About
Dr Iain Robertson is a member of the Geography Department at Swansea University.
Dr Iain Robertson
Reader
Geography
Academic Office - 234
Second Floor
Wallace Building
Singleton Campus
Second Floor
Wallace Building
Singleton Campus
Available For Postgraduate Supervision
Research Links
Areas Of Expertise
- stable isotopes
- dendrochronology
- dendroclimatology
- radiocarbon dating
- proxy data
- phytoremediation
- biochar
Publications
Research Highlights
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Groenendijk, P., Babst, F., Trouet, V., Fan, Z., Granato-Souza, D., Locosselli, G., Mokria, M., Panthi, S., Pumijumnong, N., Abiyu, A., Acuña-Soto, R., Adenesky-Filho, E., Alfaro-Sánchez, R., Junior, C., Aragão, J., Assis-Pereira, G., Astudillo-Sánchez, C., Barbosa, A., Barreto, N...., & Zuidema, P. (2025). The importance of tropical tree-ring chronologies for global change research. Quaternary Science Reviews, 355, 109233
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Xu, S., Zheng, C., Shang, Z., Zhang, Z., Kong, X., Robertson, I., & Zhao, Z. (2024). A 903-year annual temperature reconstruction for the southeastern tibetan plateau from the tree ring widths of Juniperus saltuaria. Scientific Reports, 14(1)
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TODD, A., Robertson, I., Walsh, R., Byrne, P., Edwards, P., & Williams, T. (2024). Long-term changes in water quality downstream of three abandoned metal mines. Journal of Hydrology, 634, 131011
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Cairns, S., Meza Rojas, D., Holliman, P., & Robertson, I. (2024). Interactions Between Biochar and Nano(Micro)Plastics in the Remediation of Aqueous Media. International Journal of Environmental Research, 18(5), 87
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Nicholas, L., Devine, A., Robertson, I., & Mabbett, I. (2024). The Effect of Biochar on Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) Cultivar Micro-Tom Grown under Continuous Light. Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition, 24(4), 6775-6781.
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TODD, A., Robertson, I., Byrne, P., Walsh, R., Williams, T., & Edwards, P. (2024). Identification and quantification of diffuse groundwater pollution in a mineralised watershed. Environmental Science: Water Research and Technology, 10(3), 668-676.
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Treydte, K., Liu, L., Padrón, R., Martínez-Sancho, E., Babst, F., Frank, D., Gessler, A., Kahmen, A., Poulter, B., Seneviratne, S., Stegehuis, A., Wilson, R., Andreu-Hayles, L., Bale, R., Bednarz, Z., Boettger, T., Berninger, F., Büntgen, U., Daux, V...., & Loader, N. (2024). Recent human-induced atmospheric drying across Europe unprecedented in the last 400 years. Nature Geoscience, 17(1), 58-65.
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Nicholas, L., Winrow, E., Devine, A., Robertson, I., & Mabbett, I. (2025). Faecal sludge pyrolysis as a circular economic approach to waste management and nutrient recovery. Environment, Development and Sustainability, 27(3), 5893-5924.
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Waszak, N., Campelo, F., Robertson, I., Puchałka, R., Balghiti, F., Gričar, J., Boularbah, A., & Koprowski, M. (2024). Fertilisation with potato starch wastewater effect on the growth of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) forest in Poland. Trees, Forests and People, 15
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Nicholas, L., Devine, A., Robertson, I., & Mabbett, I. (2023). Perspective Chapter: Agronomic Properties of Biochar from Slow Pyrolysis of Human Waste. Sustainable Use of Biochar [Working Title] IntechOpen
All Research
Journal Articles
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Groenendijk, P., Babst, F., Trouet, V., Fan, Z., Granato-Souza, D., Locosselli, G., Mokria, M., Panthi, S., Pumijumnong, N., Abiyu, A., Acuña-Soto, R., Adenesky-Filho, E., Alfaro-Sánchez, R., Junior, C., Aragão, J., Assis-Pereira, G., Astudillo-Sánchez, C., Barbosa, A., Barreto, N...., & Zuidema, P. (2025). The importance of tropical tree-ring chronologies for global change research. Quaternary Science Reviews, 355, 109233
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Nicholas, L., Winrow, E., Devine, A., Robertson, I., & Mabbett, I. (2025). Faecal sludge pyrolysis as a circular economic approach to waste management and nutrient recovery. Environment, Development and Sustainability, 27(3), 5893-5924.
