About Sarah Nicholson
I’m Dr Sarah Nicholson, a researcher in ocean and climate science based in South Africa. My work focuses on understanding how the ocean interacts with the atmosphere, particularly how it absorbs carbon dioxide and heat, and how those interactions shape our climate now and into the future.
Most of my research is based in the Southern Ocean, a region critical to the global carbon and climate system. I use a combination of autonomous ocean vehicles, like gliders, satellite observations and numerical models to explore how small- to large-scale ocean processes, including storms and turbulence, influence the exchange of carbon and heat between the ocean and atmosphere