Dr Tom Holt
BSc (Hons) in Geography from the University of Wales, Aberystwyth MSc (Hons) in Glaciology in 2006, UWA PhD from Aberystwyth University, 2008-2012
Senior Lecturer
Department of Geography and Earth Sciences
Contact Details
- Email: toh08@aber.ac.uk
- ORCID: 0000-0001-8361-0688
- Office:J13 Llandinam Building
- Phone: +44 (0) 1970 628449
- Research Portal Profile (https://research.aber.ac.uk/en/persons/3d4c8608-b705-4515-8e70-ae528102e743)
- Personal Pronouns: He / him / his
Dr. Tom Holt is a Senior Lecturer in Physical Geography, specialising in glaciology and remote sensing. His research focuses on the use of optical, radar and microwave imagery and data to quantify changes in the cryosphere.
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- AB1 Research Design and Fieldwork Skills (GS20020)
- AB1 Geoscience Laboratory Techniques (GS20120)
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- AB1 Advanced Research Skills 1: science communication and data analysis (EAM1120)
- AB1 An introduction to Earth Materials (GS12520)
- AB2 Applied Environmental Management (GS31120)
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- AB1 Arctic Hydrology and Climate Change (UNIS) (GS32230)
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- AB1 Debates in Climate Science (GS30520)
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- AB1 Work Placement (GSS0260)
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- AB1 Dissertation: Geography, Environmental Science, and Environmental Earth Science (GS34040)
- AB1 Dylunio Ymchwil a Sgiliau Gwaith Maes (DA25420)
- AB1 Fieldwork Skills (GS11320)
- AB1 Fundamentals of Geochemistry (GS22720)
- AB1 Graduate Career and Professional Development (CD20220)
- AB1 Living in a Dangerous World (GS10020)
- AB2 Quaternary Environmental Change (GS23920)
- AB1 Researching the World: data collection and analysis (GS13020)
Lecturer
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- AB2 Earth Surface Environments (GS10520)
- AB1 Monitoring our Planet's Health from Space (GS32020)
Tutor
- AB1 Thinking Sociologically (GS15120)
Course Viewer
Tom is a remote-sensing glaciologist with an interest in how glaciers and ice sheets have responded to environmental change. He uses data acquired by satellites, aircrafts and drones to quantify ice-mass extent, structural evolution, debris-cover changes and glacier dynamics. He has published works relating to glacial changes in Antarctica, Greenland, the High-Arctic (Russia, Svalbard, Canada), the European Alps and Patagonia. Current research projects continue his long-standing interests in Antarctic Ice Shelf disintegration, as well as long-term changes to glacier systems in the Swiss Alps, the structural controls on Himalayan glacier recession, and the reconstruction of Earth's former ice sheets from landform evidence.
In: Journal of Glaciology, Vol. 68, No. 271, 23.10.2022, p. 927-945.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
In: Wetlands Ecology and Management, Vol. 30, No. 4, 01.08.2022, p. 715-735.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
In: Nature Communications, Vol. 15, No. 1, 5099, 02.07.2024.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
In: Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, Vol. 48, No. 9, 12.07.2023, p. 1679-1700.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
In: Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, Vol. 48, No. 2, 07.02.2023, p. 415-432.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