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Nicholas, L., Devine, A., Robertson, I., & Mabbett, I. (2024). The Effect of Biochar on Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) Cultivar Micro-Tom Grown under Continuous Light. Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition, 24(4), 6775-6781.
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Xu, S., Zheng, C., Shang, Z., Zhang, Z., Kong, X., Robertson, I., & Zhao, Z. (2024). A 903-year annual temperature reconstruction for the southeastern tibetan plateau from the tree ring widths of Juniperus saltuaria. Scientific Reports, 14(1)
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Cairns, S., Meza Rojas, D., Holliman, P., & Robertson, I. (2024). Interactions Between Biochar and Nano(Micro)Plastics in the Remediation of Aqueous Media. International Journal of Environmental Research, 18(5), 87
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TODD, A., Robertson, I., Walsh, R., Byrne, P., Edwards, P., & Williams, T. (2024). Long-term changes in water quality downstream of three abandoned metal mines. Journal of Hydrology, 634, 131011
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Waszak, N., Campelo, F., Robertson, I., Puchałka, R., Balghiti, F., Gričar, J., Boularbah, A., & Koprowski, M. (2024). Fertilisation with potato starch wastewater effect on the growth of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) forest in Poland. Trees, Forests and People, 15
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TODD, A., Robertson, I., Byrne, P., Walsh, R., Williams, T., & Edwards, P. (2024). Identification and quantification of diffuse groundwater pollution in a mineralised watershed. Environmental Science: Water Research and Technology, 10(3), 668-676.
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Treydte, K., Liu, L., Padrón, R., Martínez-Sancho, E., Babst, F., Frank, D., Gessler, A., Kahmen, A., Poulter, B., Seneviratne, S., Stegehuis, A., Wilson, R., Andreu-Hayles, L., Bale, R., Bednarz, Z., Boettger, T., Berninger, F., Büntgen, U., Daux, V...., & Loader, N. (2024). Recent human-induced atmospheric drying across Europe unprecedented in the last 400 years. Nature Geoscience, 17(1), 58-65.
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Patrut, R., Patrut, A., Hall, G., Winterbach, C., Robertson, I., Ratiu, I., Bocos-Bintintan, V., Rakosy, L., & Woodborne, S. (2023). A 900-Year Isotopic Proxy Rainfall Record from Northeastern Botswana. Forests, 14(9), 1917
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Nicholas, L., Devine, A., Robertson, I., & Mabbett, I. (2023). The Effect of Faecal Sludge Biochar on the Growth and Yield of Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) Cultivar Micro-Tom. Agronomy, 13(5), 1233
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PALMER, L., Robertson, I., Lavergne, A., Hemming, D., Loader, N., Young, G., Davies, D., Rinne‐Garmston, K., Los, S., & Williams, J. (2022). Spatio‐Temporal Variations in Carbon Isotope Discrimination Predicted by the JULES Land Surface Model. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 127(12)
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Cairns, S., CAIRNS, S., Todd, A., Robertson, I., Byrne, P., & Dunlop, T. (2022). Treatment of mine water for the fast removal of zinc and lead by wood ash amended biochar. Environmental Science: Advances, 1, 506-516.
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Nicholas, H., Mabbett, I., Apsey, H., & Robertson, I. (2022). Physico-chemical properties of waste derived biochar from community scale faecal sludge treatment plants. Gates Open Research, 6, 96
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Cairns, S., Robertson, I., Holliman, P., & Street-Perrott, A. (2022). Treatments of wood ash amended biochar to reduce nutrient leaching and immobilise lead, copper, zinc and cadmium in aqueous solution: column experiments. Environmental Science: Water Research and Technology, 8(6), 1277-1286.
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Zuidema, P., Babst, F., Groenendijk, P., Trouet, V., Abiyu, A., Acuña-Soto, R., Adenesky-Filho, E., Alfaro-Sánchez, R., Aragão, J., Assis-Pereira, G., Bai, X., Barbosa, A., Battipaglia, G., Beeckman, H., Botosso, P., Bradley, T., Bräuning, A., Brienen, R., Buckley, B...., & Zhou, Z. (2022). Tropical tree growth driven by dry-season climate variability. Nature Geoscience, 15(4), 269-276.
