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Nemiah Ladd @nemiahladd.bsky.social · 7d

Cool PhD opportunity at Uni Bern to work with Petra Zahajska on her Ambizione project Pixel2Paleo, creating high resolution pigment and lipid biomarker marker records from lake sediments 🧪. Apply by Dec. 2:

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Nemiah Ladd @nemiahladd.bsky.social · 8d

Our paper about VOC fluxes from leaf litter following rewetting is now published in JGR-Biogeosciences. Led by Lia Crocker, making use of leaf litter from the B2 WALD drought

Laura Meredith @laurameredith.bsky.social · 8d

Out in JGR Biogeosciences!

Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) Exchange in Tropical Leaf Litter in Response to Wetting
Automated Scheme to Classify Flux Pulse Dynamics

dx.doi.org/10.1029/2025...

Lia Crocker @you-wren.bsky.social @chriswernerlab.bsky.social @nemiahladd.bsky.social

Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) Exchange in Tropical Leaf Litter in Response to Wetting: An Automated Scheme to Classify Flux Pulse Dynamics

Wetting of decomposing leaf litter triggered the emission and uptake of 121 potential VOCs including methanol, acetaldehyde, and acetone Most VOCs appear to originate from plant processes, althou...

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Christiane Werner @chriswernerlab.bsky.social · Sep 9

Finally out: my #TEDtalk on our work on #climatechange #impact on #forests🌲🌳 and #B2WALD amd #ECOSENSE @nemiahladd.bsky.social @laurameredith.bsky.social @ecosense-sfb-1537.bsky.social Happy to share: share.google/Ag6muXOslSln...

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Rachel Lupien @loopdlupien.bsky.social · Sep 2

I'm looking for a driven PhD student to join us at @au.dk and to both generate new paleoclimate data in the lab and work on computational problems to understand climate relationships across timescales.

Get in touch if you'd like to hear more, and apply by Nov 1!

phd.nat.au.dk/for-applican...

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Charlotte Grossiord @charlottegrossiord.bsky.social · Aug 20

New PhD position in Plant Ecophysiology🌳 Study how atmospheric & soil drought shape tree carbon & water relations at the VPDrought experiment in Switzerland. Start Jan 2026. Apply here: m.refline.ch/273855/1759/... @wslresearch.bsky.social

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Christiane Werner @chriswernerlab.bsky.social · Aug 19

Our new #review out on Impact of emerging #compound #droughts on #forests🌲🌳: A water supply and demand perspective #PlantBiology onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... @charlottegrossiord.bsky.social @simonhaber.bsky.social @vallicrosah.bsky.social @ecosense-sfb-1537.bsky.social 🧪

Impact of emerging compound droughts on forests: A water supply and demand perspective

This review examines the physiological and ecological responses of trees to emerging compound droughts from a water demand and supply perspective, as well as the role of acclimation and consequences ...

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Nemiah Ladd @nemiahladd.bsky.social · May 13

Our research demonstrating early horticultural activities by the initial settlers in Vanuatu is featured in @egu.eu's Climate Division's blog. This project was led by Giorgia Camperio and published in Comms Earth & Environment last year 🧪
blogs.egu.eu/divisions/cl...

Early farmers of the Pacific recorded in sediment cores from Vanuatu

The Pacific Ocean is a vast expanse that is punctuated by diverse islands and archipelagos. Some of these islands closer to Asia and the Australian landmass have been home to humans for tens of millen...

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Simon Haberstroh @simonhaber.bsky.social · Apr 30

Can you spot the dead Pine trees? If you are interested to learn more about legacy effects in this ecosystem, join me for my talk @egu.eu this afternoon: meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU25/EGU25-...
@ecosense-sfb-1537.bsky.social
@envmet.bsky.social @chriswernerlab.bsky.social

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Nemiah Ladd @nemiahladd.bsky.social · Mar 31

I have a new PhD position open in my research group, for a project studying how soil microbial communities, metabolism, and carbon use efficiency respond to drought 🧪. The application window closes on April 30, full instructions and more information here: jobs.unibas.ch/offene-stell...

Universität Basel: PhD Position in Organic Geochemistry and Soil Microbiology

The Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Basel invites applications for a PhD position in the field of organic geochemistry and soil microbiology (https://duw.unibas.ch/en/research-grou...

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Nemiah Ladd @nemiahladd.bsky.social · Mar 6

We got the chance to sample Rotsee every two weeks in 2019 thanks to a campaign led by @cindydejonge.bsky.social and benefited from collaboration with researchers at Eawag (Marta Reyes, Nathalie Dubois, Carsten Schubert) and Basel (Dan Nelson)

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Nemiah Ladd @nemiahladd.bsky.social · Mar 6

This is the first publication led by a PhD student from my research group in Basel. It has been really fun working with Toni over the past three years -- stay tuned for some more cool results, including applications to sediment cores, that she currently has in the works

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Nemiah Ladd @nemiahladd.bsky.social · Mar 6

Can we use H isotope offsets among lipids as proxies of algal community composition? New paper led by Antonia Klatt shows that changes with community throughout a year in Rotsee aren similar results from cultures and indicate minimal influence from heterotrophs: doi.org/10.1016/j.gc...

