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As part of my PhD research I have used HadCM3 with dynamic vegetation (TRIFFID) coupled to Glimmer to investigate the behaviour of the Greenland ice-sheet under past and future climates. Specifically I have looked at the importance of vegetation feedbacks on the evolution of the ice-sheet during the Last interglacial (LIG) approximately 130 to 115ka and the potential regrowth of the ice-sheet if it completely melted in response to future anthropogenic warming.

As a post-doctoral researcher for the European project past4future I will be using FAMOUS extensively to investigate the following:

• LIG (130 to 120ka) and Present Interglacial (PIG) (6 to 0ka) transient climate simulations
• Sensitivity to applied forcings and feedback during both interglacials including greenhouse gases, ice-sheets, vegetation and orbital forcing
• Evaluation of sensitivity of interglacial climates to sudden freshwater events (specifically the 8.2ka event)
• Sensitivity to solar and volcanic forcings
• Evaluation of the rate of sea-level rise over the PIG/LIG to compare with sea-level reconstructions. This will use FAMOUS coupled to Glimmer.

All simulations will be performed using the PMIP3 protocols.