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Waszak, N., Robertson, I., Puchałka, R., Przybylak, R., Pospieszyńska, A., & Koprowski, M. (2021). Investigating the Climate-Growth Response of Scots Pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) in Northern Poland. Atmosphere, 12(12), 1690
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Cairns, S., Cairns, S., Chaudhuri, S., Sigmund, G., Robertson, I., Hawkins, T., Dunlop, T., & Hofmann, T. (2021). Wood ash amended biochar for the removal of lead, copper, zinc and cadmium from aqueous solution. Environmental Technology & Innovation, 24, 101961
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Gebregeorgis, E., Boniecka, J., Pia̧tkowski, M., Robertson, I., & Rathgeber, C. (2021). SabaTracheid 1.0: A Novel Program for Quantitative Analysis of Conifer Wood Anatomy — A Demonstration on African Juniper From the Blue Nile Basin. Frontiers in Plant Science, 12
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Azizi, G., Robertson, I., Karimi, M., & Ravari, M. (2020). Relationship between Altitude and Juniper Genus Tree-Rings Width Case Study: Juniperus Habitats in North of Kerman Province. Ecology of Iranian Forest, 8(15), 115-127.SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa57867
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Gebregeorgis, E., Robertson, I., Koprowski, M., Zhou, L., Gao, P., Williams, A., Eshetu, Z., & Wils, T. (2020). Historical droughts recorded in extended Juniperus procera ring-width chronologies from the Ethiopian Highlands. International Journal of Biometeorology, 64(5), 739-753.
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Cairns, S., Cairns, S., Robertson, I., Sigmund, G., & Street-Perrott, A. (2020). The removal of lead, copper, zinc and cadmium from aqueous solution by biochar and amended biochars. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 27, 21702-21715.
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Lavergne, A., Voelker, S., Csank, A., Graven, H., Boer, H., Daux, V., Robertson, I., Dorado‐Liñán, I., Martínez‐Sancho, E., Battipaglia, G., Bloomfield, K., Still, C., Meinzer, F., Dawson, T., Camarero, J., Clisby, R., Fang, Y., Menzel, A., Keen, R...., & Prentice, I. (2020). Historical changes in the stomatal limitation of photosynthesis: empirical support for an optimality principle. New Phytologist, 225(6), 2484-2497.
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Boer, H., Robertson, I., Clisby, R., Loader, N., Gagen, M., Young, G., Wagner-Cremer, F., Hipkin, C., & McCarroll, D. (2019). Tree-ring isotopes suggest atmospheric drying limits temperature–growth responses of treeline bristlecone pine. Tree Physiology, 39(6), 983-999.
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Young, G., Gagen, M., Loader, N., McCarroll, D., Grudd, H., Jalkanen, R., Kirchhefer, A., & Robertson, I. (2019). Cloud Cover Feedback Moderates Fennoscandian Summer Temperature Changes Over the Past 1,000 Years. Geophysical Research Letters, 46(5), 2811-2819.
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Misi, D., Puchałka, R., Pearson, C., Robertson, I., & Koprowski, M. (2019). Differences in the Climate-Growth Relationship of Scots Pine: A Case Study from Poland and Hungary. Forests, 10(3), 243
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Gebregeorgis, E., Zewdie, S., Wils, T., Robertson, I., Eshetu, Z., & Koprowski, M. (2018). Precipitation as the Main Driver of the Radial Growth of Cupressus lusitanica (Mill.) at Wondo Genet, Ethiopia. Baltic Forestry, 24(1), 77-85.SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa40419
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Street-Perrott, F., Holmes, J., Robertson, I., Ficken, K., Koff, T., Loader, N., Marshall, J., & Martma, T. (2018). The Holocene isotopic record of aquatic cellulose from Lake Äntu Sinijärv, Estonia: Influence of changing climate and organic-matter sources. Quaternary Science Reviews, 193, 68-83.
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Woodborne, S., Hall, G., Jones, C., Loader, N., Patrut, A., Patrut, R., Robertson, I., Winkler, S., & Winterbach, C. (2018). A 250-Year Isotopic Proxy Rainfall Record from Southern Botswana. Studia Universitatis Babeș-Bolyai Chemia, 63(1), 109-123.
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Wils, T., Robertson, I., Woodborne, S., Hall, G., Koprowski, M., & Eshetu, Z. (2016). Anthropogenic forcing increases the water-use efficiency of African trees. Journal of Quaternary Science, 31(4), 386-390.
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Gagen, M., Zorita, E., McCarroll, D., Zahn, M., Young, G., & Robertson, I. (2016). North Atlantic summer storm tracks over Europe dominated by internal variability over the past millennium. Nature Geoscience, 9(8), 630-635.
