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Bridget Wade @bridgetwade.bsky.social · Jul 27

Everything you want to know about Pulleniatina can be found in the paper out last week: Systematic taxonomy of Pulleniatina. Journal of Foraminiferal Research, 55: 245-275. DOI:10.61551/gsjfr.55.3.245 by Paul Pearson, Alessio Fabbrini and Bridget Wade @es-ucl.bsky.social‬
#IODP
#UCL
#NERC

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Bridget Wade @bridgetwade.bsky.social · Jun 4

Out now: Community guidelines to increase the reusability of marine microfossil assemblage data. Journal of Micropalaeontology, 44: 145–168. doi.org/10.5194/jm-4....

Community guidelines to increase the reusability of marine microfossil assemblage data

Abstract. Data on marine microfossil assemblage composition have multiple applications. Initially, they were primarily used for (chrono)stratigraphy and palaeoecology, but these data are now also wide...

doi.org

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Bridget Wade @bridgetwade.bsky.social · May 27

2-year NERC postdoc position on Oligocene planktonic foraminifera available in my lab @bridgetwade.bsky.social working as part of the TONIC Large Grant www.ucl.ac.uk/earth-scienc.... Closing date: 16 June 2025. More details:
www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
#geologyjob #micropalaeontology #forams

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Bridget Wade @bridgetwade.bsky.social · May 15

Onset of strong Iceland-Scotland overflow
water 3.6 million years ago. Nature Communications: doi.org/10.1038/s414...

Onset of strong Iceland-Scotland overflow water 3.6 million years ago - Nature Communications

This study examines the history of North Atlantic deep-water masses, as recorded in marine sediments. Major lithological changes and increased rate of deposition reveal that stronger deep-ocean circul...

doi.org

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Pallavi Anand (she/her) @anandpallavijha.bsky.social · Mar 17

#ICP15 #perspective #speakers are Raja Ganeshram @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social , B N Goswami, Sidney Hemming @lamontearth.bsky.social @bridgetwade.bsky.social Thomas Westerhold @marumunibremen.bsky.social
All our #pleanry #speakers are now announced 👇🏼😊
www.icp15.com/themes

#ICP15 perspective speakers are Raja Ganeshram, B N Goswami, Sidney Hemming, Bridget Wade and Thomas Westerhold

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Bridget Wade @bridgetwade.bsky.social · Mar 16

How do these forams get such crazy shapes? See the open access paper out now by Brombacher et al. (2024). Heterochrony in the evolution of the planktonic foraminifer Globigerinoidesella fistulosa from the Trilobatus sacculifer plexus. Paleobiology, 50: 582–591. doi.org/10.1017/pab....

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Bridget Wade @bridgetwade.bsky.social · Mar 2

New paper out in Biogeosciences: Exploring macroevolutionary links in multi-species planktonic foraminiferal Mg/Ca and δ18O from 15 Ma to recent. Read all about it here doi.org/10.5194/bg-2...

Exploring macroevolutionary links in multi-species planktonic foraminiferal Mg∕Ca and δ18O from 15 Ma to recent

Abstract. The ratio of the trace element Mg over Ca (Mg/Ca) and the oxygen isotopic composition (δ18O) of foraminiferal calcite are widely employed for reconstructing past ocean temperatures, although...

doi.org

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Helen Czerski @helenczerski.bsky.social · Feb 9

Hello Manchester :) I'll be giving the Darwin Day Lecture this Thursday at the Friends Meeting House, 7:30pm. All welcome :) Come and hear the biggest story on Earth - that of our ocean, and why it matters far more than we generally think. Spread the word!

gmh.humanist.org.uk/event/darwin...

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Bridget Wade @bridgetwade.bsky.social · Feb 3

Full-time or part-time Research Technician in Micropalaeontology available in my lab @bridgetwade.bsky.social
@es-ucl.bsky.social
as part of the NERC TONIC Large Grant. Closing date: 23rd February 2025. More details:
www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
#technician #micropalaeontology #plankton #NERC

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Earth Sciences UCL @es-ucl.bsky.social · Feb 3

We are seeking a Lecturer (Teaching) to act as Deputy Undergraduate Tutor and to assist with delivering our taught programmes (particularly in areas of environmental geoscience and environmental geochemistry).
www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/... Deadline: 14.02.2025

UCL – University College London

UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).

www.ucl.ac.uk

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Philip Donoghue @phil-donoghue.bsky.social · Jan 27

In friday’s palaeo seminar @bristolpalaeo.bsky.social we were treated to Microfossil evolution and morphological change through warm and cold climates by the amazing @bridgetwade.bsky.social

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Ed Hawkins @edhawkins.org · Jan 12

The data is in.

2024 was the warmest year on record, and probably in the whole of human history – about 1.6°C warmer than the pre-industrial period.

More than 1 billion individual thermometer measurements have been condensed into a single vital number.

theconversation.com/my-new-dark-...

