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Sarah Metcalfe

Professor - Deputy Pro-Vice-Chancellor RKE, Faculty of Social Sciences

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Biography

Deputy Pro-Vice Chancellor Research and Knowledge Exchange

Nottingham lead for the NERC funded Envision DTP

Externally:

Chair, National Environmental Isotope Facilities (NEIF) Panel A (Radiocarbon)

Member NEIF National Steering Group

Member Royal Geographical Society Medals and Awards sub-committee

Expertise Summary

  • Low latitude palaeoclimatology
  • Palaeolimnology
  • Human-environment interactions
  • Climate resilience and adaptation (particularly in the Yucatan Peninsula)

I also have interests in UK air pollution combining modelling and monitoring to look at pollution reduction strategies

Teaching Summary

I teach on a range of modules within the School of Geography:

Year 2 - Changing Environments

- Techniques in Physical Geography

- Living with Hazards

Year 3 - Field course (Mexico)

Research Summary

My current research - often working with PhD students - is focused on:

  • Lake sediment records of climate change in Mexico, Belize, Colombia
  • Impacts of human activity on catchments
  • Agricultural systems, climate adaptation and traditional knowledge in Mexico, Belize and Jordan
  • Air pollution in the UK (especially Nottingham)
  • Climate change in the circum-Caribbean

Current funded research projects:

Integrated ClimAte Resilience UnderStanding (ICARUS) Belize. Leverhulme Trust Research Programme Grant

Maya Archaeology and Palaeoecology Partnership Project. NSF/SBE-RCUK (AHRC) B. Whitney (PI) with S.E. Metcalfe, J.A. Iriate.

Virus sequencing of museum mammal species to define environmental and anthropogenic drivers of virus ecology and to understand disease outbreaks. NERC Exploring the Frontiers Grant. J. Ball (PI) with S.E. Metcalfe and others

