David Thornalley

David Thornalley is a Professor of Ocean and Climate Science at University College London (UCL), with over 20 years’ experience investigating the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC). He obtained his PhD in Earth Sciences from Cambridge University, followed by postdoctoral positions at Cardiff University and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. At UCL, he leads a research group that studies the circulation of the Atlantic Ocean, its marine ecosystems and its role during climate change – past, present and future. He is currently contributing to the EU EPOC project (Evaluating and Predicting the Ocean Conveyor) and he co-Leads the ARIA funded VERIFY project, which is combining paleoclimate data and models to develop an early warning system for the future potential tipping of the Greenland Ice Sheet and subpolar North Atlantic circulation.