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Overview

Jemma L. Wadham is affiliated with the University of Bristol in the United Kingdom and has contributed extensively to research in Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Environmental Science. Their work spans multiple subfields, including Atmospheric Science, Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, Oceanography, and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine.

The main research topics addressed by Wadham include:

  • Cryospheric studies and observations
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Climate change and permafrost
  • Polar Research and Ecology
  • Winter Sports Injuries and Performance
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Silicon Effects in Agriculture

Wadham's publication record features several recent papers with notable contributions to understanding glacial and subglacial processes, trace elements, and biogeochemical cycles. Selected papers by Wadham include:

  • Enhanced trace element mobilization by Earth's ice sheets, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Large subglacial source of mercury from the southwestern margin of the Greenland Ice Sheet, 2021, Nature Geoscience
  • Glacier Outflow Dissolved Organic Matter as a Window Into Seasonally Changing Carbon Sources: Leverett Glacier, Greenland, 2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences
  • Rapid development and persistence of efficient subglacial drainage under 900 m-thick ice in Greenland, 2021, Earth and Planetary Science Letters
  • The Influence of Glacial Cover on Riverine Silicon and Iron Exports in Chilean Patagonia, 2020, Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Frequent co-authors include:

  • Jon Hawkings
  • Guillaume Lamarche-Gagnon
  • Marek Stibal
  • Tyler J. Kohler
  • Jade Hatton

Wadham's work has been published repeatedly in several scientific venues, indicating active engagement with the community. Common publication venues are:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Nature Geoscience
  • Journal of Glaciology
  • Global Biogeochemical Cycles
  • Frontiers in Marine Science

In addition to journal articles, Wadham has contributed to book literature with the publication of "Ice Rivers" in 2021, through Princeton University Press.

Best Publications

  • Ice sheets as a significant source of highly reactive nanoparticulate iron to the oceans

    Jon R. Hawkings;Jemma L. Wadham;Martyn Tranter;Rob Raiswell

  • Photophysiology and albedo-changing potential of the ice algal community on the surface of the Greenland ice sheet.

    Marian L Yallop;Alexandre M B Anesio;Rupert G Perkins;J Cook

  • Evolution of the subglacial drainage system beneath the Greenland Ice Sheet revealed by tracers

    D. M. Chandler;J. L. Wadham;G. P. Lis;T. Cowton

  • Potential methane reservoirs beneath Antarctica

    J. L. Wadham;S. Arndt;S. Arndt;S. Tulaczyk;M. Stibal

  • Biogeochemical weathering under ice: Size matters

    J. L. Wadham;M. Tranter;M. Skidmore;A. J. Hodson

  • Supraglacial forcing of subglacial drainage in the ablation zone of the Greenland ice sheet

    Ian Bartholomew;Peter Nienow;Andrew Sole;Douglas Mair

  • The Greenland Ice Sheet as a hot spot of phosphorus weathering and export in the Arctic

    Jon R Hawkings;Jemma L Wadham;Martyn Tranter;Jon Telling

  • Ice sheets matter for the global carbon cycle.

    J. L. Wadham;J. R. Hawkings;J. R. Hawkings;L. Tarasov;L. J. Gregoire

  • Stable isotope evidence for microbial sulphate reduction at the bed of a polythermal high Arctic glacier

    Jemma L Wadham;S Bottrell;Martyn Tranter;R Raiswell

  • Organic carbon export from the Greenland ice sheet

    Maya P. Bhatia;Sarah B. Das;L i Xu;Matthew A. Charette

  • The effect of warming climate on nutrient and solute export from the Greenland Ice Sheet

    Jon Hawkings;Jemma Wadham;Martyn Tranter;Emily Lawson

  • Subsurface ice as a microbial habitat

    Heidy M. Mader;Michala E. Pettitt;Jemma L. Wadham;Eric W. Wolff

  • Greenland Ice Sheet exports labile organic carbon to the Arctic oceans

    Emily C. Lawson;Emily C. Lawson;Jemma L. Wadham;Martyn Tranter;Marek Stibal

  • Evolution of drainage system morphology at a land-terminating Greenlandic outlet glacier

    Tom Cowton;Peter Nienow;Andrew Sole;Andrew Sole;Jemma Wadham

  • Ice sheets as a missing source of silica to the polar oceans

    Jonathan Hawkings;Jemma L. Wadham;Liane G. Benning;Katharine R. Hendry

  • Methanogenic potential of Arctic and Antarctic subglacial environments with contrasting organic carbon sources

    Marek Stibal;Marek Stibal;Jemma L. Wadham;Grzegorz P. Lis;Jon Telling

  • Hydrological controls on microbial communities in subglacial environments

    Martyn Tranter;Mark Skidmore;Jemma Wadham

  • Nitrogen fixation on Arctic glaciers, Svalbard

    Jon Telling;Alexandre Magno Anesio;Martyn Tranter;Tristram Irvine-fynn

  • Rock comminution as a source of hydrogen for subglacial ecosystems

    J. Telling;E. S. Boyd;N. Bone;E. L. Jones

  • Geochemical Weathering in Glacial and Proglacial Environments

    Martyn Tranter;Jemma L Wadham

  • Supraglacial forcing of subglacial drainage in the ablation zone of the Greenland Ice Sheet

    P. W. Nienow;I. D. Bartholomew;A. Sole;D. Mair

Frequent Co-Authors

Martyn Tranter
Martyn Tranter Aarhus University
Jon Telling
Jon Telling Newcastle University
Marek Stibal
Marek Stibal Charles University
Peter Nienow
Peter Nienow University of Edinburgh
Alexandre M. Anesio
Alexandre M. Anesio Aarhus University
Robert Raiswell
Robert Raiswell University of Leeds
Katharine R. Hendry
Katharine R. Hendry University of Bristol
Andy Hodson
Andy Hodson University Centre in Svalbard
Martin Sharp
Martin Sharp University of Alberta
Andrew Sole
Andrew Sole University of Sheffield

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