Joanna Martin Davies
Department of Geoscience, Aarhus University (Denmark)
Joanna, in a red-and-blue polar suit and a blue wolly hat and just about to take a sediment sample, leans against the reeling of the Danish research vessel Dana.
What’s the work that you do?
I am a PhD student working in Arctic paleoclimates, reconstructing what ice and the oceans were like thousands of years ago. This is important because we only have relatively short instrumental records, so if we are to understand how the Arctic may change with climate change in the future, we need to know what happened in the past. We do this by looking at sediment cores collected from marine environments all around Greenland.
What keeps you going?
From a young age, I have been interested in climate change, particularly in polar environments. Changes in the Arctic are some of the most visible signs that our climate is changing; it provides stark evidence that we need to act to reduce emissions fast. I believe that it is so important that we understand these environments and the changes they are undergoing. In short, this is what motivates me!
What’s your message to the world?
Climate change can seem overwhelming at times, but I believe collectively we can make a difference!
Organisation: Department of Geoscience, Aarhus University (Denmark)
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United Kingdom
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