Lauren Burton
- Email: eeleb@leeds.ac.uk
- Thesis title: Palaeo constraints on the 1.5°C world: What does the Pliocene tell us about the long-term effects of atmospheric CO2 at ~400 ppmv?
- Supervisor: Professor Alan Haywood, Dr Aisling Dolan, Dr Daniel Hill, Dr Julia Tindall
Profile
I am a fourth-year PhD student in the School of Earth and Environment researching the climate of the Pliocene epoch (~3 million years ago) and its relevance to future climate change and the 1.5°C warmer world. I am part of the Earth Surface Science Institute and the Institute for Climate and Atmospheric Science, and funded by the NERC Panorama DTP.
I am involved in the third phase of the Pliocene Modelling Intercomparison Project (PlioMIP3) and sit on the advisory board as the Early Career Representative.
Alongside my PhD I am a Communications and Engagement Intern at the Priestley Centre for Climate Futures. I lead on the ‘Ask A Climate Researcher’ series and continue to run climate engagement events at the University.
Research interests
My research considers the climate of the Pliocene epoch and what we can learn about the long-term effects of CO2 at ~400 ppmv with reference to future climate change and the 1.5°C warmer world.
Teaching
- SOEE5540 – Climate Change: the Physical Science Basis
- SOEE5860 – Physical Climate Change, Impacts and Mitigations
Presentations
2022
- RMetS Yorkshire Local Centre PhD showcase – ‘Back to the Future’ Part IV: Palaeoclimates (Invited speaker)
- Pliocene Modelling Intercomparison Project Phase 2 (PlioMIP2) showcase – How well can the Pliocene act as an analogue for projected future climates?
- The warm Pliocene: Bridging the geological data and modelling communities (EGU Galileo conference) – On the climatic influence of CO2 forcing in the Pliocene (poster)
2023
- EGU General Assembly – On the climatic influence of CO2 forcing in the Pliocene
- RMetS Early Career and Student Conference – The Pliocene as an analogue for our warmer future (poster)
- IUGG General Assembly – The Pliocene as an analogue for our warmer future (poster)
- UK Palaeoclimate Society Meeting – How analogous is the Pliocene to our warmer future?
Qualifications
- MSc Climate Change, University of East Anglia
- BA Geography, University of Oxford
Research groups and institutes
- Palaeo@Leeds
- Earth Surface Science Institute
- Institute for Climate and Atmospheric Science