Redirecting

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Felix Elling @lipidorama.bsky.social · Feb 26

Back in 2019 we screened an obscure lineage of bacteria for a side project and noticed something quite unusual. A quinone, used in cellular electron transport, that looked similar to the type used by plants and algae to perform photosynthesis.

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Nemiah Ladd @nemiahladd.bsky.social · Feb 26

Anyone in my network know an excellent, German-speaking administrator who would be interested in working at the University of Basel? We are looking for a new Managing Director of the Department of Environmental Sciences jobs.unibas.ch/offene-stell...

Universität Basel: Geschäftsführer*in Departement Umweltwissenschaften

Die Universität Basel ist die älteste Universität der Schweiz und eine Hochschule von internationalem Ruf, die in Forschung und Lehre hervorragende Leistungen erbringt. Das Departement Umweltwissensch...

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Riikka Rinnan @riikkarinnan.bsky.social · Feb 26

A super exciting PhD position available in #peatland #biochemistry. Join @yijiao.bsky.social and me working with cutting edge #VOC cycling in peat.

+ nice colleagues @voltcenter.bsky.social
+ Copenhagen
+ competitive salary
+ good PhD program

employment.ku.dk/phd/?show=16...

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Jordon Hemingway @jordonhemingway.bsky.social · Jan 13

For those interested in publishing in a 💎*~diamond~*💎 open access geochemistry journal, consider submitting your manuscripts to @weareagc.bsky.social---opening for submissions next week! #isotopes #geochemistry #cosmochemistry #openaccess

Advances in Geochemistry and Cosmochemistry @weareagc.bsky.social · Oct 25

Do you intend to publish in the diamond open access journal AGC in 2025?

Here are the different manuscript types:
-full-length articles
-reviews
-technical notes
-comments

if you have any question about the editorial policy, please go the website page journals.uu.se/AGC/editoria...

Editorial Policy | Advances in Geochemistry and Cosmochemistry

We welcome all contributions that use geochemical data and models to study chemical, physical and biological processes on Earth and other planetary bodies. Such contributions can cover, but are not limited to, the following topics:

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Gordon Inglis @climategordon.bsky.social · Dec 18

To all prospective PhD students with an interest in organic geochemistry and paleoclimate - we have three competition-funded PhDs on offer this year via our DTP (deadline 8th Jan). More details below!

Gordon Inglis @climategordon.bsky.social · Nov 19

To all prospective PhD students with an interest in organic geochemistry - we are advertising 4 PhD projects this year - we have one FULLY FUNDED PhD via the Royal Society (deadline 9th Dec) and three are competition-funded via our DTP (deadline 8th Jan). Apply here: noc.ac.uk/education/gs...

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Reto Knutti @retoknutti.bsky.social · Nov 20

Achieving climate targets is primarily limited by politics, institutions and humans, not technology, solutions or money.

It's values and priorities, about who we are. (1/7)

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Nemiah Ladd @nemiahladd.bsky.social · Nov 20

Wait, when did Emiliania huxleyi become Gephyrocapsa huxleyi????

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Gephyrocapsa huxleyi - Wikipedia

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Nemiah Ladd @nemiahladd.bsky.social · Nov 15

Hi Mae, Can you please add me to this feed? Here's my google scholar profile: scholar.google.com/citations?us...

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Nemiah Ladd @nemiahladd.bsky.social · Nov 11

When did people first inhabit islands in Remote Oceania, and how did they feed themselves when they arrived? Our new study, led by Giorgia Camperio, constrains the timing of human arrival on Efate, Vanuatu, and demonstrates that the first inhabitants cultivated taro: rdcu.be/dZmgY

Sedimentary biomarkers of human presence and taro cultivation reveal early horticulture in Remote Oceania

Communications Earth & Environment - Human settlement and horticulture began in Vanuatu at least 2800 years ago during a wet climatic period, according to an analysis of sedimentary biomarkers...

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Pablo Martínez Sosa (he/él) @terriblelagarto.pmartoza.com · Oct 25

Call for abstracts #EGU25 on developing new biomarkers! #EGUbiomarker. Abstract submission is now open! Organized by Jingjing Guo, @hallbergpetter.bsky.social, Nora Richter, Addison Rice and myself. tinyurl.com/4422wwr7

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Lipid biomarkers: novel applications, calibrations and tools for environmental
studies
Lipid biomarkers are valuable tools for reconstructing a variety of environmental processes in modern
and (geological) past settings. We seek studies that develop new lipid biomarkers and methods for
applying biomarkers to modern settings and the geologic past to reconstruct environmental
parameters such as temperature, precipitation, biogeochemical cycles, anthropogenic activities, and
vegetation. These can be studies on the biosynthesis and phylogeny of source organisms, transport and
diagenesis, calibrations to environmental parameters, proxy interpretation and applications to reconstruct past environmental conditions.

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Nemiah Ladd @nemiahladd.bsky.social · Oct 17

Just voted in the US election. I continue to be grateful to Washington state for making this process so easy for citizens living abroad! But then I look at the polls and wish I was still registered in Pennsylvania instead...

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Nemiah Ladd @nemiahladd.bsky.social · Sep 20

It's a wrap! Toni and Theresa have just spent six days carefully sampling sediment cores from lakes Owasco, Neuchatel and Biel for ancient DNA. In the coming months we will see if we find evidence of harmful algal blooms in these systems throughout the past ~12000 years

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