Tamsin Edwards | |
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Born | Tamsin L. Edwards |
Education | St Margaret's School, Exeter |
Alma mater | University of Manchester (BSc, PhD) |
Known for | Climate science Science communication |
Scientific career | |
Institutions |
University of Bristol Open University King's College London |
Thesis | Diffractively produced Z bosons in the muon decay channel in pp collisions at √s=1.96 TeV, and the measurement of the efficiency of the DØ Run II Luminosity Monitor (2006) |
Doctoral advisor | Brian Cox [1] |
Website |
www |
Tamsin Edwards is a British climate scientist and Professor at King's College London. [2] [3] She is a popular science communicator and writes for the Public Library of Science (PLOS). [4]
Edwards became interested in physics after reading A Brief History of Time. [5] The daughter of Michael Edwards, [6] she completed A-Levels in Physics, Chemistry and Maths at St Margaret's School, in Exeter. [7] She studied physics in the School of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Manchester. She completed a PhD in Particle Physics at the University of Manchester under the supervision of Brian Cox. [1] Her thesis investigated the production of Z bosons, detected by their subsequent decay to muons, using data collected at the Tevatron. [1]
Edwards joined the Open University as a lecturer, working in the Palaeoenvironmental Change team. [8] [9] She uses computer models to predict and study climate change, [10] [11] with a particular interest in the impact on sea level rise of changes in the Antarctic ice sheet. [12] She studied how a glacier's grounding line (the point at which is separates from a continent's bedrock and floats into the sea) affects the rate of flow of glaciers, and estimated the effects of positive feedback. [13] [14] In 2017 Edwards joined King's College London as a lecturer in geography. [15] She will be a lead author for Chapter 9 (Ocean, cryosphere, and sea level change) of the Sixth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. [16]
Edwards writes a popular science blog hosted by the Public Library of Science (PLOS). [4] She has written for The Guardian and contributed chapters to books about climate change. [17] [18] [19] Working with the Met Office, Edwards created educational resources about sea level rise for the 2017 United Nations Climate Change Conference ("COP23"). [20]
In 2014 she gave a TEDx talk at CERN, How to Love Uncertainty in Climate Science. [21] After fights between climate scientists and sceptics on Twitter in 2014, Edwards was part of a dinner party discussing how they could calm the debate. [22] The dinner included David Rose and Richard A. Betts, and Edwards was the only woman. [22] In 2015 she was celebrated as one of twenty women "making waves" at the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference. [23] She won the 2016 British Science Association Charles Lyell Award for Environmental Sciences. [13] [24] She discussed how computer models can be used to predict ice sheet collapse and how to communicate uncertainty. [24] In 2017 she was profiled in the HuffPost Australia's Breaking The Ice series. [25] She is a speaker at the 2018 Bluedot Festival. [26] [27] [28]
Edwards has acted as a scientific consultant for the BBC. She was a consultant on the BBC's Climate Change by Numbers, which won an American Association for the Advancement of Science award for Science Journalism, [29] and a 2015 award for "Best Presentation of Science in an Environment Issue" from EuroPAWS. [30] She has appeared on BBC Radio 4 [31] [32] and BBC World Service. [33]
She was awarded the 2020 Climate Science Communications Award by the Royal Meteorological Society. [34]
On 28 January 2021, Edwards took part in a panel event of international experts called Climate Change: Why should we care?, organised by the Science Museum Group. [35]
In July 2023, at the Bluedot Festival, Edwards announced she has become a Professor at King’s College.[ better source needed]
Awarded as an outstanding climate scientist who has been a leading and highly respected communicator of climate science for over a decade. She has set the standard internationally for pro-active, open and objective communication with the public on climate change and its scientific basis and has built a huge reputation for clarity and as a trusted voice of authority.
Tamsin Edwards | |
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Born | Tamsin L. Edwards |
Education | St Margaret's School, Exeter |
Alma mater | University of Manchester (BSc, PhD) |
Known for | Climate science Science communication |
Scientific career | |
Institutions |
University of Bristol Open University King's College London |
Thesis | Diffractively produced Z bosons in the muon decay channel in pp collisions at √s=1.96 TeV, and the measurement of the efficiency of the DØ Run II Luminosity Monitor (2006) |
Doctoral advisor | Brian Cox [1] |
Website |
www |
Tamsin Edwards is a British climate scientist and Professor at King's College London. [2] [3] She is a popular science communicator and writes for the Public Library of Science (PLOS). [4]
Edwards became interested in physics after reading A Brief History of Time. [5] The daughter of Michael Edwards, [6] she completed A-Levels in Physics, Chemistry and Maths at St Margaret's School, in Exeter. [7] She studied physics in the School of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Manchester. She completed a PhD in Particle Physics at the University of Manchester under the supervision of Brian Cox. [1] Her thesis investigated the production of Z bosons, detected by their subsequent decay to muons, using data collected at the Tevatron. [1]
Edwards joined the Open University as a lecturer, working in the Palaeoenvironmental Change team. [8] [9] She uses computer models to predict and study climate change, [10] [11] with a particular interest in the impact on sea level rise of changes in the Antarctic ice sheet. [12] She studied how a glacier's grounding line (the point at which is separates from a continent's bedrock and floats into the sea) affects the rate of flow of glaciers, and estimated the effects of positive feedback. [13] [14] In 2017 Edwards joined King's College London as a lecturer in geography. [15] She will be a lead author for Chapter 9 (Ocean, cryosphere, and sea level change) of the Sixth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. [16]
Edwards writes a popular science blog hosted by the Public Library of Science (PLOS). [4] She has written for The Guardian and contributed chapters to books about climate change. [17] [18] [19] Working with the Met Office, Edwards created educational resources about sea level rise for the 2017 United Nations Climate Change Conference ("COP23"). [20]
In 2014 she gave a TEDx talk at CERN, How to Love Uncertainty in Climate Science. [21] After fights between climate scientists and sceptics on Twitter in 2014, Edwards was part of a dinner party discussing how they could calm the debate. [22] The dinner included David Rose and Richard A. Betts, and Edwards was the only woman. [22] In 2015 she was celebrated as one of twenty women "making waves" at the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference. [23] She won the 2016 British Science Association Charles Lyell Award for Environmental Sciences. [13] [24] She discussed how computer models can be used to predict ice sheet collapse and how to communicate uncertainty. [24] In 2017 she was profiled in the HuffPost Australia's Breaking The Ice series. [25] She is a speaker at the 2018 Bluedot Festival. [26] [27] [28]
Edwards has acted as a scientific consultant for the BBC. She was a consultant on the BBC's Climate Change by Numbers, which won an American Association for the Advancement of Science award for Science Journalism, [29] and a 2015 award for "Best Presentation of Science in an Environment Issue" from EuroPAWS. [30] She has appeared on BBC Radio 4 [31] [32] and BBC World Service. [33]
She was awarded the 2020 Climate Science Communications Award by the Royal Meteorological Society. [34]
On 28 January 2021, Edwards took part in a panel event of international experts called Climate Change: Why should we care?, organised by the Science Museum Group. [35]
In July 2023, at the Bluedot Festival, Edwards announced she has become a Professor at King’s College.[ better source needed]
Awarded as an outstanding climate scientist who has been a leading and highly respected communicator of climate science for over a decade. She has set the standard internationally for pro-active, open and objective communication with the public on climate change and its scientific basis and has built a huge reputation for clarity and as a trusted voice of authority.