I currently work at the Scientific Committee for Antarctic Research (SCAR) based at Scott Polar, University of Cambridge. Previously I was based at the National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, working for the Climate Variability and Predictability (CLIVAR) project of the World Climate Research Programme, where I was responsible for coordinating CLIVAR's interests in the Southern Ocean and Antarctic region as well as in Africa. I also worked in Spain and China and have taken part in four cruises to the Antarctic, including two as co-chief scientist.

I have published a range of papers ranging on subjects as diverse as the flow of Antarctic Bottom Water around Antarctica to the study of regional climate change in China, and given media interviews to e.g. Sky News and the Chinese Broadcasting Corporation.

Scott Polar Research Institute, Lensfield Road

Cambridge

CB2 1ER

UK

http://www.scar.org/about/officers/secretariat/mikesparrow.html

Antarctica, Climate change, International Polar Year, Observing systems, Southern Ocean

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Executive Officer, Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research

SCAR/Cambridge University

PhD Physical Oceanography (Southern Ocean), MSc Atmospheric Sciences, BSc Physics