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Gernon
Press coverage of my lab's research
My lab's research is ranked in the top 10% for global reach. In December 2024, my team's work reporting the discovery of mantle waves was a finalist/runner-up in Science magazine's "Breakthrough of the Year". Many of my papers have had global impact, featuring in Nature, Science, TIME, National Geographic, Scientific American, New Scientist, New York Times, BBC, The Guardian, Forbes and >1,000 other news articles. A selection of those stories are highlighted below (click on images to link to the story). Other recent Insights and Perspectives are here.
Highlights
My team's discovery of mantle waves — a sum of two Nature papers — was named one of Science's "Breakthroughs of the Year" (Runner-Up), establishing it as a defining scientific achievement of 2024.
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Science Breakthrough of the Year 2024Breakthroughs Editor Greg Miller with producer Meagan Cantwell
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August 2024, Gernon et al. Nature
August 2024, Gernon et al. Nature Geoscience
July 2023, Gernon et al. Nature
Evening Standard PodcastTech & Science Daily podcast
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24_Hour_News-2023-07-27_06-53-06BBC World Service
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August 2022, Spencer et al. Nature Geoscience
Gernon lab photograph made the front cover of Nature Geoscience!
Research Highlight in Science, 7th October 2022
June 2022, Gernon et al. Nature Geoscience
December 2021, Longman et al. Nature Geoscience
August 2021, Gernon et al. Nature Geoscience
July 2021, Mitchell, Gernon et al. Nature Comms
November 2020, Gernon, Science
January 2019, Mazrouei et al. Science
This paper even got a reference from Have I Got News For You!
January 2019, Keller et al., PNAS
February 2018, Hincks et al., Science
January 2016, Gernon et al., Nature Geoscience
September 2014, Blackford et al., Nature Climate Change
May 2012, Gernon et al., Nature Communications
January 2008, Gernon et al., J Volcanol Geoth Res
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