Monica Winsborrow
Job description
Monica Winsborrow is an Associate Professor at UiT the Arctic University of Norway. She is also assistant director of iC3: Centre for ice, Cryosphere, Carbon and Climate- a Norwegian Research Council funded Centre of Excellence, which aims to determine the impact of changing polar glaciers and ice sheets on Earth´s carbon cycle and marine ecosystems.
Monica holds a PhD Degree in Palaeoglaciology from Sheffield University (UK).
Frank Werner Jakobsen,
Monica Winsborrow,
Tove Nielsen,
Jan Sverre Laberg,
Andreia Plaza-Faverola,
Christoph Böttner
et al.:
Continental shelf glaciations off Northeast Greenland since the Late Miocene
Climate of the Past 25. November 2025 DOI
Christoph Böttner,
Frank Werner Jakobsen,
Tove Nielsen,
Monica Winsborrow,
Stephane Polteau,
Adriano Mazzini
et al.:
Natural hydrocarbon seepage at the Northeast Greenland continental shelf
Communications Earth & Environment 12. November 2025 DOI
Jochen Manfred Knies,
Lukas Smik,
Pengyang Song,
Monica Winsborrow,
Henning A. Bauch,
Gerrit Lohmann
et al.:
Seasonal sea ice characterized the glacial Arctic-Atlantic gateway over the past 750,000 years
Jochen Manfred Knies,
Gerrit Lohmann,
Stijn M A de Schepper,
Monica Winsborrow,
Juliane Muller,
Mohamed M. Ezat
et al.:
Into the Blue: An ERC Synergy Grant Resolving Past Arctic Greenhouse Climate States
Allison P. Lepp,
Lauren E. Miller,
John B. Anderson,
Matt O’Regan,
Monica Caroline Mackay Winsborrow,
James A. Smith
et al.:
Insights into glacial processes from micromorphology of silt-sized sediment
Henry Jared Patton,
Nikolitsa Alexandropoulou,
Amando P. E. Lasabuda,
Jochen Manfred Knies,
Karin Marie Andreassen,
Monica Caroline Mackay Winsborrow
et al.:
Glacial erosion and Quaternary landscape development of the Eurasian Arctic
Pavel Serov,
Karin Marie Andreassen,
Monica Caroline Mackay Winsborrow,
Rune Mattingsdal,
Henry Jared Patton
:
Geological and glaciological controls of 21,700 active methane seeps in the northern Norwegian Barents sea
Benjamin Bellwald,
Dwarika Maharjan,
Sverre Planke,
Monica Caroline Mackay Winsborrow,
Tom Arne Rydningen,
Nikolitsa Alexandropoulou
et al.:
Major tunnel valleys and sedimentation changes document extensive Early Pleistocene glaciations of the Barents Sea
Calvin Shackleton,
Henry Patton,
Monica Winsborrow,
Mariana Esteves,
Lilja Rùn Bjarnadòttir,
Karin Marie Andreassen
:
Distinct modes of meltwater drainage and landform development beneath the last Barents Sea ice sheet
Pavel Serov,
Rune Mattingsdal,
Monica Winsborrow,
Henry Patton,
Karin Marie Andreassen
:
Widespread natural methane and oil leakage from sub-marine Arctic reservoirs
Mariana Esteves,
Henry Patton,
Monica Winsborrow
:
Chapter 13 - The Eurasian Arctic: glacial landforms during main deglaciation (18.9–14.6 ka)
2023 DOI
Anna L.C. Hughes,
Sarah L. Greenwood,
Monica Winsborrow
:
Chapter 45 - The glacial legacy of the EISC during the Younger Dryas Stadial
2023 DOI
Henry Patton,
Monica Winsborrow,
Mariana Esteves
:
Chapter 32 - The Eurasian Arctic: glacial landforms from the Bølling–Allerød Interstadial (14.6–12.9 ka)
2023 DOI
Sarah L. Greenwood,
Monica Winsborrow,
Anna L.C. Hughes
:
Chapter 28 - European Ice Sheet Complex evolution during the Bølling–Allerød Interstadial (14.6–12.9 ka)
2023 DOI
Monica Winsborrow,
Anna L.C. Hughes,
Sarah L. Greenwood
:
Chapter 9 - European Ice Sheet Complex evolution during main deglaciation (18.9–14.6 ka)
2023 DOI
Lauren M Simkins,
Sarah L. Greenwood,
Monica Winsborrow,
Lilja Rún Bjarnadóttir,
Allison Lepp
:
Advances in understanding subglacial meltwater drainage from past ice sheets
Sarah L. Greenwood,
Monica Winsborrow,
Anna L.C. Hughes
:
Chapter 4 - The European Ice Sheet Complex
2022 DOI
Monica Winsborrow,
Henry Jared Patton,
Mariana Esteves
:
Chapter 8 - The Eurasian Arctic
2022 DOI
Benjamin Bellwald,
Henrik Henriksen Stokke,
Monica Winsborrow,
Sverre Planke,
Joar Sættem,
Nina Lebedeva-Ivanova
et al.:
Structural and fluid-migration control on hill-hole pair formation: Evidence from high-resolution 3D seismic data from the SW Barents Sea
Fabio Sarti,
Jemma Louise Wadham,
Monica Winsborrow,
Philipp Kurt Wolf Assmy,
Petra Margaretha Langebroek,
Terri Ann Souster
:
iC3 Research Data Management Plan
07. February 2025 DOI
Monica Winsborrow
:
Changing ice sheets and their role in the carbon cycle
2025
Monica Winsborrow
:
Centre for ice, Cryosphere, Carbon and Climate (iC3): Closing large-scale uncertainty in Polar ice sheet impacts on the global carbon cycle.
