Boyle is a marine geochemist involved in the study of the evolution of the earth's climate and the oceanic dispersal of elements such as iron and lead by natural and anthropogenic dispersion into the atmosphere. He has also worked on the key nano-nutrient iron in the ocean. He served as an editor...
Boyle is a marine geochemist involved in the study of the evolution of the earth's climate and the oceanic dispersal of elements such as iron and lead by natural and anthropogenic dispersion into the atmosphere. He has also worked on the key nano-nutrient iron in the ocean. He served as an editor of the journal Earth and Planetary Science Letters for six years, and has been an associate editor for Paleoceanography and Marine Chemistry. He has been a member of the external advisory board of IFM-GEOMAR in Kiel, Germany, for more than 10 years. He currently is serving on the U.S. National Steering Committee of the GEOTRACES program. He has been named a fellow of the AAAS, AGU and European Union of Geosciences. He was named a member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences in 2008.