Recent Publications

  • FAGEL, N., ISRADE ALCANTARA, I., SAFAIERAD, R., RANTALA, M., SCHMIDT, S., LEPOINT, G., PELLENARD, P. and MATTIELLI, N., 2024. Applied Clay Science. 247, 107211
  • EVE L. DRAPER, J. DUNCAN WHYATT, RICHARD S. TAYLOR and SARAH E. METCALFE, 2023. Atmospheric Environment. 314(1), 120107
  • HOLMES, J., BURNS, M., CISNEROS-DOZAL, L-M. and JONES, M., 2023. Quaternary Science Reviews. 301, 107930
  • DE LA BARREDA, B., METCALFE, S.E., SMITH, G. and SJOGERSTEN, S., 2023. Frontiers in Marine Science.
  • FAGEL, N., ISRADE ALCANTARA, I., SAFAIERAD, R., RANTALA, M., SCHMIDT, S., LEPOINT, G., PELLENARD, P. and MATTIELLI, N., 2024. Applied Clay Science. 247, 107211
  • EVE L. DRAPER, J. DUNCAN WHYATT, RICHARD S. TAYLOR and SARAH E. METCALFE, 2023. Atmospheric Environment. 314(1), 120107
  • HOLMES, J., BURNS, M., CISNEROS-DOZAL, L-M. and JONES, M., 2023. Quaternary Science Reviews. 301, 107930
  • DE LA BARREDA, B., METCALFE, S.E., SMITH, G. and SJOGERSTEN, S., 2023. Frontiers in Marine Science.
  • CHANDLER, C., MOSQUEDA, S.V.A., SALAS, E.R., MAGANA GALLEGOS, E., DE LA BARREDA, B., BOYD, D.S., METCALFE, S.E., SJOGERSTEN, S., VAN TUSSENBROEK, B. and SILVA, R., 2023. Remote Sensing. 15, 4336
  • MARDERO, SOFIA, SCHMOOK, BIRGIT, CHRISTMAN, ZACHARY, METCALFE, SARAH E. and DE LA BARREDA-BAUTISTA, BETSABE, 2020. THEORETICAL AND APPLIED CLIMATOLOGY. 140(1-2), 129-144
  • METCALFE, SARAH E., SCHMOOK, BIRGIT, BOYD, DOREEN S., DE LA BARREDA-BAUTISTA, BETSABE, ENDFIELD, GEORGINA E., MARDERO, SOFIA, MANZON CHE, MARIA, MEDINA GONZALEZ, ROGER, MUNGUIA GIL, MARIA TERESA, NAVARRO OLMEDO, SANTANA and PEREA, ALEJANDRA, 2020. REGIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE. 20(1),
  • DE LA BARREDA, BETSABE, METCALFE, SARAH E. and BOYD, DOREEN S., 2020. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CLIMATOLOGY.
  • LECHNER, AM, GOMES, RL, RODRIGUES, L, ASHFOLD, MJ, SELVAM, SB, WONG, EP, RAYMOND, CM, ZIERITZ, A, SING, KW, MOUG, P, BILLA, L, SAGALA, S, CHESHMEHZANGI, A, LOURDES, K, AZHAR, B, SANUSI, R, IVES, CD, TANG, Y-T, TAN, D, CHAN, FKS, NATH, TK, SABARUDIN, NAB, METCALFE, S, GULSRUD, NM, SCHEURSCH, M, CAMPOS-ARCEIZ, A, MACKLIN, MG and GIBBINS, C, 2020. Blue-Green Systems. 2(1), 331-351
  • DE LA BARREDA, B. and METCALFE, S.E., 2020. International Journal of Climatology. 40, 4541-4555
  • BRIDDON, C.L., MCGOWAN, S., METCALFE, S.E., PANIZZO, V., LACEY, J., ENGELS, S., LENG, M., MILLS, K. and SHAFIQ, M., 2020. Geo: Geography and Environment. 7,
  • RUSHTON, E.A. and WHITNEY, B.S., 2020. Quaternary. 3, 30
  • JONES, MATTHEW D., ABU-JABER, NIZAR, ALSHDAIFAT, AHMAD, BAIRD, DOUGLAS, COOK, BENJAMIN I., CUTHBERT, MARK O., DEAN, JONATHAN R., DJAMALI, MORTEZA, EASTWOOD, WARREN, FLEITMANN, DOMINIK, HAYWOOD, ALAN, KWIECIEN, OLA, LARSEN, JOSHUA, MAHER, LISA A., METCALFE, SARAH E., PARKER, ADRIAN, PETRIE, CAMERON A., PRIMMER, NICK, RICHTER, TOBIAS, ROBERTS, NEIL, ROE, JOE, TINDALL, JULIA C., UNAL-IMER, EZGI and WEEKS, LLOYD, 2019. WILEY INTERDISCIPLINARY REVIEWS-WATER. 6(2),
