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
Metagenomics 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., 27 Jan 2022, (Accepted/In press) In: Microbiome.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- 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., 25 Jun 2021, In: Nature Communications. 12, 1, 11 p., 3960.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- 2020
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., 03 Dec 2020, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of Glaciology.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
DOI: 10.1017/jog.2020.100Hydrology 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 others, Yallop, M., McQuaid, J., Gribbin, T. & Tranter, M., 29 Jan 2020, In: Cryosphere. 14, 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
Bacterial Dynamics in Supraglacial Habitats of the Greenland Ice Sheet
Nicholes, M. J., Williamson, C. J., Tranter, M., Holland, A., Poniecka, E., Yallop, M. L., Black and Bloom Team, B. A. B. T., Irvine-Fynn, T. & Anesio, A., 03 Jul 2019, In: Frontiers in Microbiology. 10, 9 p., 1366.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Surface and subsurface hydrology of debris-covered Khumbu Glacier, Nepal, revealed by dye tracing
Miles, K., Hubbard, B., Quincey, D. J., Miles, E. S., Irvine-Fynn, T. & Rowan, A. V., 01 May 2019, In: Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 513, p. 176-186Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review