Overview
Overview
I am a Postdoctoral Research Associate within the Exeter Climate Systems (XCS) research group. I am part of the 4C Project working with Prof Peter Cox and Prof Pierre Friedlingstein on emergent constraints on carbon and biogeochemical feedbacks under climate change. Previously, I completed my PhD at the University of Exeter with Prof Peter Cox and Dr Sarah Chadburn, where my research focused on understanding the response of soil carbon to climate change, with a specific aim to quantify and reduce the uncertainty associated with future Earth System Model projections.
XCS Seminar Coordinator
Additionally, I am the coordinator of internal XCS seminars here at Exeter, which run on Friday's during term time. Please do not hesitate to email me if you are interested in giving a seminar or would like any further information.
Publications
Varney, R. M., Chadburn, S. E., Burke, E. J., Wiltshire, A. J., & Cox, P. M. (2023). Simulated responses of soil carbon to climate change in CMIP6 Earth System Models: the role of false priming. EGUsphere, 2023, 1-32.
Varney, R. M., Chadburn, S. E., Burke, E. J., & Cox, P. M. (2022). Evaluation of soil carbon simulation in CMIP6 Earth system models. Biogeosciences, 19(19), 4671-4704.
Varney, R. M., Chadburn, S. E., Friedlingstein, P., Burke, E. J., Koven, C. D., Hugelius, G., and Cox, P. M. (2020) A spatial emergent constraint on the sensitivity of soil carbon turnover to global warming. Nature Communications, 11(1):1–8.
Publications on Google Scholar
Publications
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2024
- Munday G, Jones C, Steinert N, Mathison C, Burke E, Smith C, Huntingford C, Varney R. (2024) Risks of unavoidable impacts on forests at 1.5 with and without overshoot, DOI:10.5194/egusphere-egu24-16997. [PDF]
- Varney R, Cox P, Friedlingstein P, Chadburn S, Burke E. (2024) Soil carbon-concentration and carbon-climate feedbacks in CMIP6 Earth system models, DOI:10.5194/egusphere-egu24-11870. [PDF]
- Cox PM, Williamson MS, Friedlingstein P, Jones CD, Raoult N, Rogelj J, Varney RM. (2024) Emergent constraints on carbon budgets as a function of global warming, Nature Communications, volume 15, no. 1, article no. 1885, DOI:10.1038/s41467-024-46137-7. [PDF]
2023
- Varney RM, Friedlingstein P, Chadburn SE, Burke EJ, Cox PM. (2023) Soil carbon-concentration and carbon-climate feedbacks in CMIP6 Earth system models, DOI:10.5194/egusphere-2023-2666. [PDF]
- Varney RM, Chadburn SE, Burke EJ, Jones S, Wiltshire AJ, Cox PM. (2023) Simulated responses of soil carbon to climate change in CMIP6 Earth system models: the role of false priming, Biogeosciences, volume 20, no. 18, pages 3767-3790, DOI:10.5194/bg-20-3767-2023. [PDF]
- Varney RM, Chadburn SE, Burke EJ, Wiltshire AJ, Cox PM. (2023) Simulated responses of soil carbon to climate change in CMIP6 Earth System Models: the role of false priming, DOI:10.5194/egusphere-2023-383. [PDF]
- Varney R, Chadburn S, Burke E, Cox P. (2023) Soil carbon in CMIP6 Earth System Models, DOI:10.5194/egusphere-egu23-13638. [PDF]
2022
- Varney RM, Chadburn SE, Burke EJ, Cox PM. (2022) Evaluation of soil carbon simulation in CMIP6 Earth system models, Biogeosciences, volume 19, no. 19, pages 4671-4704, DOI:10.5194/bg-19-4671-2022. [PDF]
- Varney RM, Chadburn SE, Burke EJ, Cox PM. (2022) Evaluation of soil carbon simulation in CMIP6 Earth System Models, DOI:10.5194/bg-2022-13. [PDF]
- Varney RM, Chadburn SE, Burke EJ, Cox PM. (2022) Supplementary material to "Evaluation of soil carbon simulation in CMIP6 Earth System Models", DOI:10.5194/bg-2022-13-supplement. [PDF]
2020
- Varney RM, Chadburn SE, Friedlingstein P, Burke EJ, Koven CD, Hugelius G, Cox PM. (2020) A spatial emergent constraint on the sensitivity of soil carbon turnover to global warming, Nature Communications, volume 11, no. 1, article no. 5544, DOI:10.1038/s41467-020-19208-8. [PDF]