  • DAVIES, SARAH J., METCALFE, SARAH E., ASTON, BENJAMIN J., BYRNE, A. ROGER, CHAMPAGNE, MARIE R., JONES, MATTHEW D., LENG, MELANIE J. and NOREN, ANDERS, 2018. QUATERNARY SCIENCE REVIEWS. 202, 211-224
  • DEAN, JONATHAN R., JONES, MATTHEW D., LENG, MELANIE J., METCALFE, SARAH E., SLOANE, HILARY J., EASTWOOD, WARREN J. and ROBERTS, C. NEIL, 2018. HOLOCENE. 28(2), 267-276
  • NOOREN, K, HOEK, W.Z, DEMODY, B.J, GALOP, D and METCALFE, S, 2018. Climate of the Past. 14, 1253-1273
  • JONES, M.D., ABU-JBER, N., ALSHDAIFAT, A., BAIRD, D., COOK, B.I., CUTHERBERT, M.O., DEAN, J.R., DJAMALI, M., EASTWOOD, W., FLEITMANN, D., HAYWOOD, A., KIECIEN, O., LARSEN, J., MAHER, L.A., METCALFE, S.E., PARKER, A., PETRIE, C.A., PRIMMER, N., RICHTER, T., ROBERTS, N., ROSE, J., TINDALL, J.C. and 脺NAL-IMER, E., 2018. WIREs Water.
  • METCALFE, S.E., 2018. Nature Geoscience. 11, 802-803
  • WHYATT, J. DUNCAN, METCALFE, SARAH E., DERWENT, RICHARD G. and PAGE, TREVOR, 2017. An analysis of the likely success of policy actions under uncertainty: Recovery from acidification across Great Britain ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & POLICY. 73, 124-132
  • DEAN, JONATHAN R., JONES, MATTHEW D., LENG, MELANIE J., METCALFE, SARAH E., SLOANE, HILARY J. and EASTWOOD, WARREN J., 2017. The Holocene.
  • METCALFE, SARAH E., LENG, MELANIE J., KIRBY, JASON R., HUDDART, DAVID, VANE, CHRISTOPHER H. and GONZALEZ, SILVIA, 2016. JOURNAL OF QUATERNARY SCIENCE. 31(4), 325-336
  • JONATHAN A HOLMES, SARAH E METCALFE and HEATHER L JONES, 2016. Journal of Quaternary Science. 31, 310-324
  • METCALFE S E and BARRON J A, 2015. Quaternary Science Reviews. 120, 1-27
  • DEAN J R, JONES M D, LENG M J, NOBLE S R, METCALFE S E, SLOANE H J and SAHY D, 2015. Quaternary Science Reviews. 124, 162-174
  • FELSTEAD, NICHOLAS J., LENG, MELANIE J., METCALFE, SARAH E. and GONZALEZ, SILVIA, 2015. JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS. 121, 15-23
  • JONES, MATTHEW D., DJAMALI, MORTEZA, HOLMES, JONATHAN, WEEKS, LLOYD, LENG, MELANIE J., LASHKARI, ARASH, ALAMDARI, KOUROSH, NOOROLLAHI, DARIUSH, THOMAS, LOUISE and METCALFE, SARAH E., 2015. HOLOCENE. 25(10), 1651-1661
  • DORE, A. J., CARSLAW, D. C., BRABAN, C., CAIN, M., CHEMEL, C., CONOLLY, C., DERWENT, R. G., GRIFFITHS, S. J., HALL, J., HAYMAN, G., LAWRENCE, S., METCALFE, S. E., REDINGTON, A., SIMPSON, D., SUTTON, M. A., SUTTON, P., TANG, Y. S., VIENO, M., WERNER, M. and WHYATT, J. D., 2015. ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENT. 119, 131-143
  • JONES, MATTHEW D., METCALFE, SARAH E., DAVIES, SARAH J. and NOREN, ANDERS, 2015. QUATERNARY SCIENCE REVIEWS. 124, 290-295
  • FELSTEAD, N.J., GONZALEZ, S., HUDDART, D., NOBLE, S.R., HOFFMANN, D.L., METCALFE, S.E., LENG, M.J., ALBERT, B.M., PIKE, A.W.G., GONZALEZ-GONZALEZ, A. and JIMENEZ-LOPEZ, J.C., 2014. Journal of Archaeological Science. 42, 250-259