2025
Monica Caroline Mackay Winsborrow,
Petra Margaretha Langebroek
:
iC3 - NORCE seminar
2025
Monica Caroline Mackay Winsborrow
:
iC3: Centre for ice, Cryosphere, Carbon and Climate
2025
Andreia Plaza-Faverola,
Monica Winsborrow,
Henry Patton,
Peter-Lasse Giertzuch,
Frank Werner Jakobsen,
Akash Trivedi
et al.:
Palaeo ice-sheets and carbon
2025
Jemma Louise Wadham,
Monica Winsborrow,
Terri Ann Souster,
Till Daniel Brückner,
Mariana Da Silveira Ramos Esteves,
Fabio Sarti
et al.:
Annual Report 2024
Henry Patton,
Nikolitsa Alexandropoulou,
Amando Lasabuda,
Jochen Manfred Knies,
Karin Marie Andreassen,
Monica Winsborrow
et al.:
Quaternary landscape development of the Eurasian Arctic
2025
Henry Patton,
Nikolitsa Alexandropoulou,
Amando Lasabuda,
Jochen Manfred Knies,
Karin Marie Andreassen,
Monica Winsborrow
et al.:
Quaternary landscape development of the Eurasian Arctic
2025
Guillaume Lamarche-Gagnon,
Monica Caroline Mackay Winsborrow
:
The murky story of glacier greenhouse gas emissions
2024
Nikolitsa Alexandropoulou,
Karin Marie Andreassen,
Monica Caroline Mackay Winsborrow,
Andreia Aletia Plaza Faverola
:
Pre-Last Glacial Maximum glaciations in the Barents Sea: seismic investigations
UiT Norges arktiske universitet 19. September 2024
Frank Werner Jakobsen,
Monica Caroline Mackay Winsborrow,
Tove Nielsen,
Christoph Böttner,
Adrián López-Quirós,
Sverre Planke
et al.:
Late Miocene onset for shelf glaciation on NE Greenland
2024
Orlando Martinez Bautista,
Tom Arne Rydningen,
Jan Sverre Laberg,
Amando P. E. Lasabuda,
Andreia Aletia Plaza Faverola,
Monica Caroline Mackay Winsborrow
:
Neogene - Quaternary evolution of the northeastern Fram gateway, European Arctic
2024 ARKIV
Teitur Hinrichsen,
Monica Caroline Mackay Winsborrow,
Henry Jared Patton,
Sarah L. Greenwood
:
Marine- and Lacustrine Deposition of Eskers
UiT Norges arktiske universitet 16. May 2024
Jan Höper,
Jemma Louise Wadham,
Philipp Spitzer,
Monica Caroline Mackay Winsborrow,
Martin Gröger,
Heck Volker
et al.:
GlacierXperience meets METALLICA - Økt studiekvalitet igjennom faglig og didaktisk samarbeid på tvers av fakulteter
2024
Henry Jared Patton,
Nikolitsa Alexandropoulou,
Amando P. E. Lasabuda,
Jochen Manfred Knies,
Karin Marie Andreassen,
Monica Caroline Mackay Winsborrow
et al.:
Quaternary landscape development of the Eurasian Arctic
2024
Monica Caroline Mackay Winsborrow,
Anna Hughes,
Sarah L. Greenwood
:
The Eurasian Ice Sheet: Status and Challenges
2024 ARKIV
Monica Caroline Mackay Winsborrow,
Jemma Louise Wadham
:
Centre for ice, Cryosphere, Carbon and Climate (iC3)- closing large scale uncertainty in Polar ice sheet impacts on the global carbon cycle
2023 ARKIV
Henry Jared Patton,
Alun Lloyd Hubbard,
Jakob Heyman,
Nikolitsa Alexandropoulou,
Amando P. E. Lasabuda,
Arjen P Stroeven
et al.:
A time-transgressive perspective of glacial erosion and meltwater beneath the Eurasian ice sheet
2023 ARKIV
Frank Werner Jakobsen,
T. Nielsen,
Benjamin Bellwald,
Sverre Planke,
Jan Sverre Laberg,
Monica Winsborrow
:
Towards a better understanding of the glacial development of the NE Greenland margin
2023
Benjamin Bellwald,
Henrik Henriksen Stokke,
Monica Winsborrow,
Sverre Planke,
J. Sættem,
N. Lebedeva‐Ivanova
et al.:
Structural and Fluid‐Migration Control on Hill‐Hole Pair Formation: Evidence from High‐Resolution 3D Seismic Data from the SW Barents Sea
