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Research Focus
Please find my full publication list at https://swindlesgraeme.wixsite.com/publications
I have broad research interests in Earth System Science and work on topics concerning both past, present and future environmental and climatic change. I work in a diverse range of environments from Arctic tundra to tropical rainforests and many places in-between!
My specific research foci include:
- Climate change in the past-present-future;
- Long-term eco-hydrological dynamics and functioning of temperate, tropical and subarctic peatlands;
- Limnology and Palaeolimnology;
- Testate amoebae as environmental indicators in peatlands and lakes;
- High-resolution dating methods including tephrochronology;
- Critical examination of past human response and adaptation to climate change;
- Use of temporal data and probability modelling in geohazards research;
- Use of quantitative reconstruction and statistical modelling techniques for understanding climatic and environmental change;
- Extreme events;
- Human-environment relations in the past-present-future, the Anthropocene, and the impacts of humans on Planet Earth;
- Numerical methods in ecological and geological research (particularly using R).
Teaching
- GGY1009 Physical Geography: Earth, Wind and Water
- GGY2058 Global Environmental Change (module co-ordinator)
- GGY2055 Geographical Research Skills
- GGY3081 Dissertation
- GGY3095 Environmental Catastrophes (module co-ordinator)
Particulars
Present positions
- 2020-Present: Professor of Physical Geography, School of Natural and Built Environment, Queen's University Belfast, N. Ireland
- 2016-Present: Research Professor (Adjunct), Department of Earth Sciences, Carleton University, Canada
Former positions
- 2013-2020: Associate Professor (Reader) of Earth System Dynamics, School of Geography, University of Leeds, UK
- 2010-2013: Lecturer in Earth System Dynamics, School of Geography, University of Leeds, UK
- 2007-2010: Lecturer in Physical Geography, University of Bradford, UK
Qualifications
- BSc (Hons) (2002): Geography, Durham University
- PhD (2006): Geography, Queen's University, Belfast
- PGCHEP (2010): University of Bradford
- FHEA (2010)
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Projects
- 2 Active
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R2848NBE: PIPES: Pollutants In PEatlands: from sink to Source full submission
Swindles, G. (PI)
26/01/2022 → …
Project: Research
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R6727NBE: GSI equipment - Pb-210 alpha counter
Blaauw, M. (PI), Reimer, P. (CoI) & Swindles, G. (CoI)
16/12/2021 → …
Project: Research
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The ‘Anthropocene’ is here to stay — and it’s better not as a geological epoch
Roland, T. P., Swindles, G. T. & Ruffell, A., 28 Mar 2024, In: Nature. 627, 8005, p. 735 1 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review
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Tropical peat composition may provide a negative feedback on fire occurrence and severity
Crawford, A. J., Belcher, C. M., New, S., Gallego-Sala, A., Swindles, G. T., Page, S., Blyakharchuk, T. A., Cadillo-Quiroz, H., Charman, D. J., Gałka, M., Hughes, P. D. M., Lähteenoja, O., Mauquoy, D., Roland, T. P. & Väliranta, M., 27 Aug 2024, In: Nature Communications. 15, 7363.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Climate-induced hydrological fluctuations shape Arctic Alaskan peatland plant communities
Gałka, M., Diaconu, A.-C., Cwanek, A., Hedenäs, L., Knorr, K.-H., Kołaczek, P., Łokas, E., Obremska, M., Swindles, G. T. & Feurdean, A., 20 Dec 2023, In: Science of the Total Environment. 905, 15 p., 167381.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Controls on saturated hydraulic conductivity in a degrading permafrost peatland complex
Fewster, R. E., Morris, P. J., Swindles, G. T., Baird, A. J., Turner, T. E. & Ivanovic, R. F., 18 Oct 2023, In: Water Resources Research. 59, 10, 14 p., e2023WR035398.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Corrigendum to “Exploring the role of High Arctic Large Igneous Province volcanism on Early Cretaceous Arctic forests”, Cretaceous Research 129 (2022)105022
Galloway, J. M., Fensome, R. A., Swindles, G. T., Hadlari, T., Fath, J., Schröder-Adams, C., Herrle, J. O. & Pugh, A., Mar 2023, In: Cretaceous Research. 143, 105421.Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › peer-review
Prizes
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Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
Swindles, Graeme (Recipient), 01 Jan 2010
Prize: Election to learned society
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Lewis Penny Medal
Swindles, Graeme (Recipient), 01 Feb 2012
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Activities
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Irish Quaternary Association (External organisation)
Graeme Swindles (Vice Chair)
01 Mar 2020 → 01 Mar 2025Activity: Membership types › Membership of peer review panel or committee
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Peatland Ecosystems and Time (PEaT) Research Group (Quaternary Research Association) (External organisation)
Graeme Swindles (Advisor)
01 Jan 2020 → 01 Jan 2024Activity: Membership types › Membership of network
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Scientific Reports (Journal)
Graeme Swindles (Editor)
01 Jan 2015 → 01 Jan 2030Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Editorial activity