Caroline Peacock

(she/her)
University of Leeds
Current PositionProfessor of Biogeochemistry
EmailC.L.Peacock@leeds.ac.uk
Department(s)Earth Surface Science Institute, School of Earth and Environment
ECRNo
YES.DTN Core ThemesDynamic Earth, Natural Hazards & Earth Processes
Profile(s)Caroline Peacock (0000-0003-3754-9294) – ORCID

Key Research Interests

  • Environmental and Earth Systems Science
  • Biogeochemistry
  • Mineralogy
  • Carbon and Metals Cycling

Recent Key Papers

  • Moore O.W., Curti L., Woulds C., Bradley J.A., Babakhani P., Mills B.J.W., Homoky W.B., Xiao K-Q., Bray A.W., Fisher B.J., Kazemian M., Kaulich B., Dale A.W. and Peacock C.L. (2023) Long-term carbon preservation enhanced by iron and manganese. Nature, 621, 312-317.
    https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-023-06325-9.
  • Xiao K-Q., Zhao Y., Liang C., Zhao M., Moore O.W., Otero-Farina A., Zhu Y-G., Johnson K. and Peacock C.L. (2023) Introducing the soil mineral carbon pump. Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, 4, 135-136. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43017-023-00396-y.
  • Babakhani P., Dale A.W., Woulds C., Moore O.W., Xiao K-Q., Curti L. and Peacock C.L. (2025) Preservation of organic carbon in marine sediments sustained by sorption and transformation processes. Nature Geoscience, 18, 78–83. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-024-01606-y.