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Dr Simon Turner

Academic position:听Senior Research Associate

Department:听Geography

Telephone number:听UCL 02076790522; mobile 07765667762

Email:听ucfasdt@ucl.ac.uk

UCL Website:听

Biography:

I research听the impact of human activity on environmental systems,听mainly听in lakes听and wetlands,听over听the past 150 years and the Anthropocene. I use geochemical, physical and radiometric analyses (mercury, trace metals, nitrogen and carbon isotopes, fly-ash, microplastics, organic pollutants, weapons test and natural radionuclides) to听record environmental change and听the history of anthropogenic contamination and its impact on听freshwater听organisms.听听

I am听currently听coordinating the process to听analyse听selected听stratotypes听to听formalise听the Global Boundary Stratotype and Section Point (GSSP, or 鈥榞olden spike鈥�) for the Anthropocene.听This is a collaborative project involving听the Anthropocene Working Group, Haus der Kulturen der Welt (HKW) and Max Planck Institute for the History of Science (MPIWG)听Berlin听and听the international collective of research institutes,听including UCL Geography.

Research Projects:

In听May听2022 an exhibition including a discursive and performative programme will occur at HKW, Berlin听as a public forum for the听scientific, cultural and socio-political impact of the geochronological research carried out by the international GSSP-research project on the Anthropocene. I have a key position in the concept development and communication of the听scientific听process and results听with听artists and interdisciplinary cultural and historical researchers.

I have been听working on听Anthropocene timescales of environmental change听since听PhD research in the late 1990s,听e.g.:

  • .鈥�Science Advances,鈥�6(16), eaaw2145.
  • .鈥�Journal of Paleolimnology, pp.1-14.
  • .鈥�Holocene,鈥�25(1), 226-237.听
  • Palaeolimnological assessment of lake acidification and environmental change in the Athabasca Oil Sands Region, Alberta.鈥�Journal of Limnology,鈥�69,听p92-104.
  • Cundy, A. B., Collins, P. E.,听Turner, S. D.,听Croudace, I. W., & Horne, D. 1998. 100 years of environmental change in a coastal wetland, Augusta Bay, southeast Sicily: evidence from geochemical and palaeoecological studies.鈥�Geological Society, London, Special Publications,鈥�139(1), 243-254.听

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