  • DORE, ANTHONY J., CARSLAW, D., CHEMEL, C., DERWENT, R. G., FISHER, B. E. A., GRIFFITHS, S. J., LAWRENCE, S., METCALFE, S. E., REDINGTON, A., SIMPSON, DAVID, SOKHI, R., SUTTON, P., VIENO, M. and WHYATT, J. D., 2014. AIR POLLUTION MODELING AND ITS APPLICATION XXII. 505-510
  • METCALFE, SARAH E., WHITNEY, BRONWEN S., FITZPATRICK, KATHARINE A., MAYLE, FRANCIS E., LOADER, NEIL J., STREET-PERROTT, F. ALAYNE and MANN, DAVID G., 2014. JOURNAL OF QUATERNARY SCIENCE. 29(3), 289-300
  • DEAN, J.R., JONES, M.D., LENG, M.J., SLOANE, H.J., ROBERTS, C.N., WOODBRIDGE, J., SWANN, G.E.A., METCALFE, S.E., EASTWOOD, W.J. and YI臑ITBA艦IO臑LU, H., 2013. Quaternary Science Reviews. 66(April), 35-44
  • METCALFE, S.E., 2013. Latin America. In: ELIAS, S.A, ed., Encyclopedia of Quaternary Science vol. 2. Elsevier. 531-536
  • BERLAND, A.J., METCALFE, S.E. and ENDFIELD, G.H., 2013. Climate of the Past. 9, 1331-1343
  • ROY, PRIYADARSI D., RIVERO-NAVARETTE, AXEL, LOPEZ-BALBIAUX, NAYELI, PEREZ-CRUZ, LIGIA L., METCALFE, SARAH E., SANKAR, G. MUTHU and LUIS SANCHEZ-ZAVALA, JOSE, 2013. HOLOCENE. 23(8), 1105-1114
  • ROY, P.D., QUIROZ-JIMENEZ, J.D., PEREZ-CRUZ, L., LOZANO-GARCIA, S., METCALFE, S.E., LOZANO-SANTACRUZ, R., LOPEZ-BALBIAUX, N., SANCHEZ-ZAYALA, J-L. and ROMERO, F.M., 2013. Quaternary Science Reviews. 78, 342-354
  • STRONG, JONATHAN, WHYATT, J. DUNCAN, METCALFE, SARAH E., DERWENT, RICHARD G. and HEWITT, C. NICHOLAS, 2013. ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENT. 74, 393-401
  • STEVENS, RE, METCALFE, SE, LENG, MJ, LAMB, AL, SLOANE, HJ, NARANJO, E and GONZALEZ, S, 2012. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology. 319, 16-27
  • BARRON, J.A., METCALFE, S.E. and ADDISON, J.A., 2012. Paleoceanography. 27(3), PA3206
  • METCALFE, S.E. AND NASH, D.J., ed., 2012. Quaternary Environmental Change in the Tropics Wiley-Blackwell.
  • CORREA-METRIO, A., LOZANO-GARCIA, S., XELHUANTZLI-LOPEZ, S., SOSA-NAJERA, S. and METCALFE, S.E., 2012. Journal of Quaternary Science. 27(5), 509-518
  • WHITNEY, B.S, MAYLE, F.E, PUNYASENA, S.W, FITZPATRICK, K.A, BURN, M.J, GUILLEN, R, CHAVEZ, E, MANN, D and PENNINGTON, R.T. AND METCALFE, S.E., 2011. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 307, 177-192
  • METCALFE, S.E., JONES, M.D., DAVIES, S.J., NOREN, A. and MACKENZIE, A., 2010. Holocene. 20(8), 1195-1206
  • METCALFE, S., BREEN, A., MURRAY, M., FURLEY, P., FALLICK, A. and MCKENZIE, A., 2009. Journal of Quaternary Science. 24(6), 627-641
  • ENDFIELD, G.H, DAVIES, S.J, FERNANDEZ TEJEDO, I and METCALFE, S.E. AND O'HARA, S.L., 2009. Documenting disaster: archival investigations of climate, crisis and catastrophe in colonial Mexico. In: MAUCH, C. AND PFISTER, C., ed., Natural Disasters, Cultural Responses. Case studies toward a global environmental history Lexington Books. 305-325
  • LAMB, A.L., GONZALEZ, S., HUDDART, D., METCALFE, S.E., VANE, C.H. and PIKE, A.W., 2009. Quaternary Science Reviews. 28(19-20), 2000-2016
