Publications

Ambient noise tomography for district-scale mineral exploration using nodal MEMS accelerometers: A case study from the Kansanshi Cu–Au mine, Zambia

Authors:
Mackay-Champion, T. | Harmon, N. | Mutelekesha, S. | Chanda, M. | Hudson, T.S. | Kendall, J.-M. | Daly, M.C.

Date: 2026
Publication: Geophysics
DOI: 10.1190/GEO-2025-0311

Seismic Exploration for Magmatic Brine Lenses: An Example From Soufrière Hills Volcano, Montserrat

Authors: 
Bogiatzis, P. | Kendall, J.-M. | Blundy, J.D. | Ryan, G.A. | Baird, A.F.

Date: 2026
Publication: Geophysical Research Letters
DOI: 10.1029/2026GL124020

On the politics and economics of the shift from fossil fuels to critical minerals 

Authors: 
Arezki, R. | Ross, M.L. | van der Ploeg, F.

Date: 2026
Publication: Oxford Review of Economic Policy
DOI: 10.1093/oxrep/grag009

Critical raw materials: geological perspectives, unconventional resources and disrupt

Authors: 
Blundy, J.

Date: 2026
Publication: Oxford Review of Economic Policy
DOI: 10.1093/oxrep/grag012

Detecting critical mines: a perspective from the sky

Authors:
Barzin, S. | Arezki, R. | van der Ploeg, F.

Date: 2026
Publication: Oxford Review of Economic Policy
DOI: 10.1093/oxrep/grag016

The scramble for critical minerals

Authors: 
Adam, C. | Arezki, R. | van der Ploeg, F.

Date: 2026
Publication: Oxford Review of Economic Policy
DOI: 10.1093/oxrep/grag010

Evaluating the biodiversity commitments of Earth’s keystone corporations

Authors: 
Hawkins, I. | Bromwich, T. | Jouffray, J.-B. | White, T.B. | Bull, J.W. | Chang, F. | Milner-Gulland, E.J. | zu Ermgassen, S.O.S.E.

Date: 2026
Publication: One Earth
DOI: 10.1016/j.oneear.2026.101747

​Seismic evidence for a melt-depleted lower crust and transcrustal magmatism on Mars.

Authors:
Mackay-Champion, T. | Anderson Loake, M. | Palin, R. | Wade, J. | Kendall, J.-M.

Date: 2026
Publication: Nature Astronomy
DOI: 10.1038/s41550-026-02907-5

The social and environmental dimensions of critical minerals in the UK: A policy discussion and evidence review

Authors: 
Hinch, J. | Raymond, S. | zu Ermgassen, S. | Kendall, J.-M. | Mudd, G. | Hirons, M.
Date: 2026

Publication: The Agile Initiative

The global distribution of CO2-rich magmas is determined by lithospheric thickness

Authors:
Bowman, E. E. | Gibson, S. A. | Sui, S. | Lebedev, S.

Date: 2026
Publication: Nature Geoscience
DOI: 10.1038/s41561-026-01990-7

Financing the responsible supply of energy transition minerals

Authors: Ekins, P. | Christmann, P. | Ciftci, M.M. | Larosa, F. | Verrier, B.

Date: 2026
Publication: Mineral Economics
DOI: 10.1007/s13563-026-00637-8

Sand and Sustainability: An Essential Resource for Nature and Development

Authors:
United Nations Environment Programme

Date: 2026
Publication: United Nations Environment Programme

Growing nickel supply from the tropics threatens priority conservation areas

Authors:
Hyman, J. | Sonter, L. J. | McDonald-Madden, E. | Watson, J. E. M. | Mervine, E. M. | Bull, J. W. | Dawson, C. | Lloyd, T. J. | Luckeneder, S. | Maron, M. | Severiano, B. M. | Raymond, S. | Schlacher, T. A. | Sreekar, R. | Valenta, R. K. | Visconti, P. | Werner, T. T. | Northey, S. A.

Date: 2026
Publication: Nature Ecology & Evolution
DOI: 10.1038/s41559-026-03068-4

Toward responsible mining: Linking ESG strategies with spatial analysis in Zambia’s copper mining industry

Authors: 
Heydari, M. | Noskov, A. | Cervantes Barron, K. | Ciftci, M.M. | Andrieu, B. | Chabala, R.M. | Matokwani, M. | Cabrera Serrenho, A. | Cullen, J.M.

