Peter Sheehan

Dr. Peter Sheehan is a Senior Research Fellow at the School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia, and a member of the Centre for Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences. His research focuses on understanding shelf seas' physics and circulation, with a particular emphasis on their role in global climate systems. He employs advanced observational techniques, including autonomous ocean gliders and ship-based measurements, to study topics such as ice shelf melting in Antarctica, carbon absorption in northern Europe, and ocean circulation dynamics in regions like the Bay of Bengal and the North Sea.

His work integrates interdisciplinary approaches to investigate how shelf seas modulate climate through heat and tracer transport, and their response to environmental changes. He has published extensively on topics including Antarctic ice shelf stability, oxygen minimum zone dynamics, and monsoon-driven ocean processes.

Recent research highlights include studies on the Ross Ice Shelf's increasing melt rates due to surface waters and the ventilation mechanisms of oxygen-poor zones in the Bay of Bengal. Peter has contributed to over a dozen peer-reviewed articles, with his work being widely cited and covered in news outlets.