My new dark red climate stripe for 2024 shows it’s the hottest year yet

These ‘warming stripes’, adopted around the world as a symbol of climate awareness, action and ambition, now include another dark red stripe for 2024.

theconversation.com

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Bridget Wade @bridgetwade.bsky.social · Jan 8

The North Pacific subtropical gyre was not the same in the past. Modelling studies suggest it expanded further north in the warm early Eocene. Get free access to Zhang et al. for the next 50 days (until February 27, 2025) authors.elsevier.com/c/1kPH073N~E...
#DeepMIP

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Bridget Wade @bridgetwade.bsky.social · Dec 10

Postdoc position on Silicious Microfossils available in my lab
@bridgetwade.bsky.social @es-ucl.bsky.social
as part of the NERC TONIC Large Grant. Closing date: 10th January 2025. More details: www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

#postdoc #micropalaeontology #plankton #radiolaria #diatoms

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Bridget Wade @bridgetwade.bsky.social · Dec 18

Timing is Everything.
Read all about it in: Westerhold, T., Agnini, C., Anagnostou, E., Hilgen, F., Hönisch, B., Meckler, A. N., Pälike, H., Wade, B., Sosdian, S. and Kasbohm, J. 2024. Timing is everything. Paleoceanography and Palaeoclimatology, 39, e2024PA004932. doi.org/10.1029/2024...

a clock with the hands on the numbers 1 and 2

ALT: a clock with the hands on the numbers 1 and 2

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Bridget Wade @bridgetwade.bsky.social · Dec 11

Question: What’s the impact of extraterrestrial impacts that had no impact?
Answer: Quite a lot. See some of the press coverage here:
www.newsweek.com/impact-massi...
www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...
cosmosmagazine.com/earth/earth-...
www.independent.co.uk/news/science...

How asteroid impacts have affected Earth's climate

The impact of two large asteroids on Earth 35 million years ago didn't change its climate in the long term. That's according to a new study

universemagazine.com

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Bridget Wade @bridgetwade.bsky.social · Dec 10

Postdoc position on Silicious Microfossils available in my lab
@bridgetwade.bsky.social @es-ucl.bsky.social
as part of the NERC TONIC Large Grant. Closing date: 10th January 2025. More details: www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

#postdoc #micropalaeontology #plankton #radiolaria #diatoms

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Bridget Wade @bridgetwade.bsky.social · Dec 8

Fully funded PhD project “Changing life and changing ocean in the Oligocene icehouse” available through TREES Doctoral Research Programme. Project details here: www.trees-dla.ac.uk/projects/cha...
Deadline 20th January 2025.
#NERC #PhD #TREESDLA

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Trees DLA @treesdla.bsky.social · Dec 6

🚨 TREES Projects Are Live! 🚨
🌍 Over 120 PhD projects now available on the TREES website! Explore Route 1 projects or develop your own Route 2 proposal.
🗓️ Applications are open—deadline: 20th Jan 2025.
🔗 www.trees-dla.ac.uk
#PhD #EnvironmentalScience #TREESDLA

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Bridget Wade @bridgetwade.bsky.social · Dec 4

Question: What’s the impact of a couple of extraterrestrial impacts?
Answer: Not a lot!
Read all about it in open access research in Communications Earth & Environment here: rdcu.be/d2miA
#IODP #NERC #UCLEarthSciences

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UCL News @uclnews.bsky.social · Dec 4

Two massive asteroids hit Earth around 35.65 million years ago, but did not lead to any lasting changes in the Earth’s climate, according to a new study by Prof @bridgetwade.bsky.social and Geoscience MSc graduate Natalie Cheng @es-ucl.bsky.social www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2024/de...

Droplets (or microspherules) of silica. These form after silica-containing rocks get vaporised by an asteroid. The silica end up in the atmosphere, but solidify into droplets as they cool. These were found in the rock analysed in the study.

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Bridget Wade @bridgetwade.bsky.social · Nov 14

Hi Or, thnaks for letting me know. I've reposted. Best wishes, Bridget

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Trees DLA @treesdla.bsky.social · Nov 14

🌱Announcing TREES! 🌍The Training, Research & Equity in Environmental Sciences Doctoral Award led by UCL will train future environmental scientists with a focus on sustainability, EDI, and interdisciplinary research. Learn more at www.trees-dla.ac.uk

#TREES #EnvironmentalScience #Sustainability #EDI

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Sonia Chaabane @soniachaabane.bsky.social · Nov 13

🌊📉 New Paper Alert! "Migrating is Not Enough for Modern Planktonic Foraminifera in a Changing Ocean" published Open Access in Nature🧵👇
Me & @tdegaridel.bsky.social @juliemeilland.bsky.social @sulpis.bsky.social @chalkyoceans.bsky.social and others
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Migrating is not enough for modern planktonic foraminifera in a changing ocean - Nature

Low-latitude planktonic foraminifera are coping with rapid ocean warming, acidification and nutrient shifts by migrating to deeper water-column depths or polewards, displacing higher-latitude species ...

www.nature.com

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