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Research interests
Dr McCormack is an ARC DECRA Fellow in Antarctic Research and Chief Investigator on the ARC Special Research Initiative Securing Antarctica's Environmental Future. Felicity's research focusses on predicting Antarctica’s future contribution to sea level rise, using ice sheet models, geophysical observations, and theory. In 2019, Felicity was awarded a Fulbright Postdoctoral Fellowship at the University of California, Irvine.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Education/Academic qualification
Quantitative Marine Sciences, Doctor of Philosophy, University of Tasmania
Award Date: 14 Aug 2015
Quantitative Marine Sciences, Diploma of Quantitative Marine Sciences, University of Tasmania
Award Date: 14 Aug 2015
Research area keywords
- Antarctica
- ice sheet models
- sea level rise
- ice flow relations
- climate variability
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Projects
- 2 Active
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From creeping to sliding: controls on Antarctic Ice Sheet flow processes
30/12/21 → 30/12/24
Project: Research
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SAEF: Securing Antarctica’s Environmental Future – An Evidence-Based, Informatics Approach
Chown, S., Robinson, S., Wilson, K. A., Mackintosh, A., McGeoch, M., Bode, M., Helmstedt, K., McGregor, H. V., Arblaster, J., Duffy, G., Greening, C., Henley, B., Siems, S., Cressie, N., Kaye, S., Perez, P., Barthelemy, J., Mangion, A. Z., Corke, P., Dunbabin, M., Gonzalez, L., Mengersen, K. L., Strugnell, J. M., Cassey, P., Johnston, E., Clark, G., Terauds, A., Stark, J. S., Saunders, K., Hua, Q., Meredith, K., Stevens, M. I., Wilson, N., Smith, J., McLennan, S., Lim, E., DeConto, R., Brooks, C., Cowan, D., Charman, D., Maclean, I., Bollar, B., Barbour, M., Fraser, C., Flexas, J., Zuniga, G., Olalla-Tarraga, M., Balco, G., Goehring, B., Norton, K. P., Njastad, B., Vaughan, D. G., Kessick, M., Lynnes, A., Adams, M., McCormack, F., Wheeler, M. C., Weller, J. & Selwyn Jones, R.
19/05/20 → 18/05/27
Project: Research
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Ocean-Driven and Topography-Controlled Nonlinear Glacier Retreat During the Holocene: Southwestern Ross Sea, Antarctica
Jones, R. S., Gudmundsson, G. H., Mackintosh, A. N., McCormack, F. S. & Whitmore, R., 16 Mar 2021, In: Geophysical Research Letters. 48, 5, 10 p., e2020GL091454.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
3 Citations (Scopus) -
The double-peaked el niño and its physical processes
Shin, N. Y., Kug, J. S., McCormack, F. S. & Holbrook, N. J., 15 Feb 2021, In: Journal of Climate. 34, 4, p. 1291-1303 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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The Impact of Variable Ocean Temperatures on Totten Glacier Stability and Discharge
McCormack, F. S., Roberts, J. L., Gwyther, D. E., Morlighem, M., Pelle, T. & Galton-Fenzi, B. K., 28 May 2021, In: Geophysical Research Letters. 48, 10, 11 p., e2020GL091790.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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The temperature change shortcut: Effects of mid-experiment temperature changes on the deformation of polycrystalline ice
Craw, L., Treverrow, A., Fan, S., Peternell, M., Cook, S., McCormack, F. & Roberts, J., 10 May 2021, In: The Cryosphere. 15, 5, p. 2235–2250 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Antarctica in a Changing Climate: The impacts of the Antarctic Ice Sheet response to climate change will have global consequences for millions living near the coast. It’s just a matter of when.
Noble, T. L., Rohling, E. J. & McCormack, F. S., 12 Nov 2020, Eos: Editors' Vox.Research output: Other contribution › Other
Open Access