Dr Tristram Irvine-Fynn PhD in Geography – Glaciology (University of Sheffield, UK, 2008) MSc in Geography – Glaciology (University of Calgary, Canada, 2004) BA in Geography (University of Cambridge, UK, 2001)
Senior Lecturer
- Senior LecturerDepartment of Geography and Earth Sciences - Teaching And Research
Department of Geography and Earth Sciences
Postal address
Aberystwyth University
Llandinam Building
Penglais
Aberystwyth
Llandinam Building
Penglais
Aberystwyth
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

ORCID: 0000-0003-3157-6646
- 2022
Morphology, flow dynamics and evolution of englacial conduits in cold ice
Kamintzis, J. E., Irvine-Fynn, T., Holt, T., Jones, J. P. P., Porter, P. R., Jennings, S. J. A., Naegeli, K. & Hubbard, B., 29 Dec 2022, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Earth Surface Processes and Landforms. 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
DOI: 10.1002/esp.5494Metagenomics reveals global-scale contrasts in nitrogen cycling and cyanobacterial light-harvesting mechanisms in glacier cryoconite
Murakami, T., Takeuchi, N., Mori, H., Hirose, Y., Edwards, A., Irvine-Fynn, T., Li, Z., Ishii, S. & Segawa, T., 01 Dec 2022, In: Microbiome. 10, 1, 15 p., 50.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Time‐lapse photogrammetry reveals hydrological controls of fine‐scale High‐Arctic glacier surface roughness evolution
Irvine-Fynn, T., Holt, T., James, T. D., Smith, M. W., Rutter, N., Porter, P. R. & Hodson, A. J., 13 May 2022, In: Earth Surface Processes and Landforms. 47, 6, p. 1635-1652 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
DOI: 10.1002/esp.5339- 2021
Storage and export of microbial biomass across the western Greenland Ice Sheet
Irvine-Fynn, T., Edwards, A., Stevens, I. T., Mitchell, A., Bunting, P., Box, J., Cameron, K., Cook, J., Naegeli, K., Rassner, S. M. E., Ryan, J., Stibal, M., Williamson, C. & Hubbard, A., 01 Dec 2021, In: Nature Communications. 12, 1, 11 p., 3960.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Seasonally stable temperature gradients through supraglacial debris in the Everest region of Nepal, Central Himalaya
Rowan, A. V., Nicholson, L. I., Quincey, D. J., Gibson, M. J., Irvine-Fynn, T., Watson, C. S., Wagnon, P., Rounce, D. R., Thompson, S. S., Porter, P. R. & Glasser, N., 01 Feb 2021, In: Journal of Glaciology. 67, 261, p. 170-181 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
DOI: 10.1017/jog.2020.100- 2020
Hydrology of debris-covered glaciers in High Mountain Asia
Miles, K., Hubbard, B., Irvine-Fynn, T., Miles, E. S., Quincey, D. J. & Rowan, A. V., 01 Aug 2020, In: Earth-Science Reviews. 207, 103212.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Algal photophysiology drives darkening and melt of the Greenland Ice Sheet
Williamson, C. J., Cook, J., Tedstone, A., Yallop, M., McCutcheon, J., Poniecka, E., Campbell, D., Irvine-Fynn, T., Mcquaid, J. B., Tranter, M., Perkins, R. & Anesio, A. M., 17 Mar 2020, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 117, 11, p. 5694–5705 12 p., 1918412117.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Algal growth and weathering crust structure drive variability in Greenland Ice Sheet ice albedo
Tedstone, A., Cook, J., Williamson, C., Hofer, S., McCutcheon, J., Irvine-Fynn, T., Gribbin, T. & Tranter, M., 11 Feb 2020, In: Cryosphere. 14, p. 521-538Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Glacier algae accelerate melt rates on the south-western Greenland Ice Sheet
Cook, J., Tedstone, A., Williamson, C., McCutcheon, J., Hodson, A. J., Dayal, A., Skiles, M., Hofer, S., Bryant, R., McAree, O., McGonigle, A., Ryan, J. C., Anesio, A. M., Irvine-Fynn, T., Hubbard, A., Hanna, E., Flanner, M., Mayanna, S., Benning, L. G., Van As, D., & 4 othersYallop, M., McQuaid, J., Gribbin, T. & Tranter, M., 29 Jan 2020, In: Cryosphere. 14, 1, p. 309-330 22 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- 2019
Illuminating the dynamic rare biosphere of the Greenland Ice Sheet's Dark Zone
Gokul, J. K., Cameron, K. A., Irvine-Fynn, T., Cook, J. M., Hubbard, A., Stibal, M., Hegarty, M., Mur, L. & Edwards, A., 01 Dec 2019, In: FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 95, 12, 17 p., fiz177.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review