Professor Stow is a world renowned geologist and oceanographer with expertise in the deep oceans. He specialises in marine sediments, both modern and ancient, deep-sea oil resources, and in broader environmental issues related to earth, ocean and climate.

Professor Stow has sailed on all the world’s major oceans, visited or worked in more than 50 countries and lectured extensively throughout the world.
He is an enthusiastic proponent of popularising science through numerous talks, lectures and articles, including the beautifully illustrated family reference book, Encyclopedia of the Oceans (Oxford University Press).

He has recently contributed to the New Internationalist special issue, State of the World’s Oceans, and to the BBC Radio 4 Series, Oceans: What Lies Beneath. He has worked both in industry (Britoil, BP) and at several universities through Europe.
He has recently joined Heriot-Watt University as Director of ECOSSE.