James Scourse
Professor of Physical Geography
Prof James Scourse's research focuses on marine climate change.
He has lead groups at Bangor University and the University of Exeter researching mechanisms and feedback responses in the Earth’s climate system, in particular linked to ice-ocean interaction and the impact of changes of sea level on the carbon cycle, sediment transport and ocean circulation.
His group has pioneered the development of sclerochronology and scleroclimatology, reconstructing marine climate using very long-lived annually banded molluscs. Notable research highlights of James' group include the first annually-resolved marine climate series covering the last 1000 years (2017), the discovery of the longest-lived animal known to science (2007, 2013) and the first crossmatched sclerochronological series from the fossil record (2006).
James is the Corresponding Principal Investigator in the SEACHANGE Project. His principal roles within the Project will be to lead the marine research cruise campaigns, and his group will deliver analyses of marine sediment sequences and sclerochronological data.
