Ben McNeil

Senior Fellow

Climate Change Research Centre

University of New South Wales

Sydney, Australia

Ph: 02 9385 7068

Fax: 02 9385 7123

 

 

 

Science Publications

  • The Copenhagen Diagnosis, 2009: Updating the world on the Latest Climate Science. I. Allison, N. L. Bindoff, R.A. Bindoff, R.A. Bindschadler, P.M. Cox, N. de Noblet, M.H. England, J.E. Francis, N. Gruber, A.M. Haywood, D.J. Karoly, G. Kaser, C. Le Quéré, T.M. Lenton, M.E. Mann, B.I. McNeil, A.J. Pitman, S. Rahmstorf, E. Rignot, H.J. Schellnhuber, S.H. Schneider, S.C. Sherwood, R.C.J. Somerville, K.Steffen, E.J. Steig, M. Visbeck, A.J. Weaver. The University of New South Wales Climate Change Research Centre (CCRC), Sydney, Australia, 60pp.
  • McNeil, B.I., and B.T. Tilbrook, 2009:A seasonal carbon budget for the sub- Antarctic Ocean, south of Australia, Marine Chemistry, Volume 115, Issues 3-4, 20 August 2009, Pages 196-210. Full article.
  • Matear R.J. and McNeil, B.I., 2009: Enhanced biological carbon consumption in a high CO2 ocean: a revised estimate of the atmospheric uptake efficiency, Biogeosciences, Aug 10, Discussion Paper here.
  • McNeil, B.I., and R.J. Matear 2008: Southern Ocean acidification: A tipping point at 450-ppm atmospheric CO2, Proceedings of the National Academy of the United States of Amercia, December 2, vol. 105 no. 48 18860-18864. Full article and supplementary information. Science Magazine Editor choice of the week see here.
  • McNeil, B.I., N. Metzl, R.M. Key, R.J. Matear and A. Corbiere, 2007: An Empirical Estimate of the Southern Ocean air-sea CO2 flux. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, Vol. 21, GB3011, doi:10.1029/2007GB002991. Full Article
  • McNeil, B.I., and R.J. Matear 2007: Climate Change Feedbacks on Oceanic pH. Tellus-B: Special issue for the 7th International Carbon Dioxide Conference, 59B, 191-198. Full Article.
  • R.J. Matear and McNeil, B.I., 2006: Comment on "Pre-industrial to Modern Inter-decadal Variability in Coral Reef pH". Science,Vol 314, October 27, 595. Full article, with a response here, and original article here
  • McNeil, B.I., and R.J. Matear 2006: Projected climate change impact on oceanic acidification, Carbon Balance and Management, Vol 1, No.1. Full article.
  • Waugh, D.W., Hall, T.M., McNeil, B.I., Key, R.M and R.J. Matear 2006: Athropogenic CO2 in the Oceans estimated using transit-time distributions. Tellus-B: Special issue for the 7th International Carbon Dioxide Conference,Vol 58B, 376-389.
  • McNeil, B.I., R.J. Matear, D.J. Barnes 2005: Reply to Comment by Kleypas et al., on "Coral reef calcification and climate change : the effect of ocean warming". Geophysical Research Letters, Vol 32, L08602, Apr 30, 2005. Full article.
  • McNeil, B.I., R.J. Matear, D.J. Barnes 2004: Coral reef calcification and climate change : the effect of ocean warming. Geophysical Research Letters, Vol 31, L22309, Nov 29, 2004. Full article.
  • Matear R.J. and McNeil, B.I., 2003: Decadal accumulation of anthropogenic CO2 in the Southern Ocean: a comparison of CFC-age derived estimates to multiple linear regression estimates. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, Vol 17, No 4, 1113-. Full article.
  • McNeil, B.I., R.J. Matear, R.M. Key, J.L. Bullister and J.L. Sarmiento, 2003: Anthropogenic CO2 uptake by the ocean based on the global chlorofluorocarbon dataset. Science, Vol 299, Jan 10, 235-239 . Full article.
  • McNeil, B.I., R.J. Matear and B. Tilbrook 2001: Accumulation and uptake of anthropogenic CO2 in the Southern Ocean, south of Australia between 1968 to 1996. Journal of Geophysical research, Vol 106, No C12, 31431-31445. Full article.
  • McNeil, B.I., R.J. Matear and B. Tilbrook 2001: Does carbon-13 track anthropogenic CO2 in the Southern Ocean? Global Biogeochemical Cycles, Vol 15, No 3, 597-. Full article.
  • Matear, R.J., Hirst, T and B.I. McNeil 2000: Changes in dissolved oxygen in the Southern Ocean with cliimate change. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, Vol 1, Nov 21, GC00086 Full article.

Policy and Environmental Economics Publications

  • McNeil, B.I., 2007: The Costs of Introducing Nuclear Power to Australia. Journal of Political Economy, Vol. 59. Full Article.
  • McNeil, B.I., 2006: Significance of the Oceanic CO2 Sink for National Carbon Accounts. Carbon Balance and Management, Vol 2, No.1. Full Article.
  • McNeil, B.I., 2006: Oceanic implications for Climate Change Policy. Environmental Science and Policy, Vol 9, Issue 7-8, pg 595-606. Full Article.

Textbook Chapters

  • McNeil, B.I. 2008: Global Ecology and Importance of the Oceans and Coasts, in Ecological Economics of the Oceans and Coasts,edited by Murray Patterson, Edward Elgar, NZ.