Meet The Team

TerraFIRMA is led by the National Centre for Atmospheric Science, in collaboration with the Natural Environment Research Council-supported research centres.
Centres include: British Antarctic Survey, British Geological Survey, Centre for Polar Observation and Modelling, National Centre for Earth Observation, National Oceanography Centre, Plymouth Marine Laboratory and UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology. The Met Office Hadley Centre is a key partner to TerraFIRMA.
The TerraFIRMA project consists of 6 interrelated work packages as shown in the image above.
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Alan MacDonald
Co-lead WP5: The societal and environmental impacts of global changeBGS, Edinburgh

Ranjini Swaminathan
Co-lead for WP3: Carbon cycle feedbacks in the Earth System and the potential for climate mitigationNCEO, University of Reading

Doug Clark
Co-lead WP5: The societal and environmental impacts of global changeUKCEH, Wallingford

Katya Popova
Co-lead WP4: Rapid or irreversible change in the Earth systemNOC, Southampton

Colin Jones
TerraFIRMA Project Lead and WP1 Lead: Models, simulations, and observationsColin leads the TerraFIRMA project. He heads up the joint Met Office/NERC UK Earth System Modelling project.

Tony Payne
Co-lead WP4: Rapid or irreversible change in the Earth systemCPOM, University of Bristol

Garry Hayman
Co-lead for WP3: Carbon cycle feedbacks in the Earth System and the potential for climate mitigationUKCEH Wallingford

Paul Griffiths
Co-lead for WP2: The role of near-term climate forcers in the Earth system and their mitigation potentialNCAS, University of Cambridge

Laura Wilcox
Co-lead for WP2: The role of near-term climate forcers in the Earth system and their mitigation potentialNCAS, University of Reading

Hazel Jeffery
Project manager and WP6 Lead: Knowledge Integration and EngagementNCAS, University of Leeds, based at the Met Office, Exeter