Dr Benjamin Davison
School of Geography and Planning
Research Associate in Glaciology
Full contact details
School of Geography and Planning
Geography and Planning Building
Winter Street
Sheffield
S3 7ND
- Profile
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Benjamin Davison received a BSc (First Class) in Physical Geography from the University of Sheffield in 2016, an MSc (First Class) in Polar and Alpine Change from the University of Sheffield in 2017 and a PhD in glaciology (entitled 'Investigating the Dynamics of Greenland’s Glacier-Fjord Systems') from the University of St Andrews in 2021. From 2021 to 2024 Ben worked on the ESA 'Polar+ Ice Shelves' and 'Southern Ocean-Ice Sheet Interactions' projects as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Leeds. Ben rejoined the University of Sheffield in 2024 as a Postdoctoral Research Associate.
- Research interests
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Ben’s research centres on understanding how changes in atmospheric and oceanic conditions affect the flow and mass balance of the Greenland and Antarctic Ice Sheets, using a combination of satellite remote sensing, fieldwork and numerical modelling of ocean circulation.
Ben's current research at the University of Sheffield focuses on investigating short-term ice flow variations on the Antarctic Peninsula. Atmospheric warming has increased surface melting across the Antarctic Peninsula, yet the impact of this on ice dynamics has yet to be considered. This research uses the European Space Agency’s Sentinel satellite constellation to monitor ice motion, and regional climate models to simulate ice melt, in order to investigate climatic influences on ice flow.
- Publications
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Journal articles
- Annual mass budget of Antarctic ice shelves from 1997 to 2021. Science Advances, 9(41).
- Widespread seasonal speed-up of west Antarctic Peninsula glaciers from 2014 to 2021. Nature Geoscience, 16(3), 231-237.
- Episodic dynamic change linked to damage on the Thwaites Glacier Ice Tongue. Nature Geoscience, 16(1), 37-43.
- Modelling the effect of submarine iceberg melting on glacier-adjacent water properties. The Cryosphere, 16(4), 1181-1196. View this article in WRRO
- Influence of glacier runoff and near-terminus subglacial hydrology on frontal ablation at a large Greenlandic tidewater glacier. Journal of Glaciology, 67(262), 343-352. View this article in WRRO
- Iceberg melting substantially modifies oceanic heat flux towards a major Greenlandic tidewater glacier. Nature Communications, 11(1). View this article in WRRO
- Subglacial drainage evolution modulates seasonal ice flow variability of three tidewater glaciers in southwest Greenland. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, 125(9). View this article in WRRO
- Reply to: “Impact of marine processes on flow dynamics of northern Antarctic Peninsula outlet glaciers” by Rott et al.. Nature Communications, 11(1). View this article in WRRO
- Rapid accelerations of Antarctic Peninsula outlet glaciers driven by surface melt. Nature Communications, 10. View this article in WRRO
- The influence of hydrology on the dynamics of land-terminating sectors of the Greenland ice sheet. Frontiers in Earth Science, 7. View this article in WRRO
- Datasets and protocols for including anomalous freshwater from melting ice sheets in climate simulations. Geoscientific Model Development, 18(21), 8333-8361.
- Ice sheet mass flow and balance with constituent terms 2010-2019. Journal of Glaciology, 1-30.
- Antarctic Ice Sheet grounding line discharge from 1996–2024. Earth System Science Data, 17(7), 3259-3281.
- Speed-up, slowdown, and redirection of ice flow on neighbouring ice streams in the Pope, Smith, and Kohler region of West Antarctica. The Cryosphere, 19(5), 1725-1738.
- Widespread increase in discharge from west Antarctic Peninsula glaciers since 2018. The Cryosphere, 18(7), 3237-3251.
- The effect of landfast sea ice buttressing on ice dynamic speedup in the Larsen B embayment, Antarctica. The Cryosphere, 18(3), 977-993.
- Sea level rise from West Antarctic mass loss significantly modified by large snowfall anomalies. Nature Communications, 14(1).
Other
Preprints
- Annual mass budget of Antarctic ice shelves from 1997 to 2021. Science Advances, 9(41).