Date: 2026
Publication: The Extractive Industries and Society
DOI: 10.1016/j.exis.2026.101908

The first seismo-volcanological observatory on Montserrat

Authors: 
Pyle, D. M. | Mahony, M. | Barclay, J. | Davies, B. V. | Pascal, K. | Williams, T. | Joseph, E. P. | Scarlett, J. P.

Date: 2026
Publication: Volcanica
DOI:10.30909/vol/wmvv2233

Potential strategic ore deposits on Mars: Implications for in situ resource utilization

Authors:
Palin, R.M. | Robb, L. | Gardiner, N.J. | Koopmans, L. | Sihombing, F. | Sayab, M. | Wade, J. | Elardo, S.M.

Date: 2025
Publication: Earth-Science Reviews
DOI: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2025.105290

The UK must secure supplies of 34 critical minerals, says new report – here’s how

Authors:
Kendall, J.-M. | McElroy, C. | Blundy, J.

Date: 2025
Publication: The Conversation

Science in a crisis: Assembling volcanic knowledge in twentieth century Montserrat

Authors:
Mahony, M. | Barclay, J. | Pascal, K. | Pyle, D.M. | Scarlett, J.

Date: 2025
Publication: Journal of Historical Geography
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhg.2025.08.002

Rethinking Value-Added Taxes for Developing Economies

Authors:
Arezki, R. | van der Ploeg, F. | Rota-Graziosi, G. | Le-Van, D.

Date: 2025
Publication: Project Syndicate

Volatility of mercury and related volatile metals at magmatic temperatures

Authors:
Boulliung, J. | Wood, B.J. | Mather, T.A.

Date: 2025
Publication: Chemical Geology
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2025.123018

The new curse of critical minerals

Authors:
Arezki, R. | van der Ploeg, F.

Date: 2025
Publication: VoxEU (CEPR)

Escaping the critical minerals curse

Authors:
Arezki, R. | van der Ploeg, F.

Date: 2025
Publication: CEPR Policy Insight No. 147

Anatomy of the magmatic–hydrothermal system beneath Uturuncu volcano, Bolivia, by joint seismological and petrophysical analysis

Authors:
Liu, Y. | Kendall, J.M. | Zhang, H. | Blundy, J.D. | Pritchard, M.E. | Hudson, T. | MacQueen, P.

Date: 2025
Publication: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2420996122

The hidden samaritan contest

Authors:
Arezki, R. | Camara, Y. | van der Ploeg, F. | Rota-Graziosi, G.

Date: 2025
Publication: Research Briefs in Economic Policy (Cato Institute)

Evaluating the performance of distributed acoustic sensing for crosswell seismic imaging of abandoned mine geothermal systems

Authors:
Holmgren, J.M. | Butcher, A. | Werner, M.J. | Lapins, S. | Chambers, J. | Kendall, J.-M. | Rodríguez, G. | Verdon, J. | Starcher, V.

Date: 2025
Publication: Geophysics
DOI: 10.1190/geo2024-0596.1

Transcrustal, volatile-charged silicic melts revealed by zircon-hosted melt inclusions

Authors:
Butters, D. | Blundy, J. | Tattitch, B. | Hawkesworth, C.

Date: 2025
Publication: Earth and Planetary Science Letters
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2025.119252

Experimental assessment of sustainable lithium extraction from geothermal reservoirs

Authors:
Sajkowski, L. | Turnbull, R. | Blundy, J. | Rogers, K.

Date: 2025
Publication: Geothermics
DOI: 10.1016/j.geothermics.2025.103448

Catalytic ultrasound-driven synthesis of syngas from CO₂ saturated water

Authors:
Chen, L. | Qin, Y. | Coulthard, C.T. | Turner, Z.R. | Chen, C. | Kwan, J. | O'Hare, D.

Date: 2025
Publication: Energy & Environmental Science
DOI: 10.1039/D5EE01202C

Templated synthesis of multi-hierarchical layered double hydroxide microspheres

Authors:
Kondratowicz, T. | Besnard, C. | Turner, Z. | Tan, J.-C. | Chen, C. | Turnell-Ritson, R. | O'Hare, D.

