Dr Iestyn Woolway
NERC Independent Research Fellow
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Room: 308 Craig Mair
Email: iestyn.woolway@bangor.ac.uk
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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
- Article › Research › Peer-reviewed
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Phenological shifts in lake stratification under climate change
Woolway, R. I., Sharma, S., Weyhenmeyer, G. A., Debolskiy, A., Golub, M., Mercado-Bettin, D., Perroud, M., Stepanenko, V., Tan, Z., Grant, L., Ladwig, R., Mesman, J., Moore, T. N., Shatwell, T., Vanderkelen, I., Austin, J. A., DeGasperi, C. L., Dokulil, M., La Fuente, S., Mackay, E. B., Schladow, S. G., Watanabe, S., Marce, R., Pierson, D. C., Thiery, W. & Jennings, E., 19 Apr 2021, In: Nature Communications. 12, 2318 (2021).Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Physical and chemical impacts of a major storm on a temperate lake: a taste of things to come?
Woolway, R. I., Simpson, J. H., Spiby, D., Feuchtmayr, H., Powell, B. & Maberly, S. C., Nov 2018, In: Climatic Change. 151, 2, p. 333-347Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Profound daily vertical stratification and mixing in a small, shallow, wind-exposed lake with submerged macrophytes
Andersen, M. R., Sand-Jensen, K., Woolway, R. I. & Jones, I. D., Apr 2017, In: Aquatic Sciences. 79, 2, p. 395-406Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Rapidly expanding lake heatwaves under climate change
Woolway, R. I., Anderson, E. J. & Albergel, C., 18 Aug 2021, In: Environmental Research Letters. 16, 9Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Satellite and In Situ Observations for Advancing Global Earth Surface Modelling: A Review
Balsamo, G., Agusti-Parareda, A., Albergel, C., Arduini, G., Beljaars, A., Bidlot, J., Bousserez, N., Boussetta, S., Brown, A., Buizza, R., Buontempo, C., Chevallier, F., Choulga, M., Cloke, H., Cronin, M. F., Dahoui, M., De Rosnay, P., Dirmeyer, P. A., Drusch, M., Dutra, E., Ek, M. B., Gentine, P., Hewitt, H., Keeley, S. P. E., Kerr, Y., Kumar, S., Lupu, C., Mahfouf, J-F., McNorton, J., Mecklenburg, S., Mogensen, K., Munoz-Sabater, J., Orth, R., Rabier, F., Reichle, R., Ruston, B., Pappenberger, F., Sandu, I., Seneviratne, S. I., Tietsche, S., Trigo, I. F., Uijlenhoet, R., Wedi, N., Woolway, R. I. & Zeng, X., 14 Dec 2018, In: Remote Sensing. 10, 12Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Severe Lake Heatwaves Attributable to Human-Induced Global Warming
Woolway, I., Albergel, C., Froelicher, T. & Perroud, M., 28 Feb 2022, In: Geophysical Research Letters. 49, 4, 10 p., e2021GL097031.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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 Sept 2022, In: WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH. 58, 9, e2021WR031543.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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 Oct 2022, In: Frontiers in Environmental Science. 10Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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 May 2019, In: Climatic Change. 155, 1, p. 81-94Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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., Nov 2020, In: Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 101, 11, p. E1924-E1947Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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., Jun 2021, In: Water Resources Research. 57, 6, 2020WR029441.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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 Jan 2024, In: Nature Communications. 15, 1, 70.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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 Jun 2015, In: Ecological Applications. 25, 4, p. 943-955Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The pace of shifting seasons in lakes
Woolway, R. I., 13 Apr 2023, In: Nature Communications. 14, 2101.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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 Oct 2023, In: Science of the Total Environment. 896, 165312.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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 Nov 2020, In: Hydrology and Earth System Sciences. 24, 11, p. 5559-5577Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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 Jun 2017, In: Climatic Change. 142, 3-4, p. 505-520Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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 Oct 2020, In: Climatic Change. 163, 1, p. 599-618Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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 Jun 2021, In: Nature. 594, 7861, p. 66-70Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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 Mar 2019, In: Nature Climate Change. 9, 3, p. 227-231Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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 Aug 2022, In: Limnology and Oceanography Letters. 7, 4, p. 302-311Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Worldwide alteration of lake mixing regimes in response to climate change
Woolway, R. I. & Merchant, C. J., 1 Apr 2019, In: Nature Geoscience. 12, 4, p. 271-276Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review