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David Vaughan (glaciologist)

David Vaughan (glaciologist)

British climate scientist (1962–2023)

David Glyn Vaughan[1] OBE (23 October 1962 – 9 February 2023) was a climate scientist at the British Antarctic Survey. His research focus is the role of ice sheets in the Earth system and the societal threat of climate change and rising sea levels.[2] He is a co-ordinating Lead Author of the IPCC Fourth Assessment Report. His research work includes the mapping of the bed under Pine Island Glacier[3] and the discovery of a subglacial volcano.[4][5] Between March 2009 and November 2013 Vaughan led the EU Ice2sea project, which focussed on sea-level rise arising from ice-sheet and glacier melt.

Vaughan graduated from Churchill College, Cambridge with a degree in Natural Sciences in 1984.[6] He then earned a MSc in Geophysics from Durham University (Hatfield College) in 1985, after which he joined the British Antarctic Survey, taking part in multiple field campaigns over the following years.[6] He gained his PhD from the Open University in 1995.[6] He was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2017 New Year Honours for services to glaciology.[7] He died of stomach cancer on 9 February 2023, at the age of 60.[8]

References

  1. [1]
    "New Year's Honours list 2017" (PDF). Gov.uk. Government Digital Service. 30 December 2016. p. 42. Retrieved 31 December 2016.
  2. [2]
    "British Antarctic Survey Staff Profile". Archived from the original on 22 December 2012. Retrieved 20 October 2009.
  3. [3]
    Vaughan, D. G.; Corr, H. F. J.; Ferraccioli, F.; Frearson, N.; O'Hare, A.; Mach, D.; Holt, J. W.; Blankenship, D. D.; Morse, D. L.; Young, D.A. (2006). "New boundary conditions for the West Antarctic ice sheet: Subglacial topography beneath Pine Island Glacier" (PDF). Geophysical Research Letters. 33 (9): L09501. Bibcode:2006GeoRL..3309501V. doi:10.1029/2005GL025588. S2CID 128406976.
  4. [4]
    Black, Richard (20 January 2008). "Ancient Antarctic eruption noted". BBC News. London: BBC. Retrieved 22 October 2011.
  5. [5]
    Corr, H. F. J.; Vaughan, D. G. (2008). "A recent volcanic eruption beneath the West Antarctic ice sheet". Nature Geoscience. 1 (2): 122–125. Bibcode:2008NatGe...1..122C. doi:10.1038/ngeo106.
  6. [6]
    "Vaughan, Dr David Glyn, (born 23 Oct. 1962), Director of Science, British Antarctic Survey". UK Who's Who. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
  7. [7]
    "No. 61803". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 2016. p. N14.
  8. [8]
    "Professor David G Vaughan OBE". British Antarctic Survey. Retrieved 20 February 2023.


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