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Biography

OVERVIEW 
Dr Róisín Moriarty works on climate and policy and is based in University College Cork (UCC). While her research has focused on climate change and the carbon cycle, it is the synthesis and communication of scientific data for policy and other decision makers that has shaped her career. Her research interests are focused on mitigation and adaptation solutions that move us from imagining a climate-neutral future to realising that transition and its multiple benefits.

She has co-authored numerous academic papers, including a paper in Nature, a book chapter on carbon budgets and was a lead author on Climate Change Advisory Council Periodic and Annual Review Reports.

She has worked as expert reviewer on greenhouse gas inventories technical reports for the UN.

BACKGROUND
2016-2019: Climate Mitigation Advisor at the Climate Change Advisory Council (CCAC), Ireland
Advised and briefed the council on climate science and policy, including GHG emissions, energy, land, climate and environmental justice and Just Transition 

2013-2016: Senior Research Associate at the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research and Executive Officer of the UK Global Carbon Project Office, School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich UK
Performed research related to GHG emissions, climate impacts, decarbonisation pathways and science-based targets as required, working closely with colleagues in the Global Carbon Project and the Tyndall Centre

2009 - 2013 Research Associate and GEOTRACES Fellow at the School of Earth, Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences, University of Manchester, UK
Analysed helium and tritium samples to investigate the distribution of trace elements and carbon in the oceans

2005 - 2009: PhD in Environmental Science with the Dynamic Green Ocean Modelling Group at School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich UK and the British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge UK, under the supervision of Professor Corinne Le Quéré. 
Thesis: The role of macrozooplankon in the global carbon cycle Investigated the effect of biological and ecological processes on ocean biogeochemistry and their role in the global carbon cycle using data collection, analysis and numerical modelling

2000 - 2004: BSc in Marine Science, National University of Galway, Ireland

For a complete list of academic publications, visit Google Scholar. See also Twitter @roxxmo, ResearchGate and LinkedIn. 
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Publications

