Chris Turney
Chris Turney. Photo by Mark Newsham
Chris is a British geologist and currently holds a Chair in Physical Geography at the University of Exeter, UK. He received a BSc (Hons) in Environmental Science from the University of East Anglia in 1994 and a PhD in past climate change from the University of London in 1998.
Chris researches and teaches on the past and what it means for the future. He did the radiocarbon dating on the ‘Hobbit’ fossil of Flores, Indonesia that hit the headlines worldwide in 2004. Chris has published numerous scientific papers and magazine articles, and given frequent media interviews, thanks to his infectious enthusiasm for working out what happened when. In 2007, he was awarded The Sir Nicholas Shackleton Medal for outstanding young Quaternary scientist for his pioneering research into past climate change and dating the past.
Chris’ most recent popular science book Ice, Mud and Blood: Lessons from Climates Past looks at what the past can tell us of the future and the risks facing us as we continue to drive our planet to new extremes. His popular science website is www.christurney.com.
Chris is 36 years old, married with two children and lives in Sidmouth, UK.