Jack Wharton

Jack recently completed his PhD research on 'Thermal structure of the northwest Atlantic during the Quaternary' and is currently a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Paleoceanography with the Department.

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Academic Background

• 2023 - present, Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Paleoceanography, University College London
• 2018-2023, PhD in Physical Geography, University College London, thesis title: 'Thermal structure of the Northwest Atlantic during the last 25,000 years'
• 2015-2018, BSc (Hons) Geography (First Class Honours), University College London, dissertation title, ‘Reconstructing AMOC over the past 7,000 years: Is the Industrial Era weakening an unprecedented event?’

Research Interests

Paleoceanography and paleoclimatology of the North Atlantic during the Quaternary 
Sedimentary and geochemical proxies including stable isotope and trace metal analysis of foraminifera, and sortable silt mean grain size analysis

Publications

• Wharton, J.H., Renoult, M., Gebbie, G., Keigwin, L.D., Marchitto, T.M., Maslin, M.A., Oppo, D.W. & Thornalley, D.J.R. (2024) 'Deeper and stronger North Atlantic Gyre during the Last Glacial Maximum’, Nature 632, 95–100.
• O’Brien, C. L., Spooner, P. T., Wharton, J. H., Papachristopoulou, E., Dutton, N.,Fairman, D., ... & Thornalley, D. J. (2021) ‘Exceptional 20th century shifts in deep- sea ecosystems are spatially heterogeneous and associated with local surface ocean variability', Frontiers in Marine Science, 1376.