Ben Mather
Dr. Ben Mather is a research fellow in the EarthByte Group within the School of Geosciences at The University of Sydney. He is an expert in fusing multi-disciplinary datasets with Earth evolution models to understand the occurrence of enigmatic volcanoes. He is a vocal advocate for the integral role of geoscience in responding to challenges we face in transitioning to the carbon-neutral economy. Dr. Mather has been interviewed in national and international print media, TV, and radio on a wide variety of subjects including earthquakes, volcanoes, groundwater, and critical minerals.
Latest articles by Ben Mather
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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