Nick McCave
British geologist (born 1941)
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Ian Nicholas McCave (born 3 February 1941) is a British geologist, who was the Woodwardian Professor of Geology at the University of Cambridge Department of Earth Sciences from 1985 to 2008 and a fellow of St John's College from 1986 to present. He is a marine sedimentologist.
Professor Nick McCave | |
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| Born | February 3, 1941 |
| Alma mater | Hertford College, Oxford Brown University |
| Awards | Shepard Medal (1995), Huntsman Medal (1999),[1] Lyell Medal (2009) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Climate Change and Sedimentology |
Education
He was educated at Elizabeth College, Guernsey, Hertford College, Oxford and Brown University (PhD).[2]
Research summary
McCave's research looks at perturbations in the deep oceans, using evidence from marine sediments, micro-fossils combined with carbon dating, to obtain information on pre-historical climate change.
McCave uses monitoring points in the North Atlantic Ocean, Pacific Ocean and Indian Ocean to study how the Earth's meridional heat flux is distributed by warm surface-ocean currents and cold deep-ocean currents.[citation needed]
Selected biography
- 1969 - 1985: Lecturer (until 1976), Reader (until 1985) at the University of East Anglia School of Environmental Sciences
- 1978 - 1999: Adjunct Scientist (until 1987), Guest Investigator (1999) at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
- 1988 - 1998: Head of the Department of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge
- 1985 - 2008: Woodwardian Professor of Geology, University of Cambridge
Other professional activities
- 1992 -1996: President of the Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research (SCOR) of the International Council for Science (ICSU).
- 2003 - 05: Member of the Steering Committee for NERC's Rapid Climate Change programme
- 2001 and 2008: Member of the UK Research Assessment Exercise panels for Earth and Environmental Sciences