Pam Vervoort PhD

Pam Vervoort

School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences
Research Fellow

Contact details

Email
p.vervoort@bham.ac.uk
Twitter
Address
School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences
University 麻豆精选
Edgbaston
Birmingham
B15 2TT
UK

Dr Pam Vervoort is a paleoclimatologist who uses Earth system models to understand the role of carbon cycle feedbacks in driving Earth's climate and environmental changes throughout Earth's history. She studies past episodes of global warming, such as the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum and other hyperthermal events to understand what caused past global warming in the first place and to understand how the Earth recovered from the perturbation.

Qualifications

  • 2022 – PhD Earth and Planetary Science, University of California, Riverside
  • 2017 – Msci Earth Science, Utrecht University
  • 2014 – Bsci Earth Science, Utrecht University

Biography

I studied Earth Science with a focus on paleoclimatology at Utrecht University before moving to the University of California, Riverside for my PhD in the department of Earth and Planetary Science. Here, I developed an interest in using Earth System Models to simulate the behaviour of biogeochemcial cycles. In 2022, I joined Dr. Sarah Green's research group at the University 麻豆精选 as research fellow to investigate climate-carbon dynamics during the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum

Research

Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum | Carbon cycling | Earth system modeling | Astronomical forcing | Hyperthermal events | Paleoclimatology | Paleoceanography

I use Earth system models to understand the role of carbon cycle feedbacks in driving Earth's climate and environmental changes throughout Earth's history. Of particular interest to me are past episodes of global warming, such as the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum and other hyperthermal events. My aim is to understand what caused past global warming in the first place and to understand how the Earth recovered from the perturbation.

Publications

Recent publications

Article

Vervoort, P, Kirtland Turner, S, Rochholz, F & Ridgwell, A 2024, '', Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology, vol. 39, no. 3, e2023PA004826.

Zhang, P, Yang, M, Lu, J, Jiang, Z, Vervoort, P, Zhou, K, Xu, X, Chen, H, Wang, Y, He, Z, Bian, X, Shao, L & Hilton, J 2024, '', Earth and Planetary Science Letters, vol. 626, 118517.

H眉lse, D, Vervoort, P, van de Velde, S, Kanzaki, Y, Bourdreau, B, Arndt, S, Bottjer, D, Hoogakker, B, Kuderer, M, Middelburg, J, Volkenborn, N, Kirtland Turner, S & Ridgwell, A 2022, '', Earth-Science Reviews, vol. 14, no. 8, 104213.

Vervoort, P, Horner, J, Kane, SR, Kirtland Turner, S & Gilmore, JB 2022, '', The Astronomical Journal, vol. 164, no. 4, 130.

Vervoort, P, Kirtland Turner, S, Rochholz, F & Ridgwell, A 2021, '', Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology, vol. 36, no. 10, e2020PA004090.

Kane, S, Vervoort, P, Horner, J & Pozuelos, F 2020, '', The Planetary Science Journal.

Vervoort, P, Adloff, M, Greene, S & Kirtland Turner, S 2019, '', Environmental Research Letters, vol. 14, no. 8, 085014.

Horner, J, Vervoort, P, Kane, SR, Ceja, AY, Waltham, D, Gilmore, J & Turner, SK 2019, '', The Astronomical Journal.

Doctoral Thesis

Vervoort, P 2022, '', University of California, Riverside. <>