Date: 2025
Publication: Journal of Materials Chemistry A
DOI: 10.1039/D5TA01511A

Innovative Design of PEI-Modified AMO-Layered Double Hydroxide for Efficient and Stable Direct Air Capture of CO2

Authors: Zhao, M. | Huang, L. | Gao, Y. | Wang, Z. | Zhu, X. | Wang, Q. | O'Hare, D.

Date: 2025
Publication: Advanced Science
DOI: 10.1002/advs.202507756

Design of Ultra-Stable Solid Amine Adsorbents and Mechanisms of Hydroxyl Group-Dependent Deactivation for Reversible CO2 Capture from Flue Gas

Authors: 
Zhao, M. | Huang, L. | Gao, Y. | Wang, Z. | Liang, S. | Zhu, X. | Wang, Q. | He, H. | O'Hare, D.

Date: 2025
Publication: Nano-Micro Letters
DOI: 10.1007/s40820-025-01664-w

Trace Element Emissions Vary With Lava Flow Age and Thermal Evolution During the Fagradalsfjall 2021–2023 Eruptions, Iceland

Authors:
Wainman, L. | Ilyinskaya, E. | Pfeffer, M. | Mandon, C. | Bali, E. | Edwards, B.A. | Kleine-Marshall, B.I. | Gudjonsdottir, S.R. | Cotterill, A. | Scott, S.W. | Wieser, P. | Stefánsson, A. | Nicholson, E.J. | Sepulveda-Araya, J. | Hammond, S.J. | Kunz, B.E. | Jenner, F. | Gunnarsson, J.R. | Aiuppa, A. | Burton, M. | Mather, T.A.

Date: 2024
Publication: Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems
DOI: 10.1029/2024GC011822

Trace Element Emissions Vary With Lava Flow Age and Thermal Evolution During the Fagradalsfjall 2021–2023 Eruptions, Iceland

Authors:
Hudson, T.S. | Kettlety, T. | Kendall, J.-M. | O'Toole, T. | Jupe, A. | Shail, R.K. | Grand, A.

Date: 2024
Publication: The Seismic Record
DOI: 10.1785/0320240019

A Unified Earthquake Catalogue for the North Sea to Derisk European CCS Operations

Authors:
Kettlety, T. | Martuganova, E. | Kühn, D. | Schweitzer, J. | Weemstra, C. | Baptie, B. | Dahl-Jensen, T. | Jerkins, A. | Voss, P.H. | Kendall, J.M. | Skurtveit, E.

Date: 2024
Publication: First Break
DOI: 10.3997/1365-2397.fb2024036

A Unified Earthquake Catalogue for the North Sea to Derisk European CCS Operations

Authors:
Nathwani, C. | Blundy, J. | Large, S.J.E. | Wilkinson, J.J. | Buret, Y. | Loader, M.A. | Tavazzani, L. | Chelle-Michou, C.

Date: 2024
Publication: Nature Communications
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-52786-5

Ensuring legitimate project-level claims about net biodiversity outcomes

Authors:
Sonter, L.J. | Maron, M. | Metaxas, A. | Bull, J.W.

Date: 2024
Publication: Trends in Ecology & Evolution
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2024.05.004

Fair division for avoidance of biodiversity impacts

Authors:
Booth, H. | Milner-Gulland, E.J. | Bang, A. | Bull, J. | Moreno-Ternero, J.D. | Squires, D.

Date: 2024
Publication: Trends in Ecology & Evolution
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2024.09.002

Hollow-SiO₂@CuxZnyMgzAl-LDHs as catalyst precursors for CO₂ hydrogenation to methanol

Authors:
Kondratowicz, T. | Gajewska, M. | Li, J. | Li, M.M.-J. | Turner, Z.R. | Chen, C. | O'Hare, D.

Date: 2024
Publication: Chemical Science
DOI: 10.1039/D4SC07292H

How to fuel an energy transition with ecologically responsible mining

Authors:
Sonter, L.J. | Maron, M. | Bull, J.W. | Giljum, S. | Luckeneder, S. | Maus, V. | McDonald-Madden, E. | Northey, S.A. | Sánchez, L.E. | Valenta, R. | Visconti, P. | Werner, T.T. | Watson, J.E.M.

Date: 2023
Publication: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2307006120

Will tomorrow's mineral materials be grown?

Authors:
Cosmidis, J.

Date: 2023
Publication: Microbial Biotechnology
DOI: 10.1111/1751-7915.14298