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Woodborne, S., Hall, G., Robertson, I., Patrut, A., Rouault, M., Loader, N., & Hofmeyr, M. (2015). A 1000-Year Carbon Isotope Rainfall Proxy Record from South African Baobab Trees (Adansonia digitata L.). PLOS ONE, 10(5), e0124202
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Young, G., Loader, N., McCarroll, D., Bale, R., Demmler, J., Miles, D., Nayling, N., Rinne, K., Robertson, I., Watts, C., & Whitney, M. (2015). Oxygen stable isotope ratios from British oak tree-rings provide a strong and consistent record of past changes in summer rainfall. Climate Dynamics, 45(11-12), 3609-3622.
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Loader, N., Street-Perrott, F., Daley, T., Hughes, P., Kimak, A., Levanič, T., Mallon, G., Mauquoy, D., Robertson, I., Roland, T., van Bellen, S., Ziehmer, M., Leuenberger, M., Robertson, I., & Loader, N. (2015). Simultaneous Determination of Stable Carbon, Oxygen, and Hydrogen Isotopes in Cellulose. Analytical Chemistry, 87(1), 376-380.
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Koprowski, M., Robertson, I., Wils, T., & Kalaji, H. (2015). The application of potato starch effluent causes a reduction in the photosynthetic efficiency and growth of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.). Trees, 29(5), 1471-1481.
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Hafner, P., McCarroll, D., Robertson, I., Loader, N., Gagen, M., Young, G., Bale, R., Sonninen, E., & Levanič, T. (2014). A 520 year record of summer sunshine for the eastern European Alps based on stable carbon isotopes in larch tree rings. Climate Dynamics, 43(3-4), 971-980.
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Saurer, M., Spahni, R., Frank, D., Joos, F., Leuenberger, M., Loader, N., McCarroll, D., Gagen, M., Poulter, B., Siegwolf, R., Andreu-Hayles, L., Boettger, T., Liñán, I., Fairchild, I., Friedrich, M., Gutierrez, E., Haupt, M., Hilasvuori, E., Heinrich, I...., & Young, G. (2014). Spatial variability and temporal trends in water-use efficiency of European forests. Global Change Biology, 20(12), 3700-3712.
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Bodin, P., Gagen, M., McCarroll, D., Loader, N., Jalkanen, R., Robertson, I., Switsur, V., Waterhouse, J., Woodley, E., Young, G., & Alton, P. (2013). Comparing the performance of different stomatal conductance models using modelled and measured plant carbon isotope ratios (δ13C): implications for assessing physiological forcing. Global Change Biology, 19(6), 1709-1719.
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Williams, A., Funk, C., Michaelsen, J., Rauscher, S., Robertson, I., Wils, T., Koprowski, M., Eshetu, Z., & Loader, N. (2012). Recent summer precipitation trends in the Greater Horn of Africa and the emerging role of Indian Ocean sea surface temperature. Climate Dynamics, 39(9-10), 2307
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Woodley, E., Loader, N., McCarroll, D., Young, G., Robertson, I., Heaton, T., Gagen, M., Robertson, I., Loader, N., & Young, G. (2012). Estimating uncertainty in pooled stable isotope time-series from tree-rings. Chemical Geology, 294-295, 243
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Gagen, M., McCarroll, D., Jalkanen, R., Loader, N., Robertson, I., Young, G., McCarroll, D., Gagen, M., Robertson, I., Loader, N., & Young, G. (2012). A rapid method for the production of robust millennial length stable isotope tree ring series for climate reconstruction. Global and Planetary Change, 82-83, 96
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Woodley, E., Loader, N., McCarroll, D., Young, G., Robertson, I., Heaton, T., Gagen, M., & Warham, J. (2012). High-temperature pyrolysis/gas chromatography/isotope ratio mass spectrometry: simultaneous measurement of the stable isotopes of oxygen and carbon in cellulose. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, 26(2), 109
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Wils, T., Robertson, I., Eshetu, Z., Touchan, R., Sass-Klaassen, U., & Koprowski, M. (2011). Crossdating Juniperus procera from North Gondar, Ethiopia. Trees, 25(1), 71-82.