  • PAGE, T., WHYATT, J.D., METCALFE, S.E., DERWENT, R.G. and CURTIS, C., 2008. Environmental Pollution. 156(3), 997-1006
  • METCALFE, S. E., DAVIES, S. J., BRAISBY, J. D., LENG, M. J., NEWTON, A. J., TERRETT, N. L. and O'HARA, S. L., 2007. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 247(3-4), 272-295
  • WHYATT, J. D., METCALFE, S. E., NICHOLSON, J., DERWENT, R. G., PAGE, T. and STEDMAN, J. R., 2007. ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENT. VOL 41(NUMBER 16), 3315-3327
  • RAMIREZ-HERRERA, M.T., CUNDY, A., KOSTOGLODOV, V., CARRANZA-EDWARDS, A., MORALES, E. and METCALFE, S., 2007. Sedimentary record of late-Holocene relative sea-level change and tectonic deformation from the Guerrero Seismic Gap, Mexican Pacific Coast The Holocene. VOL 17(NUMB 8), 1211-1220
  • VOORHEIS, B. AND METCALFE, S.E., 2007. Culture and climate in Mesoamerica during the Middle Holocene. In: ANDERSON, D.G and MAASCH, K.A. AND SANDWEISS, D.H., eds., Climate change and cultural dynamics: A global perspective on mid-Holocene climate transitions Academic Press. 157-187
  • METCALFE, S.E. and DAVIES, S.J., 2007. Climatic Change. 83, 169-186
  • FURLEY, P.A. and METCALFE, S.E., 2007. PROGRESS IN PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY. VOL 31(ISSU 6), 633-642
  • ROSE, N.L, METCALFE, S.E, BENEDICTOW, A.C and TODD, M. AND NICHOLSON, J., 2007. National, international and global sources of contamination at Lochnagar. In: ROSE, N.L., ed., The Natural History of a Mountain Lake Springer. 289-315
  • METCALFE, S. E., 2006. ANNALS- MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN. VOL 93(NUMB 2), 258-273
  • VELEZ, M. I., HOOGHIEMSTRA, H., METCALFE, S., WILLE, M. and BERRIO, J. C., 2006. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. VOL 234(NUMBER 1), 81-96
  • METCALFE, S. E., WHYATT, J. D., NICHOLSON, J. P., DERWENT, R. G. and HEYWOOD, E., 2005. Atmospheric Environment. 39(4), 587-598
  • LENG, M. J., METCALFE, S. E. and DAVIES, S. J., 2005. Journal of Paleolimnology. 34(4), 413-431
  • VELEZ, M. I., BERRIO, J. C., HOOGHIEMSTRA, H., METCALFE, S. and MARCHANT, R., 2005. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. VOL 216(NUMBER 3-4), 279-302
  • NEWTON, A. J., METCALFE, S. E., DAVIES, S. J., COOK, G., BARKER, P. and TELFORD, R. J., 2005. Quaternary Science Reviews. VOL 24(NUMBER 1-2), 91-104
  • DAVIES, S. J., METCALFE, S. E., BERNAL-BROOKS, F., CHACON-TORRES, A., FARMER, J. G., MACKENZIE, A. B. and NEWTON, A. J., 2005. Ambio. VOL 34(NUMB 6), 470-475
  • VELEZ, M. I., HOOGHIEMSTRA, H. and METCALFE, S., 2005. Fossil and modern diatom assemblages from the savanna lake El Pinal, Colombia: an environmental reconstruction Diatom Research. VOL 20(NUMB 2), 387-407
  • VELEZ, M. I., WILLE, M., HOOGHIEMSTRA, H. and METCALFE, S., 2005. The Holocene. VOL 15(NUMB 8), 1184-1198
  • DAVIES, S. J., METCALFE, S. E., MACKENZIE, A. B., NEWTON, A. J., ENDFIELD, G. H. and FARMER, J. G., 2004. Journal of Paleolimnology. VOL 31(NUMBER 1), 77-98
