Dr Iestyn Woolway

Cymrawd Ymchwil Annibynnol NERC (Darllenydd)

Contact info

Room: 308 Craig Mair

Email: iestyn.woolway@bangor.ac.uk

Web: Google Scholar; Research Gate; Twitter

Dr Iestyn Woolway's research focuses on the physical interactions between climate and water, with a particular interest in the physics and hydrology of lakes worldwide. This includes aspects such as climate-induced variations in lake evaporation, water temperature, ice cover and energy fluxes. Using a combination of in-situ, satellite, and modelled data, his research aims to answer key questions that relate to climate-related changes of inland waters. He graduated from Bangor University in 2011 with a BSc and MSc in Physical Oceanography and then undertook a PhD in Physical Limnology at University College London (2011-2015). Dr Woolway was then a Postdoctoral Research Assistant in the Department of Meteorology at the University of Reading (2015-2018). In 2018, Dr Woolway was awarded a Marie Sklodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship, hosted at Dundalk Institute of Technology (Ireland), followed by a European Space Agency Fellowship in 2020 - based at the ESA Climate Office in Oxfordshire. In 2021, Dr Woolway was awarded a UK Natural Environment Research Council Independent Research Fellowship. He joined the School of Ocean Sciences as a NERC Independent Research Fellow (Reader) in 2022. In 2023 he was awarded a Dillwyn Medal for STEMM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics and Medicine) from the Learned Society of Wales in recognition of early career research excellence for his work in the field of global environmental change. In 2024, he was awarded a Distinguished Scientist fellowship from the Chinese Academy of Sciences via the President's International Fellowship Initiative.

Research Areas

  1. Erthygl › Ymchwil › Adolygwyd gan gymheiriaid
  2. Cyhoeddwyd

    Severe Lake Heatwaves Attributable to Human-Induced Global Warming

    Woolway, I., Albergel, C., Froelicher, T. & Perroud, M., 28 Chwef 2022, Yn: Geophysical Research Letters. 49, 4, 10 t., e2021GL097031.

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    Six Decades of Thermal Change in a Pristine Lake Situated North of the Arctic Circle

    Noori, R., Woolway, R. I., Saari, M., Pulkkanen, M. & Klove, B., 26 Medi 2022, Yn: WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH. 58, 9, e2021WR031543.

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  4. Cyhoeddwyd

    Space-based Earth observation in support of the UNFCCC Paris Agreement

    Hegglin, M. I., Bastos, A., Bovensmann, H., Buchwitz, M., Fawcett, D., Ghent, D., Kulk, G., Sathyendranath, S., Shepherd, T. G., Quegan, S., Röthlisberger, R., Briggs, S., Buontempo, C., Cazenave, A., Chuvieco, E., Ciais, P., Crisp, D., Engelen, R., Fadnavis, S., Herold, M., Horwath, M., Jonsson, O., Kpaka, G., Merchant, C. J., Mielke, C., Nagler, T., Paul, F., Popp, T., Quaife, T., Rayner, N. A., Robert, C., Schröder, M., Sitch, S., Venturini, S., van der Schalie, R., van der Vliet, M., Wigneron, J-P. & Woolway, R. I., 5 Hyd 2022, Yn: Frontiers in Environmental Science. 10

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  5. Cyhoeddwyd

    Substantial increase in minimum lake surface temperatures under climate change

    Woolway, R. I., Weyhenmeyer, G. A., Schmid, M., Dokulil, M. T., de Eyto, E., Maberly, S. C., May, L. & Merchant, C. J., 15 Mai 2019, Yn: Climatic Change. 155, 1, t. 81-94

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  6. Cyhoeddwyd

    The EUSTACE Project: Delivering Global, Daily Information on Surface Air Temperature

    Rayner, N. A., Auchmann, R., Bessembinder, J., Bronnimann, S., Brugnara, Y., Capponi, F., Carrea, L., Dodd, E. M. A., Ghent, D., Good, E., Hoyer, J. L., Kennedy, J. J., Kent, E. C., Killick, R. E., van der Linden, P., Lindgren, F., Madsen, K. S., Merchant, C. J., Mitchelson, J. R., Morice, C. P., Nielsen-Englyst, P., Ortiz, P. F., Remedios, J. J., van der Schrier, G., Squintu, A. A., Stephens, A., Thorne, P. W., Tonboe, R. T., Trent, T., Veal, K. L., Waterfall, A. M., Winfield, K., Winn, J. & Woolway, R. I., Tach 2020, Yn: Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 101, 11, t. E1924-E1947

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  7. Cyhoeddwyd

    The annual cycle of energy input, modal excitation and physical plus biogenic turbulent dissipation in a temperate lake

    Simpson, J., Woolway, I., Scannell, B., Austin, M., Powell, B. & Maberly, S. C., Meh 2021, Yn: Water Resources Research. 57, 6, 2020WR029441.

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  8. Cyhoeddwyd

    The impact of extreme heat on lake warming in China

    Wang, W., Shi, K., Wang, X., Zhang, Y., Qin, B., Zhang, Y. & Woolway, R. I., 2 Ion 2024, Yn: Nature Communications. 15, 1, 70.

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  9. Cyhoeddwyd

    The importance of lake-specific characteristics for water quality across the continental United States

    Read, E. K., Patil, V. P., Oliver, S. K., Hetherington, A. L., Brentrup, J. A., Zwart, J. A., Winters, K. M., Corman, J. R., Nodine, E. R., Woolway, R. I., Dugan, H. A., Jaimes, A., Santoso, A. B., Hong, G. S., Winslow, L. A., Hanson, P. C. & Weathers, K. C., 1 Meh 2015, Yn: Ecological Applications. 25, 4, t. 943-955

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  10. Cyhoeddwyd

    The pace of shifting seasons in lakes

    Woolway, R. I., 13 Ebr 2023, Yn: Nature Communications. 14, 2101.

