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Professor Paul Wilson is a leading academic in paleoclimatology and oceanography at the University of Southampton’s Waterfront Campus, serving as Head of the Palaeoceanography and Palaeoclimate Research Group. His work focuses on understanding Earth’s climate system through studies of past greenhouse climates, ice sheet instability, monsoons, and aridity patterns. He has conducted extensive research via the International Ocean Discovery Program (IODP), participating in six expeditions as Senior Proponent/Co-Chief Scientist, including studies of Pacific Atolls, Blake Nose Atlantic Depth Transect, and Paleogene Newfoundland Sediment Drifts. His research integrates deep-sea sediment analysis, climate modeling, and interdisciplinary collaborations to address critical questions about future climate change impacts.
Wilson supervises numerous PhD students and postdoctoral researchers, contributing to projects such as the ‘Transforming Understanding Of Past Abrupt Shifts In Aridity/humidity’ and ‘Indonesian Throughflow (ITF) variability studies’. He teaches modules in Natural Sciences, Paleoclimate Change, and Contemporary Topics in Ocean and Earth Science. His work has been funded by the Royal Society, European Union, and international partners like the Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources.
Key research themes include the stability of polar ice sheets, monsoon dynamics, and the role of CO₂ in past climate transitions. Recent publications highlight findings on North African dust fluxes, Antarctic ice age termination mechanisms, and coral symbiont farming. Wilson’s contributions bridge geology, oceanography, and climate science, emphasizing the urgency of understanding historical climate states to inform future projections.
