rock interactions and Ore mineralisation
  • geochemical analysis
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Email: Damon.Teagle@southampton.ac.uk

Professor Juerg Matter

Professor of Geoengineering & Carbon Management
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Email: J.Matter@southampton.ac.uk

Professor Phyllis Lam

Professor
Research interests
  • Prof. Lam's research interest lies in the functional roles of microorganisms in biogeochemica…
  • Current research topics include:
  • Shortcuts in the nitrogen cycle – novel pathways and microbial players for nitrogen remineral…
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Email: P.Lam@southampton.ac.uk

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Scientific Drilling in the Samail Ophiolite, Sultanate of Oman - ICDP - Matter

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Strategies for Environmental Monitoring of Marine Carbon Capture and Storage (STEMM-CCS)

Staff

Lead researchers

Professor Jonathan Bull

Professor of Ocean & Earth Science
Research interests
  • Fluid Flow and Carbon Capture and Storage
  • Monitoring, Measurement and Verification
  • Marine Geophysics
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Email: bull@soton.ac.uk

Other researchers

Professor Paul White

Professor of Statistical Signal Processing
Research interests
  • Signal processing
  • Underwater acoustics and bioacoustics (the way animals, especially marine mammals, use sound)
  • The processing of calls of marine mammals
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Email: P.R.White@soton.ac.uk

Professor Tim Minshull

Professor of Ocean & Earth Science
Research interests
  • Continental breakup and the onset of seafloor spreading
  • Methane hydrate beneath the seafloor and its role in the Earth system
  • Exploration geophysics: seismic and electromagnetic imaging
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Email: tmin@soton.ac.uk

Professor Juerg Matter

Professor of Geoengineering & Carbon Management
Connect with Juerg

Email: J.Matter@southampton.ac.uk

Professor Rachael James

Professor of Geochemistry
Research interests
  • Enhanced rock weathering and other techniques for removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphe…
  • Novel isotopic signatures of biogeochemical cycling, including iron, chromium, lithium and …
  • Exploration for new sources of metals and elements critical for emerging green technologies…
Connect with Rachael

Email: R.H.James@soton.ac.uk

Professor Thomas Gernon

Professorial Fellow (Research)
Research interests
  • Solid Earth drivers of Earth's climate state
  • Earth surface processes
  • Influence of global tectonics on geochemical cycles through geologic time
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Email: T.M.Gernon@soton.ac.uk

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Subduction Initiation Investigated by drilling of the Izu-Bonin-Mariana (IBM) Forearc - Taylor - NERC

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SWEET: Super-Warm Early Eocene Temperatures and climate: understanding the response of the Earth system to high CO2 through integrated modelling and data

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The impact of submarine diagenesis