David Glyn Vaughan[1] OBE (23 October 1962 – 9 February 2023) was a climate scientist at the British Antarctic Survey.
His research focus is the role of ice sheets in the Earth system and the societal threat of climate change and rising sea levels.
His research work includes the mapping of the bed under Pine Island Glacier[3] and the discovery of a subglacial volcano.
[4][5] Between March 2009 and November 2013 Vaughan led the EU Ice2sea project, which focussed on sea-level rise arising from ice-sheet and glacier melt.
[6] He then earned a MSc in Geophysics from Durham University (Hatfield College) in 1985, after which he joined the British Antarctic Survey, taking part in multiple field campaigns over the following years.