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  • 2010 - ACM Senior Member

Overview

Rachael H. James is affiliated with the University of Southampton in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on Environmental Science, Earth and Planetary Sciences, and Engineering, with a notable emphasis on subfields such as Ocean Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Oceanography, Geochemistry and Petrology, and Geophysics.

The scientist's research explores topics including CO2 Sequestration and Geologic Interactions, Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis, Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses, Drilling and Well Engineering, Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, and Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena.

Among their recent papers are:

  • "Potential for large-scale CO2 removal via enhanced rock weathering with croplands," 2020, Nature
  • "Increased yield and CO2 sequestration potential with the C4 cereal Sorghum bicolor cultivated in basaltic rock dust-amended agricultural soil," 2020, Global Change Biology
  • "Enhanced weathering in the US Corn Belt delivers carbon removal with agronomic benefits," 2024, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Towards improved monitoring of offshore carbon storage: A real-world field experiment detecting a controlled sub-seafloor CO2 release," 2021, International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control
  • "Global Carbon Dioxide Removal Potential of Waste Materials From Metal and Diamond Mining," 2021, Frontiers in Climate

Frequent co-authors in their work include:

  • Christopher R. Pearce
  • David J. Beerling
  • Anna Lichtschlag
  • D.A.H. Teagle
  • Douglas P. Connelly

Their publications commonly appear in journals such as:

  • International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Earth and Planetary Science Letters
  • OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)
  • Frontiers in Climate

Rachael H. James was recognized as an ACM Senior Member in 2010.

Best Publications

  • Escape of methane gas from the seabed along the West Spitsbergen continental margin

    Graham K. Westbrook;Kate E. Thatcher;Eelco J. Rohling;Alexander M. Piotrowski

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

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

  • Whole-genome sequencing of patients with rare diseases in a national health system.

    E Turro;W J Astle;W J Astle;K Megy;S Gräf

  • The Discovery of New Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vent Communities in the Southern Ocean and Implications for Biogeography

    Alex D. Rogers;Paul A. Tyler;Douglas P. Connelly;Jonathan T. Copley

  • Li and δ7Li in Himalayan rivers: proxies for silicate weathering?

    Başak Kısakűrek;Rachael H. James;Nigel B.W. Harris

  • The behaviour of Li and Mg isotopes during primary phase dissolution and secondary mineral formation in basalt

    Josh Wimpenny;Sigurður R. Gíslason;Rachael H. James;Abdelmouhcine Gannoun

  • The influence of weathering processes on riverine magnesium isotopes in a basaltic terrain

    Philip A.E. Pogge von Strandmann;Philip A.E. Pogge von Strandmann;Kevin W. Burton;Kevin W. Burton;Rachael H. James;Peter van Calsteren

  • The lithium isotope composition of international rock standards

    Rachael H. James;Martin R. Palmer

  • Increased yield and CO2 sequestration potential with the C4 cereal Sorghum bicolor cultivated in basaltic rock dust-amended agricultural soil.

    Mike E. Kelland;Peter W. Wade;Amy L. Lewis;Lyla L. Taylor

  • Riverine behaviour of uranium and lithium isotopes in an actively glaciated basaltic terrain

    Philip A.E. Pogge von Strandmann;Kevin W. Burton;Rachael H. James;Peter van Calsteren

  • The chemistry of hydrothermal fluids from the Broken Spur site, 29°N Mid-Atlantic ridge

    R.H. James;H. Elderfield;M.R. Palmer

  • Detection and impacts of leakage from sub-seafloor deep geological carbon dioxide storage

    Jerry Blackford;Henrik Stahl;Jonathan M. Bull;Benoît J.P. Bergès

  • An experimental study of alteration of oceanic crust and terrigenous sediments at moderate temperatures (51 to 350°C): Insights as to chemical processes in near-shore ridge-flank hydrothermal systems

    Rachael H. James;Doug E. Allen;W.E. Seyfried

  • Behaviour of Li isotopes during continental weathering: the Bidar laterite profile, India☆

    Başak Kısakürek;Mike Widdowson;Rachael H. James

  • Arctic methane sources: Isotopic evidence for atmospheric inputs

    R. E. Fisher;S. Sriskantharajah;D. Lowry;M. Lanoisellé

  • Temporal record of lithium in seawater: A tracer for silicate weathering?

    Ed C. Hathorne;Rachael H. James

  • Effects of climate change on methane emissions from seafloor sediments in the Arctic Ocean: A review

    Rachael H. James;Philippe Bousquet;Ingeborg Bussmann;Matthias Haeckel

  • Behavior of Li and its isotopes during serpentinization of oceanic peridotites

    Sylvie Decitre;Sylvie Decitre;Etienne Deloule;Laurie Reisberg;Rachael H. James

  • High-temperature lithium isotope fractionation: Insights from lithium isotope diffusion in magmatic systems

    Ian J. Parkinson;Samantha J. Hammond;Rachael H. James;Nick W. Rogers

  • The chromium isotopic composition of seawater and marine carbonates

    P. Bonnand;R.H. James;R.H. James;I.J. Parkinson;I.J. Parkinson;D.P. Connelly

  • The deep structure of a sea-floor hydrothermal deposit

    Robert A. Zierenberg;Yves Fouquet;D.J. Miller;J.M. Bahr

Frequent Co-Authors

Douglas P. Connelly
Douglas P. Connelly National Oceanography Centre
Kevin W. Burton
Kevin W. Burton Durham University
Ian J. Parkinson
Ian J. Parkinson University of Bristol
Philip A.E. Pogge von Strandmann
Philip A.E. Pogge von Strandmann Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
Christian Berndt
Christian Berndt GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Ed C Hathorne
Ed C Hathorne GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Rachel A. Mills
Rachel A. Mills University of Southampton
Jens Greinert
Jens Greinert GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Helge Niemann
Helge Niemann Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research
Tina Treude
Tina Treude University of California, Los Angeles

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