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Benjamin Newsome-Chandler

Assistant Professor, Faculty of Social Sciences

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Biography

I am a glacial geomorphologist and Assistant Professor in the School of Geography with research expertise and interests related to climate-glacier-landscape interactions. My research primarily focuses on (1) the process responses of mountain glaciers and ice caps to climate change and (2) the evolution of emerging glacial landscapes at retreating glacier margins.

I teach a variety of physical geography topics across the undergraduate programmes in the School of Geography, including cold regions geomorphology, glaciology, glaciers and water resource management, atmospheric processes and climate change, as well as remote sensing and geophysical methods.

In 2022, I was awarded the by the Quaternary Research Association, recognising my significant contributions to Quaternary research as an early career researcher.

Teaching Summary

I deliver teaching on a range of physical geography topics across the undergraduate geography programmes and the MSc in Global Environmental Sustainability. Topics that I teach on include cold… read more

Research Summary

My research interests and expertise are related to climate-glacier-landscape interactions, with a particular focus on (1) the dynamics of mountain glaciers and ice caps at high latitudes and (2) the… read more

Recent Publications

  • KYLANDER, MALIN E., MART脥NEZ-CORTIZAS, ANTONIO, SJ脰STR脰M, JENNY K., G脜LING, JENNY, GYLLENCREUTZ, RICHARD, BINDLER, RICHARD, ALEXANDERSON, HELENA, SCHENK, FREDERIK, REINARDY, BENEDICT T.I., CHANDLER, BENJAMIN M.P. and GALLAGHER, KERRY, 2023. Quaternary Science Reviews. 299, 107854
  • EVANS, DAVID J. A., EWERTOWSKI, MAREK W., TOMCZYK, ALEKSANDRA and CHANDLER, BENJAMIN M. P., 2023. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms. 48(8), 1573-1598
  • BOSTON, CLARE M., CHANDLER, BENJAMIN M. P., LOVELL, HAROLD, WEBER, PAUL and DAVIES, BETHAN J., 2023. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms. 48(9), 1783-1803
  • WATTS, HANNAH, BOOTH, ADAM D., REINARDY, BENEDICT T. I., KILLINGBECK, SIOBHAN F., JANSSON, PETER, CLARK, ROGER A., CHANDLER, BENJAMIN M. P. and NESJE, ATLE, 2022. Frontiers in Earth Science: Cryospheric Sciences. 10, 734682

I currently supervise the following postgraduate research students:

  • Libby Pattison (2022-2025). Ice-marginal dynamics of plateau icefields in response to climate change. School of Geography studentship.

I deliver teaching on a range of physical geography topics across the undergraduate geography programmes and the MSc in Global Environmental Sustainability. Topics that I teach on include cold regions geomorphology, glaciology, glaciers and water resource management, climate change, AI and sustainability, and atmospheric processes, as well as remote sensing and geophysical methods.

I am currently the Research Tutorial Coordinator for the second-year undergraduate geography programmes, as well as the module convenor for GEOG1037 Planet Earth: Exploring the Physical Environment and GEOG3069 Extreme Environments. I currently contribute teaching to the following modules in the School of Geography:

  • GEOG1037 Planet Earth: Exploring the Physical Environment (module convenor)
  • GEOG2030 Research Tutorial (module convenor)
  • GEOG2079 Techniques in Geography
  • GEOG3055 Advances in Remote Sensing
  • GEOG3062 Global Climate Change
  • GEOG3069 Extreme Environments (module convenor)
  • GEOG4110 Global Frontiers in Sustainability

Current Research

My research interests and expertise are related to climate-glacier-landscape interactions, with a particular focus on (1) the dynamics of mountain glaciers and ice caps at high latitudes and (2) the evolution of emerging landscapes at retreating glacier margins. I use a wide range of methods that span glacial geomorphology, glaciology, remote sensing, geophysics, and proogramming/statistical computing to understand and quantify changes to processes operating at sub-Arctic and Arctic glaciers and ice caps, as well as in their ice-marginal landscapes. I have also undertaken research on ancient mountain glaciers and ice caps that occupied mid-latitudes during the Last Glacial-Interglacial Transition (~16-8 ka). Beyond my research on glaciers and ice caps, I have broad interests in the application of geophysical methods to investigate subsurface environments, including their use in non-glacial environments (e.g. peatlands).

Response of glaciers and ice caps to climate change

A key focus of my research is on the responses of mountain glaciers and ice caps to rapid climate change, both past and present. One aspect of my research focuses on process-form responses of glaciers and ice caps to climate change, ranging in timescales from seasons/years (e.g. in Iceland; , ) to decades (e.g. in Norway and Iceland; ; ) and to centuries/millennia (e.g. in Scotland; , ). A second aspect of my research on this theme has focused on the responses of former glaciers and ice caps to rapid climate change during the Last Glacial-Interglacial Transition (~16-8 ka), ranging across spatial scales from small cirque glaciers (e.g. ) to icefields and ice caps (e.g. ).

Evolution of active glacial landscapes

A second theme of my research focuses on monitoring the evolution of active (modern) glacial landscapes, with an emphasis on (emerging) ice-marginal environments. My work involves a combination of geomorphological mapping and image analysis to examine planimetric changes to glacial landscapes on annual to decadal timescales, as well as change detection analysis using time series of DEMs to quantify rates of landscape change on seasonal to annual timescales (e.g. in Iceland; ; ). Much of my research has used repeat drone-based photogrammetry for change detection analysis and the quantification of glacial landscape change.

