My Expertise
I am an experienced academic and industry leader. A former ARC Laureate Fellow, I am currently Director of the UNSW Earth and Sustainability Science Research Centre (the ESSRC) and Director of the UNSW Chronos 14Carbon-Cycle Facility where I bring together interdisciplinary teams to tackle global environmental challenges of societal importance in the Anthropocene. I champion the value
of science in decision-making, and work with scientific agencies and governments to inform on national and global policy and management.
Keywords
Fields of Research (FoR)
Carbon sequestration science, Environmental biogeochemistry, Climate change processes, Ecological impacts of climate change and ecological adaptation, Other earth sciences, Palaeoclimatology, Physical geography and environmental geoscience, OceanographySEO tags
Biography
Chris is a recently completed Australian Research Council Laureate Fellow and Professor of Climate Change and Earth Science at the University of New South Wales. Chris is an experienced science and industry leader who brings together interdisciplinary teams to tackle global environmental challenges of societal importance in the Anthropocene. Chris champions the value of science in decision-making, and work with governments, industry, the Third...view more
Contact
+61-2-9065-1718
Publications
by Professor Chris Turney
ORCID as entered in ROS
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6733-0993
Related Links
My personal webpage
The personal webpage of Professor Chris Turney: Leader, Scientist, Explorer and Author.
The Earth and Sustainability Science Research Centre (the ESSRC)
The ESSRC is dedicated to deepening our understanding of Earth processes, and the evolution and adaptation of life through time, and use this knowledge to inform, educate and advocate sustainable solutions for environmental challenges in the Anthropocene.
The Chronos 14Carbon-Cycle Facility
In strategic partnership with the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO), UNSW is proud to be the home of the first Mini Carbon Dating System in the Southern Hemisphere (www.14carboncycle.com). The Chronos Facility is dedicated to using radiocarbon to monitor the...
Leadership Lessons from Sir Ernest Shackleton: Interview on 'Against the Odds'
Chris Turney is an Earth scientist studying the causes and impacts of environmental and climate change with a focus on the Antarctic. Turney shares tales from his own ambitious expeditions to Antarctica and the greatest challenges Shackleton and his crew faced on the ice.
Timelapse for the UNSW Chronos Facility: Taking the Planet's Pulse by Radiocarbon
Here's a short time-lapse movie of the installation of the Mini Carbon Dating System (MICADAS) at UNSW. Hope you enjoy it!
Shackled
Book: In 2013, Australian Earth scientist Chris Turney led an ambitious expedition to Antarctica. It promised so much – discovery, history, adventure – but came with great risk.
Iced In: Ten Days Trapped in Antarctica
“The Antarctic Factor: if anything can go wrong, it will. It's basically Murphy's Law on steroids…”
1912: The Year The World Discovered Antarctica
During the height of the Heroic Age of Exploration, the limits of our planet were pushed all the way to the South Pole and the door to Antarctica flung wide open. A frozen continent shaped by climatic extremes and inhabited by wildlife and vegetation unknown to science was being uncover...
Bones, Rocks and Stars: The Science of When Things Happened
What is the Turin Shroud? When were the Pyramids built? Where are the branches on the human family tree? Why did the dinosaurs die out? How did the Earth take shape? With questions like these, I show time is of the essence. Understanding how we pinpoint the past is crucial to putting t...
Ice, Mud & Blood: Lessons from Climates Past
Here I explore the changing climate and the risks facing us today as we continue to drive our planet to new extremes.Videos
Imagine a world of wildly escalating temperatures, apocalyptic flooding, devastating storms and catastrophic sea level rise. This might sound like a prediction for the future or the storyline of a new Hollywood blockbuster but it is something quite different: it’s our past. In a day and age when we’re bombarded with worrying forecasts for the future, it seems hard to believe that such things could come to pass. Yet almost everywhere we turn, the landscape is screaming out that the world is a capricious place. But if we don’t tune in, the message is lost. We need to decipher the past and learn from it.
Past environmental changes and their impacts are increasingly providing valuable insights into how our planet works. And it’s becoming evermore clear that nowhere is really isolated from anywhere else. From Sydney to the Arctic, seemingly unrelated parts of the world are connected in one way or another. The course GEOS3761 ‘Environmental Change’ is on offer at the University of New South Wales and designed to provide you with a critical understanding of past environmental change and what this means for the future.
I hope you can join us.
Past environmental changes and their impacts are increasingly providing valuable insights into how our planet works. And it’s becoming evermore clear that nowhere is really isolated from anywhere else. From Sydney to the Arctic, seemingly unrelated parts of the world are connected in one way or another. The course GEOS3761 ‘Environmental Change’ is on offer at the University of New South Wales and designed to provide you with a critical understanding of past environmental change and what this means for the future.
I hope you can join us.