Professor Ana M Queirós

Ana is an internationally recognised expert on seaweed blue carbon and climate change ecology, with expertise in field, laboratory and numerical modelling based approaches.

Ana is working specifically on helping to manage ocean habitats through the advancement of our understanding of global blue carbon capacity, and the identification of ecosystem-level climate change signals.

Ana has an extensive track record in the co-development of nature-based solutions for ocean management, and is leading research within globally distributed programmes that aim to help practitioners build climate resilience into marine conservation, harvesting and marine spatial planning, including blue carbon habitat management.

To this end, Ana's work routinely includes engagement with policy, industry and the private sector. Key current research programmes include SMMR MSPACE (PI) and kelp research under the Amazon Right Now Climate Fund (Scientific lead). Ana’s work is highlighted in agenda setting documents, nationally and internationally.

Key projects

• Marine Climate Change Impacts Partnership UK Overseas Territories Climate Change Assessment (2023-2024) Scientific lead.
• Testing the carbon and biodiversity value of offshore, co-located seaweed farming as a carbon dioxide removal technology. PI. Amazon Right Now Climate Fund (2023-2025).
• New Copernicus capability for trophic ocean networks. Copernicus Marine Service (£8.42m) Co-I. Horizon Europe (2022-2026)
• Advancing understanding of Cumulative Impacts on European marine biodiversity, ecosystem functions and services for human wellbeing. Co-I. Horizon Europe (2022-2026)
• Future states Of the global Coastal ocean: Understanding for Solutions. Co-I & WP lead. NERC National-Capability International Programme (2022-2026)
• Delivering evidence to inform the protection of a kelp carbon sink. PI. Blue Marine Foundation / Talisker (2022-2024)
• Marine Spatial Planning Addressing Climate Effects (MSPACE) - Sustainable Management of Marine Resources (smmr.org.uk). PI. NERC-ESRC (2021-2025)
• FutureMARES – EU Climate Change and Future Marine Ecosystem Services and Biodiversity (2020-2024, WP4 lead). A Horizon 2020 Programme.
• COPERNICUS Climate Change Service (C3S) Marine Coastal & Fisheries Sectoral Information System: Marine Spatial Planning end-use demonstrator (2017-2021, Co-I, lead Marine Spatial Planning demonstrator). A project funded by COPERNICUS via ECMWF.
• SOLSTICE-WIO. Co-I. UKRI Global Challenges Research Fund (2017-2021)

Recent publications

• Talbot, E; Jontila, J-B S; Gonzales, BJ; Dolorosa, RG; Jose, ED; Sajorne, R; Sailley, SF; Kay, S; Queiros, AM; 2024. Incorporating climate-readiness into fisheries management strategies. Science of The Total Environment.
• Queiros, AM; Yang, M; Ruhl, S; Rindt, C; Ward, M; Crooks, S; 2024. Seascape carbon management beyond wetlands as eligible blue carbon activities. .
• McEvoy, AJ; Atkinson, A; Airs, RL; Brittain, R; Brown, IJ; Fileman, ES; Findlay, HS; McNeill, CL; Ostle, C; Smyth, TJ; Somerfield, PJ; Tait, K; Tarran, GA; Thomas, S; Widdicombe, CE; Woodward, EMS; Beesley, A; Conway, DVP; Fishwick, J; Haines, H; Harris, C; Harris, RP; Helaouët, P; Johns, DG; Lindeque, PK; Mesher, T; McQuatters-Gollop, A; Nunes, J; Perry, F.; Queiros, AM; Rees, AP; Ruhl, S; Sims, DW; Torres, R; Widdicombe, S; 2023. The Western Channel Observatory: a century of physical, chemical and biological data compiled from pelagic and benthic habitats in the western English Channel. Earth System Science Data.
• Queiros, AM; Tait, K; Clark, JR; Bedington, M; Pascoe, CK; Torres, R; Somerfield, PJ; Smale, DA; 2022. Identifying and protecting macroalgae detritus sinks toward climate change mitigation. Ecological Applications.
• Richter, I; Gabe-Thomas, E; Queiros, AM; Sheppard, SRJ; Pahl, S; 2022. Advancing the potential impact of future scenarios by integrating psychological principles. Environmental Science & Policy.