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Overview

Neil R. Edwards is affiliated with The Open University in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with notable contributions across several specialized subfields. These subfields include Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Economics and Econometrics, Environmental Engineering, and Ecology.

The scientist's research interests cover a range of topics, particularly focused on Cryospheric studies and observations, CO2 Sequestration and Geologic Interactions, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics, Climate Change Policy and Economics, Winter Sports Injuries and Performance, and Polar Research and Ecology.

Neil R. Edwards has authored or co-authored multiple papers in respected journals. Some of the recent papers are:

  • Potential for large-scale CO2 removal via enhanced rock weathering with croplands (2020, Nature)
  • Low-carbon transition risks for finance (2020, Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Climate Change)
  • Stranded fossil-fuel assets translate to major losses for investors in advanced economies (2022, Nature Climate Change)
  • Late Quaternary dynamics of Arctic biota from ancient environmental genomics (2021, Nature)
  • Reframing incentives for climate policy action (2021, Nature Energy)

Frequent co-authors of Neil R. Edwards include:

  • Philip B. Holden
  • Jean-François Mercure
  • Hector Pollitt
  • David J. Beerling
  • Gregor Semieniuk

The scientist regularly publishes in venues such as Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Nature, Communications Earth & Environment, Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Climate Change, and Nature Climate Change. Their publication record features multiple works in these journals, with nine publications in Zenodo and six in Nature.

Best Publications

  • Carbon dioxide and climate impulse response functions for the computation of greenhouse gas metrics:a multi-model analysis

    Fortunat Joos;Fortunat Joos;Raphael Roth;Raphael Roth;J. S. Fuglestvedt;G. P. Peters

  • Potential for large-scale CO2 removal via enhanced rock weathering with croplands

    David J. Beerling;Euripides P. Kantzas;Mark R. Lomas;Peter Wade

  • Macroeconomic impact of stranded fossil fuel assets

    Jean-Francois Mercure;Jean-Francois Mercure;Hector Pollitt;Jorge Vinuales;Neil Edwards;Neil Edwards

  • Low‐carbon transition risks for finance

    Gregor Semieniuk;Gregor Semieniuk;Emanuele Campiglio;Jean-Francois Mercure;Jean-Francois Mercure;Ulrich Volz;Ulrich Volz

  • Modeling the ecology and evolution of biodiversity: Biogeographical cradles, museums, and graves

    Thiago F. Rangel;Neil R. Edwards;Philip B. Holden;José Alexandre F. Diniz-Filho

  • Revisiting Antarctic ice loss due to marine ice-cliff instability

    Tamsin L. Edwards;Mark A. Brandon;Gael Durand;Neil R. Edwards

  • Uncertainties due to transport-parameter sensitivity in an efficient 3-D ocean-climate model

    Neil R. Edwards;Robert Marsh

  • Long-Term climate change commitment and reversibility: An EMIC intercomparison

    Kirsten Zickfeld;Michael Eby;Andrew J. Weaver;Kaitlin Alexander

  • Marine geochemical data assimilation in an efficient Earth System Model of global biogeochemical cycling

    A.J. Ridgwell;J.C. Hargreaves;N.R. Edwards;J.D. Annan

  • Long-term climate commitments projected with climate-carbon cycle models

    G.-K. Plattner;R. Knutti;F. Joos;T.F. Stocker

  • Parameter estimation in an intermediate complexity earth system model using an ensemble Kalman filter

    J.D. Annan;J.C. Hargreaves;N.R. Edwards;R. Marsh

  • Historical and idealized climate model experiments: an intercomparison of Earth system models of intermediate complexity

    Michael Eby;Andrew J. Weaver;K. Alexander;K. Zickfeld

  • Late Quaternary dynamics of Arctic biota from ancient environmental genomics

    Yucheng Wang;Yucheng Wang;Mikkel Winther Pedersen;Inger Greve Alsos;Bianca De Sanctis

  • Modelling complex systems of heterogeneous agents to better design sustainability transitions policy

    Jean-Francois Mercure;Jean-Francois Mercure;Hector Pollitt;Andrea M Bassi;Jorge Enrique Viñuales

  • Reframing incentives for climate policy action

    JF Mercure;JF Mercure;P Salas;P Vercoulen;G Semieniuk;G Semieniuk

  • Substantial carbon drawdown potential from enhanced rock weathering in the United Kingdom

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  • System complexity and policy integration challenges: the Brazilian Energy-Water-Food Nexus

    J.-F. Mercure;M. A. Paim;P. Bocquillon;P. Bocquillon;S. Lindner;S. Lindner;S. Lindner

  • Water mass distribution and ventilation time scales in a cost-efficient, three-dimensional ocean model

    Simon Müller;Fortunat Joos;Neil Edwards;Thomas Stocker

  • Environmental impact assessment for climate change policy with the simulation-based integrated assessment model E3ME-FTT-GENIE

    Jean-Francois Mercure;Jean-Francois Mercure;Hector Pollitt;Neil R. Edwards;Neil R. Edwards;Philip B. Holden

  • The dynamics of technology diffusion and the impacts of climate policy instruments in the decarbonisation of the global electricity sector

    J.-F. Mercure;H. Pollitt;U. Chewpreecha;P. Salas

  • A Turbulent Bottom Boundary Layer Code for Use in Numerical Ocean Models

    Peter D. Killworth;Neil R. Edwards

Frequent Co-Authors

Hector Pollitt
Hector Pollitt University of Cambridge
Robert Marsh
Robert Marsh University of Southampton
Fortunat Joos
Fortunat Joos University of Bern
Andy Ridgwell
Andy Ridgwell University of California, Riverside
Timothy M. Lenton
Timothy M. Lenton University of Exeter
Thomas F. Stocker
Thomas F. Stocker University of Bern
José Alexandre Felizola Diniz-Filho
José Alexandre Felizola Diniz-Filho Universidade Federal de Goiás
Gary Shaffer
Gary Shaffer University of Magallanes
Pasquale Raia
Pasquale Raia University of Naples Federico II
Renato Spahni
Renato Spahni University of Bern

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