Dr Paul Mann

Associate Professor

School: Geography and Natural Sciences

I joined Northumbria University in 2013 after completing three years as a post-doctoral researcher in Woods Hole, USA. During this time, I had the opportunity to study some of the world’s largest river systems and grew increasingly interested in Arctic science. This experience, combined with my previous work with the British Antarctic Survey, led me to focus my research on polar systems and how they are responding to environmental change.

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Key Publications

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Can Recent Seagrass Expansion in an Atoll Environment Help to Mitigate Climate Change?, Keskitalo, K., Helber, S., Floyd, M., Mushtag, A., Unsworth, R., Chillingworth, B., Mann, P., Vaughn, D., Sanderson, N., Zuhair, A., Areesh, A., East, H. 22 Feb 2026, The Ocean Sciences Meeting (OSM) 2026
Congo River Bacterioplankton Genomic Diversity Reflects Water Travel Time, Wetland Habitats, and Greenhouse Gases, Bambakidis, T., Liu, S., Wettengel, A., Holmes, R., Dinga, B., Koning, A., McIntyre, P., Borton, M., Mann, P., Crump, B. May 2026, In: Environmental Microbiology
Dissolved and Particulate Organic Carbon Characteristics in Summer and Winter Waters of the Lena Delta, Ogneva, O., Mollenhauer, G., Sanders, T., Juhls, B., Palmtag, J., Fuchs, M., Hammes, J., Grotheer, H., Mann, P., Opfergelt, S., Strauss, J. 8 Jan 2026, In: Permafrost and Periglacial Processes
Biogeochemistry and greenhouse gases at an eroding Yedoma permafrost site in Siberia (Duvanny Yar), Keskitalo, K., Bröder, L., Jong, D., Mann, P., Tesi, T., Davydova, A., Zimov, N., Haghipour, N., Eglinton, T., Vonk, J. 2025
Degradation of Organic Matter in Nearshore Waters of the Canadian Arctic Coast, Keskitalo, K., Lim, M., Martin, J., Lee, R., Whalen, D., Mann, P. 7 Jul 2025, Goldschmidt 2025 Abstracts, European Association of Geochemistry
Empowering Indigenous-Led Contaminant Monitoring through Collaborative Partnerships and Two-Way Capacity Sharing, Mercer, L., Pokiak, D., Whalen, D., Lim, M., Mann, P. Jan 2025, In: Arctic Science
Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Lateral Carbon Dynamics at an Eroding Yedoma Permafrost Site in Siberia (Duvanny Yar), Keskitalo, K., Bröder, L., Jong, D., Mann, P., Tesi, T., Davydova, A., Zimov, N., Haghipour, N., Eglinton, T., Vonk, J. Feb 2025, In: Global Change Biology
Degradation and composition of organic carbon in the flocculation layer on the Laptev, East Siberian, and Kara seas, Keskitalo, K., Mann, P., Tesi, T., van Dongen, B., Martens, J., Semilitov, I., Dudarev, O., Gustafsson, Ö., Vonk, J. 11 Mar 2024, EGU General Assembly 2024
Seasonal particulate organic carbon dynamics of the Kolyma River tributaries, Siberia, Keskitalo, K., Bröder, L., Tesi, T., Mann, P., Jong, D., Bulte Garcia, S., Davydova, A., Davydov, S., Zimov, N., Haghipour, N., Eglinton, T., Vonk, J. 22 Jan 2024, In: Biogeosciences
Advances in the observation and simulation of the snowpack: Implications and applications for permafrost monitoring, Mann, P. 5 Feb 2023, EUCOP 2023: 6th European Conference on Permafrost

Professional Activity

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Participating in a conference, workshop, ...: Goldschmidt 2021 2021
Participating in a conference, workshop, ...: EGU General Assembly 2021 2021
Participating in a conference, workshop, ...: EGU General Assembly 2021 2021
Participating in a conference, workshop, ...: EGU General Assembly 2021 2021
Participating in a conference, workshop, ...: American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting 2018 2018
Invited talk: Substantial Methane Emissions from small ponds and lakes in Alaska's Yukon- Kuskokwim Delta 2018

PGR Supervision

Louise Mercer Northern Perspectives: Community-Based Monitoring for Tracing Environmental Change in the Canadian Arctic Start Date: 01/10/2021 End Date: 01/10/2025

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