2023
Rune Mattingsdal,
T. Brekke,
Giuliana Panieri,
Stefan Bünz,
Monica Winsborrow,
Jochen Manfred Knies
et al.:
Sampling oil seeps in the Barents Sea and offshore western Svalbard - geochemical analysis and implications
2023
Jemma Louise Wadham,
Monica Caroline Mackay Winsborrow,
Terri Ann Souster
:
Centre for Ice, Cryosphere, Carbon and Climate (iC3). Closing large-scale uncertainty in Polar ice sheet impacts on the global carbon cycle
2023 ARKIV
Vårin Trælvik Eilertsen,
Tom Arne Rydningen,
Matthias Forwick,
Jan Sverre Laberg,
Monica Winsborrow
:
Deglacial and post-glacial sedimentary processes south of Kvitøya, northern Barents Sea
2022
Astrid Lyså,
Anne Jennings,
Caterina Morigi,
Chris R. Stokes,
Monica Winsborrow
:
Introduction: Processes and Palaeo-Environmental Changes in the Arctic from Past to Present (PalaeoArc) special issue
Claudio Argentino,
Kate Alyse Waghorn,
Monica Winsborrow,
Stefan Bünz,
Giuliana Panieri
:
Paleo-gas hydrate distribution associated with hill-hole pair formation in the SW Barents Sea
2022
Cornelius Patrick Quigley,
Malin Johansson,
Pavel Serov,
Victor Cesar Martins de Aguiar,
Monica Winsborrow,
Rune Mattingsdal
et al.:
Satellite detection and drift estimates of naturally occurring oil seeps in the Barents Sea
2022
Pavel Serov,
Rune Mattingsdal,
Monica Winsborrow,
Henry Patton,
Karin Marie Andreassen,
Marie Helene Paula Stetzler
:
Widespread natural methane and oil leakage from sub-marine Arctic reservoirs
2022
Marie Helene Paula Stetzler,
Benedicte Ferré,
Muhammed Fatih Sert,
Monica Winsborrow,
Mario E. Veloso-Alarcon,
Yoann Ladroit
:
Methane fluxes and distributions in the water column at an intense seepage site in the central Barents Sea
2022
Henry Patton,
Alun Lloyd Hubbard,
Jakob Heyman,
Nikolitsa Alexandropoulou,
Amando P. E. Lasabuda,
Arjen Stroeven
et al.:
A time-transgressive perspective of glacial erosion beneath the Eurasian ice sheet
2022
Monica Winsborrow,
Karin Marie Andreassen,
Henry Patton,
Pavel Serov
:
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Research interests
Monica has worked extensively across the Arctic, studying land- and sea- scapes for information about the vast ice sheets that covered these areas under past ice ages. Her research seeks to understand the processes and mechanisms that controlled the waxing and waning of ice sheets during past periods of climatic change. Such knowledge is vital if we are to better predict the response of today’s ice masses to future change. Monica is passionate about building supportive, stimulating research collaborations to address critical issues in Polar science.
She is assistant director of the Norwegian Centre of Excellence: iC3 Centre for ice, Cryosphere, Carbon and Climate (https://ic3.uit.no/), and co-PI of the ERC Synergy Project Into the Blue (https://in2blue.eu/).
Teaching
Monica regularly teaches at undergraduate and post-graduate levels within the fields of glaciology, Quaternary science and climate change.
She leds the annual iC3 Field School: Ice-to-ocean biogeochemical cycling in a changing Arctic, a unique course that includes extensive fieldwork in Lyngen from the glacial margins, through the valley and into the fjord.
https://ic3.uit.no/research-and-study-with-us/ic3-field-school-in-the-lyngen-alps