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Ian Hall

Professor Ian Hall

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Interests

  • Climate Change
  • Applications of palaeoclimate proxy reconstruction
  • Marine sedimentology
  • Past ocean circulation
  • Late Pleistocene and Holocene climate variability.

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My interests lie in the generation of innovative high-resolution palaeoclimate reconstructions. This is achieved through the development, application and integrated analysis of sedimentary, isotopic and geochemical proxies that quantitatively carry the physical signals of differing components of the climate system, for instance surface ocean conditions (temperature structure, salinity) and the flow speed and hydrography of deep ocean currents, during key periods of past climate change.

Current projects include: ocean change in the North Atlantic during the Late Holocene (annual to multi-decadal timescales), ice-ocean linkages and abrupt climate change during the last glacial, and the role of Agulhas Leakage in climate variability of the Pleistocene. The latter includes being co-chief of IODP Expedition 361 (SAFARI) scheduled for drilling in 2016. He is a director of the Climate Change Consortium of Wales, chair of the NERC BOSCORF SC and member of the executive committee of the 'International Marine Process Reconstruction Study' (IMPRESS/IMAGESII) programme.

Biography

  • 2009-present: Professor in Palaeoceanography, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Cardiff University
  • 2006-2009: Reader in Palaeoceanography, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Cardiff University
  • 2003-2006: Senior lecturer, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Cardiff University
  • 2001: Research Fellow, National Institute of Atmospheric and Water Research, NZ
  • 2000-2003: Lecturer in Palaeoceanography, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Cardiff University
  • 1998-2000: Research Fellow, Hughes Hall College, University of Cambridge
  • 1997-2000: Senior Research Fellow, Department of Earth Sciences University of Cambridge
  • 1993-1997: Research Associate, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge

News articles

Analysis of global climate patterns from past 1.5 million years reveal links between ocean circulation and climate changes

Past climate change shifts ocean currents and winds, altering heat and carbon exchange in the Southern Ocean, study finds

01 January 2025

Analysis of global climate patterns from past 1.5 million years reveal links between ocean circulation and climate changes

Research highlights inter-connected behaviour of global climate system

Super salty water from the Indian Ocean helped end ice ages, study suggests

11 July 2023

Research highlights inter-connected behaviour of global climate system

Analysis of tiny carbonate fossil and sediment records dating back over 7 million years may hold the key to solving one of the outstanding puzzles of paleoanthropology.

Clocking the speed of ocean circulation holds the key to past African climates

27 October 2021

Analysis of tiny carbonate fossil and sediment records dating back over 7 million years may hold the key to solving one of the outstanding puzzles of paleoanthropology.

New study unravels long-standing climate mystery and provides insight into how our planet may change in the future

Melting icebergs key to sequence of an ice age, scientists find

13 January 2021

New study unravels long-standing climate mystery and provides insight into how our planet may change in the future

New research shows shrinking sea ice cannot be expected to return rapidly if climate change is slowed or reversed

Arctic sea ice can’t ‘bounce back’

21 January 2020

New research shows shrinking sea ice cannot be expected to return rapidly if climate change is slowed or reversed

Leading climate change models could be overestimating stability of ocean conveyer belt that warms the UK

Atlantic circulation weakest for over 1500 years

12 April 2018

Leading climate change models could be overestimating stability of ocean conveyer belt that warms the UK

Sea floor sediments uncover influential role of North Atlantic circulation in controlling Europe’s climate over the past 3000 years

Ocean floor mud reveals secrets of past European climate

23 November 2017

Sea floor sediments uncover influential role of North Atlantic circulation in controlling Europe’s climate over the past 3000 years

Contact Details

Email [email protected]
Telephone +44 29208 75612
Campuses Main Building, Room Room 1.04, Park Place, Cardiff, CF10 3AT