Dr Peter Hopcroft BSc(Hons), PhD

Dr Peter Hopcroft

School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences
Birmingham Fellow

Contact details

Telephone
+44 (0)121 414 6167
Email
p.hopcroft@bham.ac.uk
Address
Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences
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Edgbaston
Birmingham
B15 2TT
UK

Peter is interested in understanding and predicting climate change in both the past and future. Peter specialises in using Earth System models, particularly as applied to the periods prior to industrialisation.

Qualifications

  • 2004: BSc(Hons) Physics with studies in musical performance, Imperial College London & Royal College of Music
  • 2009: PhD Geophysics, Imperial College London

Postgraduate supervision

I am keen to hear from prospective PhD students on all topics related to Earth System and climate modelling. I am particularly interested in simulating the Green Sahara and other aspects of palaeo-monsoon variations; the palaeo mineral dust cycle, particularly related to abrupt climate dust and climate events during the last glacial period and the methane cycle. Projects that look at links between model performance for the past and the future would also be encouraged. I am happy to consider distance learning candidates where appropriate.

Research

Peter is interested in understanding and predicting climate change in both the past and future. Peter specialises in using Earth System models, particularly as applied to the periods prior to industrialisation.

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Publications

Recent publications

Article

Lu, Z, Schultze, A, Carre, M, Brierley, C, Hopcroft, P, Zhao, D, Zheng, M, Braconnot, P, Yin, Q, Jungclaus, J, Shi, X, Yang, H & Zhang, Q 2025, '', Nature Geoscience.

Zhang, Z, Poulter, B, Melton, JR, Riley, WJ, Allen, G, Beerling, DJ, Canadell, JG, Flouet-Chouinard, E, Ciais, P, Gedney, N, Hopcroft, P, Ito, A, Jackson, R & GCP CH4 modellers 2025, '', Biogeosciences. ,

Saunois, M & Hopcroft, P 2025, '', Earth System Science Data, vol. 17, no. 5, pp. 1873鈥�1958. ,

Trauth, M, Asrat, A, Fischer, ML, Hopcroft, P, Foerster, V, Kaboth-Bahr, S, Kindermann, K, Lamb, HF, Marwan, N, Maslin, MA & Schaebitz, F 2024, '', Nature Communications, vol. 15, pp. 3697.

Krause, C, Kimbrough, A, Gagan, MK, Hopcroft, P, Dunbar, G, Hantoro, W, Hellstrom, J, Cheng, H, Edwards, RL, Wong, H, Suwargadi, B, Valdes, PJ & Rifai, H 2024, '', Quaternary Research.

Hopcroft, P & Gallagher, K 2023, '', Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 50, no. 13, e2023GL104631.

Armstrong, E, Tallavaara, M, Hopcroft, P & Valdes, PJ 2023, '', Nature Communications, vol. 14, no. 1, 5549.

Hopcroft, P, Valdes, PJ, Shuman, B, Toohey, M & Sigl, M 2023, '', Quaternary Science Reviews, vol. 319, 108322.

Hopcroft, P, Pichat, S, Valdes, PJ & Kienast, S 2023, '', Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 50, no. 1, e2022GL101197.

Hopcroft, P & Valdes, P 2022, '', Environmental Research Letters, vol. 17, no. 8, 085001.

Aubry, T, Farquharson, J, Rowell, C, Watt, S, Pinel, V, Beckett, F, Fasullo, J, Hopcroft, P, Pyle, D, Schmidt, A & Staunton Sykes, J 2022, '', Bulletin of Volcanology, vol. 84, no. 6, 58, pp. 1-11.

Askjaer, T, Zhang, Q, Schenk, F, Charpentier, F, Lu, Z, Brierley, C, Hopcroft, P, Jungclaus, J, Shi, X, Lohmann, G, Sun, W, Braconnot, P, Wu, Z, Yin, Q, Kang, Y, Yang, H & Jian, L 2022, '', Quaternary Science Reviews, vol. 296, 107801.

Letter

Zhu, Q, Yuan, K, Li, F, Riley, WJ, Hoyt, A, Jackson, R, Mcnicol, G, Chen, M, Knox, SH, Briner, O, Beerling, D, Gedney, N, Hopcroft, PO, Ito, A, Jain, AK, Jensen, K, Kleinen, T, Li, T, Liu, X, McDonald, KC, Melton, JR, Miller, PA, M眉ller, J, Peng, C, Poulter, B, Qin, Z, Peng, S, Tian, H, Xu, X, Yao, Y, Xi, Y, Zhang, Z, Zhang, W, Zhu, Q & Zhuang, Q 2024, '', Environmental Research Letters, vol. 19, no. 11, 114046.

Ito, A, Li, T, Melton, J, Tian, H, Kleinen, T, Wang, W, Zhang, Z, Joos, F, Ciais, P, Hopcroft, PO, Beerling, DJ, Liu, X, Zhuang, Q, Zhu, Q, Peng, C, Cheng, K-Y, Fluet-Chouinard, E, McNicol, G, Patra, P, Poulter, B, Sitch, S, Riley, W & Zhu, Q 2023, '', Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 50, no. 14, e2023GL103037.

Jiang, Z, Brierley, C, Bader, J, Braconnot, P, Erb, M, Hopcroft, P, Jiang, D, Jungclaus, J, Khon, V, Lohmann, G, Marti, O, Otto-bliesner, BL, Osman, M, Schneider, B, Shi, X, Thornalley, DJR, Tian, Z & Zhang, Q 2023, '', Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 50, no. 10, e2023GL103078.