Dr Jack Longman

Assistant Professor

School: Geography and Natural Sciences

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Research Themes and Scholarly Interests

Volcanic ash diagenesis and its impact on the carbon cycle
Long term, deep-time palaeoclimate reconstruction
Controls on marine organic matter preservation
Heavy metal pollution through time
Human-climate interations through the Holocene using terrestrial archives
Development of mass spectrometric techniques
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Greenhouse Gas Removal techniques in the marine realm

Key Publications

Organic Carbon Burial With Reactive Iron Across Global Environments, Longman, J., Faust, J., Bryce, C., Homoky, W., März, C. Nov 2022, In: Global Biogeochemical Cycles
Transient mobilization of subcrustal carbon coincident with Palaeocene–Eocene Thermal Maximum, Gernon, T., Barr, R., Fitton, J., Hincks, T., Keir, D., Longman, J., Merdith, A., Mitchell, R., Palmer, M. 1 Jul 2022, In: Nature Geoscience
Subaerial volcanism is a potentially major contributor to oceanic iron and manganese cycles, Longman, J., Palmer, M., Gernon, T., Manners, H., Jones, M. 14 Mar 2022, In: Communications Earth and Environment
Assessing Volcanic Controls on Miocene Climate Change, Longman, J., Mills, B., Donnadieu, Y., Goddéris, Y. 28 Jan 2022, In: Geophysical Research Letters
Late Ordovician climate change and extinctions driven by elevated volcanic nutrient supply, Longman, J., Mills, B., Manners, H., Gernon, T., Palmer, M. Dec 2021, In: Nature Geoscience

PGR Supervision

Andrew Burnham Exploring the links between volcanoes, climate using speleothem records Start Date: 28/03/2025 End Date: 17/10/2025
Andrew Burnham Exploring the links between volcanoes, climate using speleothem records Start Date: 28/03/2025

Qualifications

Geography PhD July 31 2017
Fellow Geological Society (GS) 2023

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