Andrew Merdith

Research fellow, University of Leeds

Latest articles by Andrew Merdith

An erupting volcano, part of Earth's tectonic cycle.

How plate tectonics, mountains and deep-sea sediments have maintained Earth's 'Goldilocks' climate

By Dietmar Müller, Adriana Dutkiewicz, Andrew Merdith, Ben Mather, Christopher Gonzalez, Sabin Zahirovic, Tobias Keller, Weronika Gorczyk published

For hundreds of millions of years, Earth’s climate has warmed and cooled with natural fluctuations in the level of carbon dioxide (CO₂) in the atmosphere.

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Earth’s interior 80 million years ago with hot structures in yellow to red (darker is shallower) and cold structures in blue (darker is deeper).

Volcanoes, diamonds, and blobs: a billion-year history of Earth's interior shows it's more mobile than we thought

By Nicolas Flament, Andrew Merdith, Ömer F. Bodur, Simon Williams published

When these plumes first reach the surface, giant volcanic eruptions occur — the kind that contributed to the extinction of the dinosaurs 65.5 million years ago.

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