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Wils, T., Sass-Klaassen, U., Eshetu, Z., Bräuning, A., Gebrekirstos, A., Couralet, C., Robertson, I., Touchan, R., Koprowski, M., Conway, D., Briffa, K., Beeckman, H., & Robertson, I. (2011). Dendrochronology in the dry tropics: the Ethiopian case. Trees, 25(3), 345-354.
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Campbell, R., McCarroll, D., Robertson, I., Loader, N., Grudd, H., & Gunnarson, B. (2011). Blue Intensity In Pinus sylvestris Tree Rings: A Manual for A New Palaeoclimate Proxy. Tree-Ring Research, 67(2), 127-134.
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Williams, J., Los, S., Robertson, I., Marsh, T., & Robertson, I. (2011). Using geostatistical methods to produce a spatial and temporal gridded dataset of historic river flow across Great Britain. Procedia Environmental Sciences, 7, 128-133.
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CHAKRABORTY, S., JANA, B., BHATTACHARYA, S., ROBERTSON, I., & Robertson, I. (2011). Carbon isotopic composition of fossil leaves from the Early Cretaceous sediments of western India. Journal of Earth System Science, 120(4), 703-711.
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Gagen, M., Zorita, E., McCarroll, D., Young, G., Grudd, H., Jalkanen, R., Loader, N., Robertson, I., & Kirchhefer, A. (2011). Cloud response to summer temperatures in Fennoscandia over the last thousand years. Geophysical Research Letters, 38(5), n/a
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Gagen, M., FINSINGER, W., WAGNER-CREMER, F., McCarroll, D., Loader, N., Robertson, I., JALKANEN, R., Young, G., & KIRCHHEFER, A. (2011). Evidence of changing intrinsic water-use efficiency under rising atmospheric CO2 concentrations in Boreal Fennoscandia from subfossil leaves and tree ring δ13C ratios. Global Change Biology, 17(2), 1064-1072.
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Daley, T., Thomas, E., Holmes, J., Street-Perrott, F., Chapman, M., Tindall, J., Valdes, P., Loader, N., Marshall, J., Wolff, E., Hopley, P., Atkinson, T., Barber, K., Fisher, E., Robertson, I., Hughes, P., Roberts, C., & Street-Perrott, A. (2011). The 8200yr BP cold event in stable isotope records from the North Atlantic region. Global and Planetary Change, 79(3-4), 288
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McCarroll, D., Tuovinen, M., Campbell, R., Gagen, M., Grudd, H., Jalkanen, R., Loader, N., & Robertson, I. (2011). A critical evaluation of multi-proxy dendroclimatology in northern Finland. Journal of Quaternary Science, 26(1), 7
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Hafner, P., Robertson, I., McCarroll, D., Loader, N., Gagen, M., Bale, R., Jungner, H., Sonninen, E., Hilasvuori, E., & Levanič, T. (2011). Climate signals in the ring widths and stable carbon, hydrogen and oxygen isotopic composition of Larix decidua growing at the forest limit in the southeastern European Alps. Trees, 25(6), 1141
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Bale, R., Robertson, I., Salzer, M., Loader, N., Leavitt, S., Gagen, M., Harlan, T., McCarroll, D., & Young, G. (2011). An annually resolved bristlecone pine carbon isotope chronology for the last millennium. Quaternary Research, 76(1), 22
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Loader, N., Walsh, R., Robertson, I., Bidin, K., Ong, R., Reynolds, G., McCarroll, D., Gagen, M., Young, G., Walsh, R., McCarroll, D., Robertson, I., Loader, N., & Young, G. (2011). Recent trends in the intrinsic water-use efficiency of ringless rainforest trees in Borneo. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 366(1582), 3330-3339.
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Wils, T., Robertson, I., Eshetu, Z., Koprowski, M., Sass-Klaassen, U., Touchan, R., Loader, N., Robertson, I., & Loader, N. (2010). Towards a reconstruction of Blue Nile baseflow from Ethiopian tree rings. The Holocene, 20(6), 837-848.
