Dr Adrian Martin
Biography
My interests include...
- Seafloor ecosystems and how they change in response to human activities resulting from climate change and deep-sea mining (ATLANTIS, SMARTEX)
- The role of marine life in storing carbon in the ocean (BIO-Carbon, BIOPOLE)
- The Twilight Zone, the poorly understood but vital, globe-spanning ecosystem between 200-1000m depth in the ocean (JETZON, BIO-Carbon, BIOPOLE)
- How the ecosystems of the polar regions influence the rest of the ocean (BIOPOLE, CUSTARD)
- How the eddies that make up the weather of the ocean influence marine life
- Working to improve the diversity of marine science (Primary Focus)
Committee Memberships
Advisory Board for OceanICU EU Horizon project
G7 Future of the Seas and Oceans Initiative carbon expert group
G7 Future of the Seas and Oceans Initiative carbon expert group
Projects
BIOPOLE - NERC Multi-centre National Capability project
CUSTARD - project within NERC Role of the Southern Ocean in the Earth System strategic programme
JETZON - United Nations Ocean Decade programme
Primary Focus - NERC Opening Up The Environment project
SMARTEX - NERC Highlight Topic project
CUSTARD - project within NERC Role of the Southern Ocean in the Earth System strategic programme
JETZON - United Nations Ocean Decade programme
Primary Focus - NERC Opening Up The Environment project
SMARTEX - NERC Highlight Topic project
Roles Provided
Joint lead JETZON
Lead co-ordinator ("Champion") BIO-Carbon
NOC lead BIOPOLE
Lead Primary Focus
NOC lead BIOPOLE
Lead Primary Focus
