Professional summary

Jade is a Landscape Biogeochemist, within the Catchment to Coast team at UKCEH. She is interested in understanding the interplay between soils and sediments, waters, and the atmosphere. She focuses on investigating geochemical weathering processes and tracing the impact of climatic and land use changes on biogeochemical cycles by employing a range of field and laboratory techniques. She completed her PhD within the School of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol using isotope geochemistry to understand glacial silicon cycling and export. So far, her career has largely focused on glacial environments, studying subglacial weathering, glacial nutrient export to coastal environments, and, most recently, subglacial greenhouse gas production and release.  

Jade has a range of terrestrial and coastal field experience, sampling waters, sediments and gases around Greenland and Norway in previous research projects, in order to investigate questions linked to glacial geochemistry. At UKCEH, she will be overseeing the Plynlimon Research Catchments, where the Enhanced Rock Weathering (ERW) project is currently running to assess the potential of ERW to lead to carbon drawdown, improved soil health and reduce N2O emissions.

Other Publications

Hatton, J. E., et al., (2023), Silicon Isotopes Highlight the Role of Glaciated Fjords in Modifying Coastal Waters. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 128, e2022JG007242. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022JG007242

Hawkings, J.R., et al., (2021), Large subglacial source of mercury from the southwestern margin of the Greenland Ice Sheet. Nature Geoscience, 14, 496–502. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-021-00753-w

Hatton, J. E., et al., (2021), Physical weathering by glaciers enhances silicon mobilisation and isotopic fractionation. Geochemical Perspectives Letters, 19. https://doi.org/10.7185/geochemlet.2126

Pryer, H. V., et al., (2020), The Effects of Glacial Cover on Riverine Silicon Isotope Compositions in Chilean Patagonia. Frontiers in Earth Science, 8. https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2020.00368

Hawkings, J. R., et al., (2020), Enhanced trace element mobilization by Earth’s ice sheets. PNAS, 117(50), 31648-31659. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2014378117

Hatton, J. E., (2020), Silicon Isotopic Composition of Dry and Wet-Based Glaciers in Antarctica. Frontiers in Earth Science, 8. https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2020.00286

Pogge von Strandmann P. A. E., (2019), The Response of Magnesium, Silicon, and Calcium Isotopes to Rapidly Uplifting and Weathering Terrains: South Island, New Zealand. Frontiers in Earth Science, 7, 9. https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2019.00240

Hatton J, E., (2019), Silicon isotopes in Arctic and sub-Arctic glacial meltwaters: the role of subglacial weathering in the silicon cycle. Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 47520190098. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspa.2019.0098

Hatton, J. E., et al., (2019), Investigation of subglacial weathering under the Greenland Ice Sheet using silicon isotopes. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 247, 191-206. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2018.12.033

Hawkings, J.R., et al., (2018) The silicon cycle impacted by past ice sheets. Nat Communications, 9, 3210. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-05689-1