Professor Adrian Jenkins

Professor

Department: Geography and Environmental Sciences

0191 227 4118

Research Themes and Scholarly Interests

My research focuses on the interaction between the Earth’s ice sheets and oceans, with a particular emphasis on Antarctica and the Southern Ocean. There the interaction between ice and ocean occurs mainly beneath the vast floating ice shelves. I have undertaken fieldwork, both on the ice and aboard ships from which I have deployed autonomous submarines to make observations beneath the ice. I have also developed numerical models of the critical processes, ranging from relatively simple one-dimensional models to complex Earth System Models. The ultimate aim of my work is to understand how the ocean drives change in the ice sheet and how that will impact global climate and sea level in the future.

Key Publications

An Amundsen Sea source of decadal temperature changes on the Antarctic continental shelf, Drijfhout, S., Bull, C., Hewitt, H., Holland, P., Jenkins, A., Mathiot, P., Garabato, A. 1 Jan 2024, In: Ocean Dynamics
Ice base slope effects on the turbulent ice shelf-ocean boundary current, Anselin, J., Holland, P., Jenkins, A., Taylor, J. 1 Jul 2024, In: Journal of Physical Oceanography
Ice shelf basal channel shape determines channelized ice-ocean interactions, Cheng, C., Jenkins, A., Holland, P., Wang, Z., Dong, J., Liu, C. 3 Apr 2024, In: Nature Communications
Melt sensitivity of irreversible retreat of Pine Island Glacier, Reed, B., Green, J., Jenkins, A., Gudmundsson, G. 7 Oct 2024, In: The Cryosphere
Recent irreversible retreat phase of Pine Island Glacier, Reed, B., Green, J., Jenkins, A., Gudmundsson, G. 1 Jan 2024, In: Nature Climate Change
Antarctic Bedmap data: Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable (FAIR) sharing of 60 years of ice bed, surface, and thickness data, Frémand, A., Fretwell, P., Bodart, J., Pritchard, H., Aitken, A., Bamber, J., Bell, R., Bianchi, C., Bingham, R., Blankenship, D., Casassa, G., Catania, G., Christianson, K., Conway, H., Corr, H., Cui, X., Damaske, D., Damm, V., Drews, R., Eagles, G., Eisen, O., Eisermann, H., Ferraccioli, F., Field, E., Forsberg, R., Franke, S., Fujita, S., Gim, Y., Goel, V., Gogineni, S., Greenbaum, J., Hills, B., Hindmarsh, R., Hoffman, A., Holmlund, P., Holschuh, N., Holt, J., Horlings, A., Humbert, A., Jacobel, R., Jansen, D., Jenkins, A., Jokat, W., Jordan, T., King, E., Kohler, J., Krabill, W., Kusk Gillespie, M., Langley, K., Lee, J., Leitchenkov, G., Leuschen, C., Luyendyk, B., Macgregor, J., Mackie, E., Matsuoka, K., Morlighem, M., Mouginot, J., Nitsche, F., Nogi, Y., Nost, O., Paden, J., Pattyn, F., Popov, S., Rignot, E., Rippin, D., Rivera, A., Roberts, J., Ross, N., Ruppel, A., Schroeder, D., Siegert, M., Smith, A., Steinhage, D., Studinger, M., Sun, B., Tabacco, I., Tinto, K., Urbini, S., Vaughan, D., Welch, B., Wilson, D., Young, D., Zirizzotti, A. 17 Jul 2023, In: Earth System Science Data
Ice Shelf Basal Melt Sensitivity to Tide‐Induced Mixing Based on the Theory of Subglacial Plumes, Anselin, J., Reed, B., Jenkins, A., Green, M. Apr 2023, In: Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans
Increased warm water intrusions could cause mass loss in East Antarctica during the next 200 years, Jordan, J., Miles, B., Gudmundsson, H., Jamieson, S., Jenkins, A., Stokes, C. 1 Apr 2023, In: Nature Communications
Slowdown of Shirase Glacier, East Antarctica, caused by strengthening alongshore winds, Miles, B., Stokes, C., Jenkins, A., Jordan, J., Jamieson, S., Gudmundsson, G. 1 Feb 2023, In: The Cryosphere
Subglacial discharge accelerates future retreat of Denman and Scott Glaciers, East Antarctica, Pelle, T., Greenbaum, J., Dow, C., Jenkins, A., Morlighem, M. 27 Oct 2023, In: Science Advances

Current and Recent Projects

The influence of ocean circulation on local biogeochemistry and melting tidewater golaciers in north Baffin Bay, Jenkins, A. (Principal Investigator), Natural Environment Research Council, 01/09/22 - 31/08/23, £12,484.00
Ocean Forcing of Ice Sheet Evolution Beyond West Antarctica, Jenkins, A. (Principal Investigator), Natural Environment Research Council, 01/10/20 - 30/09/24, £657,760.00

PGR Supervision

Emma White Ocean Circulation and Ice Shelf Melting in the Bellingshausen Sea Start Date: 01/10/2020

Qualifications

PhD August 31 1992
Member International Glaciological Society (IGS) 1985

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