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Fletcher, T., Loader N, J., & Robertson, I. (2010). A Hidden Medieval Door and Graffiti at the Church of SS Mary and Andrew. Church Archaeology, 11, 79-90.SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa7997
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Tillman, P., Holzkämper, S., Kuhry, P., Sannel, A., Loader, N., & Robertson, I. (2010). Long-term climate variability in continental subarctic Canada: A 6200-year record derived from stable isotopes in peat. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 298(3-4), 235
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Tillman, P., Holzkämper, S., Kuhry, P., Sannel, A., Loader, N., & Robertson, I. (2010). Stable carbon and oxygen isotopes in Sphagnum fuscum peat from subarctic Canada: Implications for palaeoclimate studies. Chemical Geology, 270(1-4), 216
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McCarroll, D., Robertson, I., & Los, S. (2010). Erratum to D. McCarroll, M. Gagen, N. Loader, I. Robertson, K. Anchukaitis, S. Los, G. Young, R. Jalkanen, A. Kirchhefer, J. Waterhouse (2009), “Correction of tree ring stable carbon isotope chronologies for changes in the carbon dioxide content of the atmosphere”, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 73, 1539–1547. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 74(10), 3040
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Bale, R., Robertson, I., Leavitt, S., Loader, N., Harlan, T., Gagen, M., Young, G., Csank, A., Froyd, C., McCarroll, D., McCarroll, D., Gagen, M., Robertson, I., Loader, N., & Froyd, C. (2010). Temporal stability in bristlecone pine tree-ring stable oxygen isotope chronologies over the last two centuries. The Holocene, 20(1), 3
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Robertson, I. & Robertson, I. (2009). Holocene book review: Encyclopedia of global warming and climate change Edited by S. George Philander, London: Sage Publications, 2008, 1552 pp. (3 volumes), 205.00, hardback. ISBN 978 1 4129 5878 3. The Holocene
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Butler, P., Richardson, C., Scourse, J., Witbaard, R., Schöne, B., Fraser, N., Wanamaker, A., Bryant, C., Harris, I., & Robertson, I. (2009). Accurate increment identification and the spatial extent of the common signal in fiveArctica islandicachronologies from the Fladen Ground, northern North Sea. Paleoceanography, 24(2), n/a
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Wils, T., Robertson, I., Eshetu, Z., Sass-Klaassen, U., & Koprowski, M. (2009). Periodicity of growth rings in Juniperus procera from Ethiopia inferred from crossdating and radiocarbon dating. Dendrochronologia, 27(1), 45
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Levanič, T., Gričar, J., Gagen, M., Jalkanen, R., Loader, N., McCarroll, D., Oven, P., & Robertson, I. (2009). The climate sensitivity of Norway spruce [Picea abies (L.) Karst.] in the southeastern European Alps. Trees, 23(1), 169-180.
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McCarroll, D., Gagen, M., Loader, N., Robertson, I., Anchukaitis, K., Los, S., Young, G., Jalkanen, R., Kirchhefer, A., & Waterhouse, J. (2009). Correction of tree ring stable carbon isotope chronologies for changes in the carbon dioxide content of the atmosphere. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 73(6), 1539
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Robertson, I., Froyd, C., Gagen, M., & Hicks, S. (2009). Climates of the past: evidence from natural and documentary archives. Journal of Quaternary Science, 24(5), 411
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Lucy, D., Robertson, I., Aykroyd, R., Pollard, A., & Robertson, I. (2008). Estimates of uncertainty in the prediction of past climatic variables. Applied Geochemistry, 23(10), 2961-2965.
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Robertson, I., Leavitt, S., Loader, N., & Buhay, W. (2008). Progress in isotope dendroclimatology. Chemical Geology, 252(1-2), EX1-EX4.
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Gagen, M., McCarroll, D., Robertson, I., Loader, N., & Jalkanen, R. (2008). Do tree ring δ13C series from Pinus sylvestris in northern Fennoscandia contain long-term non-climatic trends?. Chemical Geology, 252(1-2), 42-51.
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Loader, N., Santillo, P., Woodman-Ralph, J., Rolfe, J., Hall, M., Gagen, M., Robertson, I., Wilson, R., Froyd, C., McCarroll, D., McCarroll, D., Robertson, I., Loader, N., & Froyd, C. (2008). Multiple stable isotopes from oak trees in southwestern Scotland and the potential for stable isotope dendroclimatology in maritime climatic regions. Chemical Geology, 252(1-2), 62
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Campbell, R., McCarroll, D., Loader, N., Grudd, H., Robertson, I., & Jalkanen, R. (2007). Blue intensity in Pinus sylvestris tree-rings: developing a new palaeoclimate proxy. The Holocene, 17(6), 821-828.
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Loader, N., McCarroll, D., van der Knaap, W., Robertson, I., Gagen, M., & Robertson, I. (2007). Characterizing carbon isotopic variability in Sphagnum. The Holocene, 17(3), 403-410.
