Since moving to Kingston I have developed research on sedimentary processes in the ocean and their relation to past global environmental change. A particular focus is the Greenhouse World of the Cretaceous Period, 66-145 million years ago. Can the past be the key to the future? I work with collaborators in the UK, Canada, continental Europe, Tunisia and the USA and am a member of the International Subcommission on Cretaceous Stratigraphy. My research is funded by the UK Natural Environment Research Council and industry, and I work as a consultant to the petroleum industry.