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  11. Cyhoeddwyd

    The unprecedented 2022 extreme summer heatwaves increased harmful cyanobacteria blooms

    Li, N., Zhang, Y., Zhang, Y., Shi, K., Qian, H., Yang, H., Niu, Y., Qin, B., Zhu, G., Woolway, R. I. & Jeppesen, E., 20 Hyd 2023, Yn: Science of the Total Environment. 896, 165312.

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  12. Cyhoeddwyd

    Variability in epilimnion depth estimations in lakes

    Wilson, H. L., Ayala, A. I., Jones, I. D., Rolston, A., Pierson, D., de Eyto, E., Grossart, H-P., Perga, M-E., Woolway, R. I. & Jennings, E., 24 Tach 2020, Yn: Hydrology and Earth System Sciences. 24, 11, t. 5559-5577

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  13. Cyhoeddwyd

    Warming of Central European lakes and their response to the 1980s climate regime shift

    Woolway, R. I., Dokulil, M. T., Marszelewski, W., Schmid, M., Bouffard, D. & Merchant, C. J., 1 Meh 2017, Yn: Climatic Change. 142, 3-4, t. 505-520

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  14. Cyhoeddwyd

    Warming winters threaten peripheral Arctic charr populations of Europe

    Kelly, S., Moore, T. N., de Eyto, E., Dillane, M., Goulon, C., Guillard, J., Lasne, E., McGinnity, P., Poole, R., Winfield, I. J., Woolway, R. I. & Jennings, E., 17 Hyd 2020, Yn: Climatic Change. 163, 1, t. 599-618

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  15. Cyhoeddwyd

    Widespread deoxygenation of temperate lakes

    Jane, S. F., Hansen, G. J. A., Kraemer, B. M., Leavitt, P. R., Mincer, J. L., North, R. L., Pilla, R. M., Stetler, J. T., Williamson, C. E., Woolway, R. I., Arvola, L., Chandra, S., DeGasperi, C. L., Diemer, L., Dunalska, J., Erina, O., Flaim, G., Grossart, H-P., Hambright, K. D., Hein, C., Hejzlar, J., Janus, L. L., Jenny, J-P., Knoll, L. B., Leoni, B., Mackay, E., Matsuzaki, S-I. S., McBride, C., Muller-Navarra, D. C., Paterson, A. M., Pierson, D., Rogora, M., Rusak, J. A., Sadro, S., Saulnier-Talbot, E., Schmid, M., Sommaruga, R., Thiery, W., Verburg, P., Weathers, K. C., Weyhenmeyer, G. A., Yokota, K. & Rose, K. C., 2 Meh 2021, Yn: Nature. 594, 7861, t. 66-70

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  16. Cyhoeddwyd

    Widespread loss of lake ice around the Northern Hemisphere in a warming world

    Sharma, S., Blagrave, K., Magnuson, J. J., O'Reilly, C. M., Oliver, S., Batt, R. D., Magee, M. R., Straile, D., Weyhenmeyer, G. A., Winslow, L. & Woolway, R. I., 1 Maw 2019, Yn: Nature Climate Change. 9, 3, t. 227-231

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  17. Cyhoeddwyd

    Winter inverse lake stratification under historic and future climate change

    Woolway, R. I., Denfeld, B., Tan, Z., Jansen, J., Weyhenmeyer, G. A. & La Fuente, S., 1 Awst 2022, Yn: Limnology and Oceanography Letters. 7, 4, t. 302-311

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  18. Cyhoeddwyd

    Worldwide alteration of lake mixing regimes in response to climate change

    Woolway, R. I. & Merchant, C. J., 1 Ebr 2019, Yn: Nature Geoscience. 12, 4, t. 271-276

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  19. Pennod › Ymchwil › Adolygwyd gan gymheiriaid
  20. Cyhoeddwyd

    Ecological Consequences of Climate Extremes for Lakes

    Jennings, E., de Eyto, E., Jones, I. D., Ibelings, B., Adrian, R. & Woolway, I., 1 Meh 2021, Encyclopedia of Inland Waters: Reference Module in Earth Systems and Environmental Sciences. Elsevier

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  21. Erthygl adolygu › Ymchwil › Adolygwyd gan gymheiriaid
  22. Cyhoeddwyd

    Lakes in Hot Water: The Impacts of a Changing Climate on Aquatic Ecosystems

    Woolway, R. I., Sharma, S. & Smol, J. P., 30 Hyd 2022, Yn: BioScience. 72, 11, t. 1050-1061 12 t.

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  23. Cyhoeddwyd

    Storm impacts on phytoplankton community dynamics in lakes

    Stockwell, J. D., Doubek, J. P., Adrian, R., Anneville, O., Carey, C. C., Carvalho, L., Domis, L. N. D. S., Dur, G., Frassl, M. A., Grossart, H-P., Ibelings, B. W., Lajeunesse, M. J., Lewandowska, A. M., Llames, M. E., Matsuzaki, S-I. S., Nodine, E. R., Noges, P., Patil, V. P., Pomati, F., Rinke, K., Rudstam, L. G., Rusak, J. A., Salmaso, N., Seltmann, C. T., Straile, D., Thackeray, S. J., Thiery, W., Urrutia-Cordero, P., Venail, P., Verburg, P., Woolway, R. I., Zohary, T., Andersen, M. R., Bhattacharya, R., Hejzlar, J., Janatian, N., Kpodonu, A. T. N. K., Williamson, T. J. & Wilson, H. L., 1 Mai 2020, Yn: Global Change Biology. 26, 5, t. 2756-2784

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