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Peer Reviewed Journals

	Year	Publication
	(2019)	'Five decades of northern land carbon uptake revealed by the interhemispheric CO2 gradient' Ciais P;Tan J;Wang X;Roedenbeck C;Chevallier F;Piao SL;Moriarty R;Broquet G;Le Quéré C;Canadell JG;Peng S;Poulter B;Liu Z;Tans P; (2019) 'Five decades of northern land carbon uptake revealed by the interhemispheric CO2 gradient'. Nature, 568 (7751) [DOI] [Details]
	(2016)	'Role of zooplankton dynamics for Southern Ocean phytoplankton biomass and global biogeochemical cycles' Le Quéré C.;Buitenhuis E.T.;Moriarty R.;Alvain S.;Aumont O.;Bopp L.;Chollet S.;Enright C.;Franklin D.J.;Geider R.J.;Harrison S.P.;Hirst A.G.;Larsen S.;Legendre L.;Platt T.;Prentice I.C.;Rivkin R.B.;Sailley S.;Sathyendranath S.;Stephens N.;Vogt M.;Vallina S.M. (2016) 'Role of zooplankton dynamics for Southern Ocean phytoplankton biomass and global biogeochemical cycles'. Biogeosciences, 13 (14):4111-4133 [DOI] [Details]
	(2016)	'Estimating the recharge properties of the deep ocean using noble gases and helium isotopes' Loose B.;Jenkins W.J.;Moriarty R.;Brown P.;Jullion L.;Naveira Garabato A.C.;Torres Valdes S.;Hoppema M.;Ballentine C.;Meredith M.P. (2016) 'Estimating the recharge properties of the deep ocean using noble gases and helium isotopes'. Journal Of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 121 (8):5959-5979 [DOI] [Details]
	(2015)	'Global Carbon Budget 2015' Le Quéré C.;Moriarty R.;Andrew R.M.;Canadell J.G.;Sitch S.;Korsbakken J.I.;Friedlingstein P.;Peters G.P.;Andres R.J.;Boden T.A.;Houghton R.A.;House J.I.;Keeling R.F.;Tans P.;Arneth A.;Bakker D.C.E.;Barbero L.;Bopp L.;Chang J.;Chevallier F.;Chini L.P.;Ciais P.;Fader M.;Feely R.A.;Gkritzalis T.;Harris I.;Hauck J.;Ilyina T.;Jain A.K.;Kato E.;Kitidis V.;Klein Goldewijk K.;Koven C.;Landschützer P.;Lauvset S.K.;Lefèvre N.;Lenton A.;Lima I.D.;Metzl N.;Millero F.;Munro D.R.;Murata A.;S. Nabel J.E.M.;Nakaoka S.;Nojiri Y.;O'Brien K.;Olsen A.;Ono T.;Pérez F.F.;Pfeil B.;Pierrot D.;Poulter B.;Rehder G.;Rödenbeck C.;Saito S.;Schuster U.;Schwinger J.;Séférian R.;Steinhoff T.;Stocker B.D.;Sutton A.J.;Takahashi T.;Tilbrook B.;Van Der Laan-Luijkx I.T.;Van Der Werf G.R.;Van Heuven S.;Vandemark D.;Viovy N.;Wiltshire A.;Zaehle S.;Zeng N. (2015) 'Global Carbon Budget 2015'. Earth System Science Data, 7 (2):349-396 [DOI] [Details]
	(2015)	'Global carbon budget 2014' Le Quéré C.;Moriarty R.;Andrew R.M.;Peters G.P.;Ciais P.;Friedlingstein P.;Jones S.D.;Sitch S.;Tans P.;Arneth A.;Boden T.A.;Bopp L.;Bozec Y.;Canadell J.G.;Chini L.P.;Chevallier F.;Cosca C.E.;Harris I.;Hoppema M.;Houghton R.A.;House J.I.;Jain A.K.;Johannessen T.;Kato E.;Keeling R.F.;Kitidis V.;Klein Goldewijk K.;Koven C.;Landa C.S.;Landschützer P.;Lenton A.;Lima I.D.;Marland G.;Mathis J.T.;Metzl N.;Nojiri Y.;Olsen A.;Ono T.;Peng S.;Peters W.;Pfeil B.;Poulter B.;Raupach M.R.;Regnier P.;Rödenbeck C.;Saito S.;Salisbury J.E.;Schuster U.;Schwinger J.;Séférian R.;Segschneider J.;Steinhoff T.;Stocker B.D.;Sutton A.J.;Takahashi T.;Tilbrook B.;Van Der Werf G.R.;Viovy N.;Wang Y.P.;Wanninkhof R.;Wiltshire A.;Zeng N. (2015) 'Global carbon budget 2014'. Earth System Science Data, 7 (1):47-85 [DOI] [Details]
	(2014)	'Global carbon budget 2013' Le Quéré C.;Peters G.P.;Andres R.J.;Andrew R.M.;Boden T.A.;Ciais P.;Friedlingstein P.;Houghton R.A.;Marland G.;Moriarty R.;Sitch S.;Tans P.;Arneth A.;Arvanitis A.;Bakker D.C.E.;Bopp L.;Canadell J.G.;Chini L.P.;Doney S.C.;Harper A.;Harris I.;House J.I.;Jain A.K.;Jones S.D.;Kato E.;Keeling R.F.;Klein Goldewijk K.;Körtzinger A.;Koven C.;Lefèvre N.;Maignan F.;Omar A.;Ono T.;Park G.H.;Pfeil B.;Poulter B.;Raupach M.R.;Regnier P.;Rödenbeck C.;Saito S.;Schwinger J.;Segschneider J.;Stocker B.D.;Takahashi T.;Tilbrook B.;Van Heuven S.;Viovy N.;Wanninkhof R.;Wiltshire A.;Zaehle S. (2014) 'Global carbon budget 2013'. Earth System Science Data, 6 (1):235-263 [DOI] [Details]
	(2013)	'Distribution of known macrozooplankton abundance and biomass in the global ocean' Moriarty R.;Buitenhuis E.T.;Le Quéré C. (2013) 'Distribution of known macrozooplankton abundance and biomass in the global ocean'. Earth System Science Data, 5 (2):241-257 [DOI] [Details]
	(2013)	'Distribution of mesozooplankton biomass in the global ocean' Moriarty R.;O'Brien T. (2013) 'Distribution of mesozooplankton biomass in the global ocean'. Earth System Science Data, 5 (1):45-55 [DOI] [Details]
	(2013)	'MAREDAT: Towards a world atlas of MARine Ecosystem DATa' Buitenhuis E.T.;Vogt M.;Moriarty R.;Bednaršek N.;Doney S.C.;Leblanc K.;Le Quéré C.;Luo Y.W.;O'Brien C.;O'Brien T.;Peloquin J.;Schiebel R.;Swan C. (2013) 'MAREDAT: Towards a world atlas of MARine Ecosystem DATa'. Earth System Science Data, 5 (2):227-239 [DOI] [Details]

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Book Chapters

	Year	Publication
	(2018)	'Companion to Environmental Studies' Moriarty R. (2018) 'Companion to Environmental Studies' In: Castree N, Hulme M & Proctor JD (eds). Carbon Budgets. UK: ROUTLEDGE.   [Details]

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Professional Activities

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Honours and Awards

	Year	Title	Awarding Body
	2005	PhD Fellowship in Antarctic Air Sea Ice Science (FAASIS	Marie Skłodowska-Curie