  • O'HARA, S.L. and METCALFE, S.E., 2004. Late Holocene environmental change in West-Central Mexico: evidence from the basins of Patzacuaro and Zacapu. In: Prehistoric human impacts on the environment 95-111
  • WHYATT, J. D. and METCALFE, S. E., 2004. Environmental Science and Policy. VOL 7(NUMBER 6), 451-463
  • PAGE, T., WHYATT, J. D., BEVEN, K. J. and METCALFE, S. E., 2004. Atmospheric Environment. VOL 38(NUMBER 14), 2079-2090
  • FREEMAN, S., BISHOP, P., BRYANT, C., COOK, G., FALLICK, A., HARKNESS, D., METCALFE, S., SCOTT, M., SCOTT, R. and SUMMERFIELD, M., 2004. Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research. Section B Interactions with Materials and Atoms. VOL 223-224, 31-34
  • TELFORD, R. J., BARKER, P., METCALFE, S. and NEWTON, A., 2004. Quaternary Science Review. VOL 23(NUMBER 23-24), 2337-2353
  • METCALFE, S., SAY, A., BLACK, S., MCCULLOCH, R. and O HARA, S., 2002. Quaternary Research. 57(1), 91-101
  • METCALFE, S.E., PRIETO, M.D., ENDFIELD, G.H., DAVIES, S.J. and O'HARA, S.L., 2002. The potential of archivial sources for reconstructing climate and climate-related processes in Latin America PAGES News. 10, 11-14
  • METCALFE, S. E., WHYATT, J. D., DERWENT, R. G. and O`DONOGHUE, M., 2002. Atmospheric Environment. VOL 36(NUMBER 25), 4045-4055
  • DAVIES, S. J., METCALFE, S. E., CABALLERO, M. E. and JUGGINS, S., 2002. Hydrobiologia. VOL 467(NUMBER 1/3), 199-213
  • CABALLERO, M., ORTEGA, B., VALADEZ, F., METCALFE, S., MACIAS, J. L. and SUGIURA, Y., 2002. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. VOL 186(NUMBER 3-4), 217-235
  • SOZANSKA, M., SKIBA, U. and METCALFE, S., 2002. Atmospheric Environment. VOL 36(NUMBER 6), 987-998
  • HUANG, Y., STREET-PERROTT, F. A., METCALFE, S. E., BRENNER, M., MORELAND, M. and FREEMAN, K. H., 2001. Science. 293(5535), 1647-1651
  • METCALFE, S.E., WHYATT, J.D., BROUGHTON, R., DERWENT, R., FINNEGAN, D., HALL, J., MINETER, M., O'DONOGHUE, M. and SUTTON, M.A., 2001. Environmental Science and Policy. 4, 25-37
  • SKIBA, U., SOZANSKA, M., METCALFE, S. and FOWLER, D., 2001. WATER AIR AND SOIL POLLUTION FOCUS. VOL 1(PART 5/6), 109-118
  • VELEZ, M. I., WILLE, M., HOOGHIEMSTRA, H., METCALFE, S., VANDENBERGHE, J. and VAN DER BORG, K., 2001. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. VOL 173(NUMBER 3-4), 197-214
  • FRITZ, S., METCALFE, S.E. and DEAN, W., 2001. Holocene climate patterns in the Americas inferred from paleolimnological records. In: Interhemispheric Climate Linkages 241-263
  • METCALFE, S.E., O'HARA, S.L. and CABALLERO, M., 2000. Quaternary Science Review. 19, 699-721
  • ENDFIELD, G.H., O'HARA, S.L. and METCALFE, S.E., 2000. Palaeoenvironmental reconstruction in the Mexican highlands: a reappraisal of traditional theory. In: NICHOLSON, R.A and O'CONNOR, T.P., eds., People as an agent of environmental change Oxford: Oxbow. 81-92

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