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 PhD student in the School of Earth and Environment researching the climate of the Pliocene epoch and its relevance to future climate change and the 1.5°C world. I have involvement in the Earth Surface Science Institute and the Institute for Climate and Atmospheric Science.
I graduated from the University of Oxford with BA Geography in 2019 before studying MSc Climate Change at the University of East Anglia. For my MSc thesis I used a simple climate model to investigate the climatic effects of volcanic eruptions over the last millennium.
I am funded by the NERC Panorama DTP.
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 world.
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