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Robertson, I., Loader, N., Froyd, C., Zambatis, N., Whyte, I., Woodborne, S., Robertson, I., & Froyd, C. (2006). The potential of the baobab (Adansonia digitata L.) as a proxy climate archive. , 1674-1680.
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Rinne, K., Boettger, T., Loader, N., Robertson, I., Switsur, V., Waterhouse, J., & Robertson, I. (2005). On the purification of α-cellulose from resinous wood for stable isotope (H, C and O) analysis. Chemical Geology, 222(1-2), 75-82.
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Robertson, I., Loader, N., McCarroll, D., Carter, A., Cheng, L., Leavitt, S., & Robertson, I. (2004). 13C of Tree-Ring Lignin as an Indirect Measure of Climate Change. Water, Air, & Soil Pollution: Focus, 4(2/3), 531-544.
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Robertson, I., Froyd, C., Walsh, R., Newbery, D., Woodborne, S., Ong, R., Robertson, I., & Froyd, C. (2004). The dating of dipterocarp tree rings: establishing a record of carbon cycling and climatic change in the tropics. Journal of Quaternary Science, 19(7), 657-664.
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Waterhouse, J., Switsur, V., Barker, A., Carter, A., Hemming, D., Loader, N., Robertson, I., & Robertson, I. (2004). Northern European trees show a progressively diminishing response to increasing atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations. Quaternary Science Reviews, 23(7-8), 803-810.
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Loader, N., Robertson, I., McCarroll, D., Robertson, I., & Loader, N. (2003). Comparison of stable carbon isotope ratios in the whole wood, cellulose and lignin of oak tree-rings. , 395-407.
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Waterhouse, J., Switsur, V., Barker, A., Carter, A., Robertson, I., & Robertson, I. (2002). Oxygen and hydrogen isotope ratios in tree rings: how well do models predict observed values?. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 201(2), 421-430.
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Robertson, I., Waterhouse, J., Barker, A., Carter, A., Switsur, V., & Robertson, I. (2001). Oxygen isotope ratios of oak in east England: implications for reconstructing the isotopic composition of precipitation. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 191(1-2), 21-31.
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Aykroyd, R., Lucy, D., Pollard, A., Carter, A., Robertson, I., & Robertson, I. (2001). Temporal variability in the strength of proxy-climate correlations. Geophysical Research Letters, 28(8), 1559-1562.
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Robertson, I., Lucy, D., Baxter, L., Pollard, A., Aykroyd, R., Barker, A., Carter, A., Switsur, V., Waterhouse, J., & Robertson, I. (1999). A kernel-based Bayesian approach to climatic reconstruction. The Holocene, 9(4), 495-500.
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Saurer, M., Robertson, I., Siegwolf, R., & Leuenberger, M. (1998). Oxygen Isotope Analysis of Cellulose: An Interlaboratory Comparison. Analytical Chemistry, 70(10), 2074-2080.
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Robertson, I., Switsur, V., Carter, A., Barker, A., Waterhouse, J., Briffa, K., Jones, P., & Robertson, I. (1997). Signal strength and climate relationships in13C/12C ratios of tree ring cellulose from oak in east England. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 102(D16), 19507-19516.
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Robertson, I., Rolfe, J., Switsur, V., Carter, A., Hall, M., Barker, A., Waterhouse, J., & Robertson, I. (1997). Signal strength and climate relationships in13C/12C ratios of tree ring cellulose from oak in southwest Finland. Geophysical Research Letters, 24(12), 1487-1490.
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Loader, N., Robertson, I., Barker, A., Switsur, V., Waterhouse, J., & Robertson, I. (1997). An improved technique for the batch processing of small wholewood samples to α-cellulose. Chemical Geology, 136(3-4), 313-317.
