Emma Robertson (she/her) is a PhD student in Physical Oceanography at the Alfred Wegener Institute and Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich where she studies causes of salinity changes in the Southern Ocean using seawater isotopes to trace the impact of melting ice masses on the ocean’s salinity. She has an MS in Geography from Pennsylvania State University where she was an NSF Graduate Research Fellow. She also earned a BS in Environmental Science and BA in Geography from UMass Amherst. Previous research projects include using water isotopes from ice core records to study atmospheric rivers and ice sheet-climate interactions in West Antarctica. Emma’s upbringing in Los Angeles, CA and Melbourne, Australia fostered her interest in global climate change impacts and international environmental justice issues.