Geophysical investigations of subsurface environments

My third area of research interest focuses on using ground-penetrating radar (GPR) to investigate subsurface environments, particularly the subsurface around glacier margins. I have contributed to methodological research aimed at developing workflows and frameworks for best practice when using geophysical surveying methods in glacial environments (). Additionally, I have used GPR as part of collaborative research to examine the evolution of peatlands in southern Sweden (), and to investigate the internal structure and formation of glacial landforms in northern Sweden (in progress).

  • KYLANDER, MALIN E., MART脥NEZ-CORTIZAS, ANTONIO, SJ脰STR脰M, JENNY K., G脜LING, JENNY, GYLLENCREUTZ, RICHARD, BINDLER, RICHARD, ALEXANDERSON, HELENA, SCHENK, FREDERIK, REINARDY, BENEDICT T.I., CHANDLER, BENJAMIN M.P. and GALLAGHER, KERRY, 2023. Quaternary Science Reviews. 299, 107854
  • EVANS, DAVID J. A., EWERTOWSKI, MAREK W., TOMCZYK, ALEKSANDRA and CHANDLER, BENJAMIN M. P., 2023. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms. 48(8), 1573-1598
  • BOSTON, CLARE M., CHANDLER, BENJAMIN M. P., LOVELL, HAROLD, WEBER, PAUL and DAVIES, BETHAN J., 2023. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms. 48(9), 1783-1803
  • WATTS, HANNAH, BOOTH, ADAM D., REINARDY, BENEDICT T. I., KILLINGBECK, SIOBHAN F., JANSSON, PETER, CLARK, ROGER A., CHANDLER, BENJAMIN M. P. and NESJE, ATLE, 2022. Frontiers in Earth Science: Cryospheric Sciences. 10, 734682
  • CHANDLER, BENJAMIN M.P., BOSTON, CLARE M., LUKAS, SVEN and LOVELL, HAROLD, 2021. Proceedings of the Geologists' Association. 132(4), 506-524
  • CHANDLER, BENJAMIN M. P. and EVANS, DAVID J. A., 2021. Glacial Processes and Sediments. In: ALDERTON, DAVID and ELIAS, SCOTT A., eds., Encyclopedia of Geology Second Edition. Elsevier. 830-856
  • CHANDLER, BENJAMIN M. P., CHANDLER, SAMUEL J. P., EVANS, DAVID J. A., EWERTOWSKI, MAREK W., LOVELL, HAROLD, ROBERTS, DAVID H., SCHAEFER, MARTIN and TOMCZYK, ALEKSANDRA M., 2020. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms. 45(7), 1622-1643
  • CHANDLER, BENJAMIN M.P., LUKAS, SVEN and BOSTON, CLARE M., 2020. Boreas. 49(2), 248-268
  • CHANDLER, BENJAMIN M.P., EVANS, DAVID J.A., CHANDLER, SAMUEL J.P., EWERTOWSKI, MAREK W., LOVELL, HAROLD, ROBERTS, DAVID H., SCHAEFER, MARTIN and TOMCZYK, ALEKSANDRA M., 2020. Geomorphology. 361, 107192
  • CHANDLER, BENJAMIN M.P., LUKAS, SVEN, BOSTON, CLARE M. and MERRITT, JON W., 2019. Journal of Maps. 15(2), 60-78
  • CHANDLER, BENJAMIN M.P., BOSTON, CLARE M. and LUKAS, SVEN, 2019. Quaternary Science Reviews. 211, 107-135
  • CHANDLER, BENJAMIN M.P., LOVELL, HAROLD, BOSTON, CLARE M., LUKAS, SVEN, BARR, IESTYN D., BENEDIKTSSON, 脥VAR 脰RN, BENN, DOUGLAS I., CLARK, CHRIS D., DARVILL, CHRISTOPHER M., EVANS, DAVID J.A., EWERTOWSKI, MAREK W., LOIBL, DAVID, MARGOLD, MARTIN, OTTO, JAN-CHRISTOPH, ROBERTS, DAVID H., STOKES, CHRIS R., STORRAR, ROBERT D. and STROEVEN, ARJEN P., 2018. Earth-Science Reviews. 185, 806-846
  • EVANS, DAVID J. A. and CHANDLER, BENJAMIN M. P., 2018. Geology, physiography and glaciology of SE Iceland. In: EVANS, DAVID J. A., ed., Glacial Landsystems of Southeast Iceland 鈥� Quaternary Applications: Field Guide Quaternary Research Association. 1-19
  • CHANDLER, BENJAMIN M. P., EVANS, DAVID J. A. and ROBERTS, DAVID H., 2018. Glacial landsystem development at Sk谩lafellsj枚kull and moraine-climate change linkages. In: EVANS, DAVID J. A., ed., Glacial Landsystems of Southeast Iceland 鈥� Quaternary Applications: Field Guide Quaternary Research Association. 243-258
  • CHANDLER, BENJAMIN M.P. and LUKAS, SVEN, 2017. Journal of Quaternary Science. 32(4), 475-492
  • CHANDLER, BENJAMIN M. P., EVANS, DAVID J. A., ROBERTS, DAVID H., EWERTOWSKI, MAREK and CLAYTON, ALEXANDER I., 2016. Journal of Maps. 12(5), 904-916
  • CHANDLER, BENJAMIN M.P., EVANS, DAVID J.A. and ROBERTS, DAVID H., 2016. Quaternary Science Reviews. 135, 171-205
  • CHANDLER, BENJAMIN M. P., EVANS, DAVID J. A. and ROBERTS, DAVID H., 2016. arktos. 2(1), 24

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