Book Chapters
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Nicholas, L., Devine, A., Robertson, I., & Mabbett, I. (2023). Perspective Chapter: Agronomic Properties of Biochar from Slow Pyrolysis of Human Waste. Sustainable Use of Biochar [Working Title] IntechOpen
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Cairns, S., CAIRNS, S., Sigmund, G., Robertson, I., & Haine, R. (2022). Engineered Biochar as Adsorbent for the Removal of Contaminants from Aqueous Medium. Engineered Biochar (pp. 353-381). Springer Nature Singapore
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Gagen, M., McCarroll, D., Loader, N., & Robertson, I. (2010). Stable Isotopes in Dendroclimatology: Moving Beyond ‘Potential’. Dendroclimatology (pp. 147
Conference Contributions
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Todd, A., Robertson, I., Walsh, R., Byrne, P., Edwards, P., & Williams, T. (2023). Using Tracer Injection and Synoptic Sampling, and Salt Dilution Flow to Gauge Metal Fluxes in a Temperate Watershed in the UK. In Pope, J.; Wolkersdorfer, C.; Rait, R.; Trumm, D.; Christenson, H. and Wolkersdorfer, K. (Ed.), IMWA 2022 – Reconnect (pp. 497-502). International Mine Water Association.SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa63045
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Cairns, S., CAIRNS, S., Todd, A., Robertson, I., & Byrne, P. (2023). Metals Removal from Acid Mine Water by Wood-Ash Amended Biochar. In IMWA 2022 – Reconnect (pp. 33-38). International Mine Water Association.SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa63044
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Todd, A., Robertson, I., Walsh, R., Byrne, P., Edwards, P., & Williams, T. (2021). Source Apportionment of Trace Metals at the Abandoned Nantymwyn Lead-Zinc Mine, Wales. In Stanley, P.; Wolkersdorfer, Ch. and Wolkersdorfer, K (Ed.), Mine Water Management for Future Generations (pp. 563-568). Natural Resources Wales, The Coal Authority, Welsh Government and Cardiff University.SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa59103
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Byrne, P., Onnis, P., Runkel, R., Frau, I., Lynch, S., Brown, A., Robertson, I., & Edwards, P. (2021). Numerical Modelling of Mine Pollution to Inform Remediation Decision-making in Watersheds. In Stanley, P.; Wolkersdorfer, Ch. and Wolkersdorfer, K.: (Ed.), Mine Water Management for Future Generations (pp. 66-71). Natural Resources Wales, The Coal Authority, Welsh Government and Cardiff University.SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa59102
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Brown, A., Robertson, I., Walsh, R., Byrne, P., Edwards, P., Williams, T., & De-Quincey, H. (2020). Tracing Heavy Metals at Nantymwyn, Wales. In EGU General Assembly 2020Copernicus GmbH.
Supervision
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Refining the chronology and paleoclimatology of Chaco Canyon using stable isotope dendrochronology. (Depending on the pilot study outcomes, this title may be subject to change). (current)
PhDOther supervisor: Prof Neil Loader -
Evaluating the Socio-Environmental Benefits and Perceptions of Nature-Based Solutions (current)
PhDOther supervisor: Dr Keith Halfacree -
Mapping Hydrological Pathways at Nantymwyn Lead Mine (current)
PhDOther supervisor: Prof Rory Walsh -
Developing motorway balancing ponds with long-term net ecological value (awarded 2023)
PhDOther supervisor: Prof Ian Mabbett -
Beyond Forest Conservation: Exploring the Impact of REDD+ on Livelihood and Detection of Forest Cover Change in Cross River State, Nigeria (awarded 2022)
MScOther supervisor: Dr Stephen Cornford
Taught Modules
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GEG100 Geographical skills
The aim of this module is to introduce the participants to essential geographical skills. These invaluable skills will become enhanced throughout their degree at Swansea University. Participants should be able to apply these techniques in a wide variety of environments and contexts. Skills covered include essay writing, data analysis and map making
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GEG132 Introduction to Earth Systems
This module forms an essential foundation for more advanced study of physical geography and environmental sciences. It introduces the four main Earth systems: the atmosphere, hydrosphere, biosphere and geosphere. It provides a sound understanding of the processes within each system, and the interactions between them. The geosphere section introduces topics like the origin of Earth, plate tectonics and describes the distribution of different rock types and processes occurring in the geosphere. The biosphere section deals mainly with flows of energy and nutrients between Earth systems. The atmosphere section deals with flows of energy and moisture and their role in controlling climate over both space and time. The hydrosphere section focuses on the concepts of the hydrological cycle and the main processes associated with the water fluxes. In addition, the main properties and functions of soil, and the formation of different soil types worldwide are introduced. At the end of the module the changes in climate in the past, current and future, proxies of climate change are included.
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GEGM07 Environmental Dynamics
This module aims to explain and understand past, present and potential future changes in the Earth's climate and environment. It provides a broad approach to environmental processes and dynamics operating on land, in the oceans and in the atmosphere on a global and regional scale. Emphasis is placed on the evidence available for reconstructing past environmental dynamics, the implications for present-day processes, future predictions and likely impacts.