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Sonia Chaabane @soniachaabane.bsky.social · 1d

🌊🎙️ Nouveau podcast : @nicolas-roche.bsky.social, les procédés innovants de dépollution des eaux usées.
Plongez dans les coulisses de la dépollution, découvrez des technologies audacieuses pour préserver l’eau.
👉 À écouter absolument : youtu.be/I_ne_JOtRdw?...

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Nicolas Roche, les procédés innovants de dépollution des eaux usées

YouTube video by Aix Marseille Université

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IPCC @ipcc.bsky.social · 1d

📣 Attention: Early-career researchers from developing countries & countries in transition!

Are you interested in becoming a Chapter Scientist and supporting author teams for #IPCC’s Seventh Assessment Report?

Apply by 18 Oct 2025

🔗 www.ipcc.ch/2025/10/07/c...

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Tom Chalk @chalkyoceans.bsky.social · 20d

Nice comparison of foram-coating derived and sediment derived #Ndisotopes in the Mediterranean from Kazuyo Tachikawa and others @climatecerege.bsky.social and @cerege.bsky.social. Small cautionary tale for unrestricted use (of sediment), but normally it works!

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The authigenic and detrital neodymium isotopic composition in the modern Mediterranean Sea: implications for paleocirculation proxy

Neodymium isotopic composition (143Nd/144Nd or εNd) has been used as a tracer of water mass provenance in the modern and the past oceans. However, rec…

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Olivier Sulpis @sulpis.bsky.social · 10d

🌟 Postdoc Opportunity in Marine Biogeochemistry at CNRS-CEREGE!

🚢 Are you a passionate researcher ready to tackle climate change? Dive into the ERC-funded Deep-C project in Aix-en-Provence, France!

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Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution @whoi.edu · 6d

Meet the “squidworm” 🦑🪱

Discovered by WHOI biologist Larry Madin and colleagues, this 4-inch-long animal was just one of roughly 6,000 new species uncovered during the Census of Marine Life, a decade-long global effort involving more than 2,700 scientists to explore and document ocean life.

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Jaime @jysuarezibarra.bsky.social · 22d

I have a good guardian taking care of my #IODP samples 🦖🏳️‍🌈 #Forams #Foraminifera

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Pallavi Anand (she/her) @anandpallavijha.bsky.social · Sep 4

Day 4, #ICP15, next up @antacl.bsky.social talking about long term evolution of South Asian Summer Monsoon.

Congratulations to @antacl.bsky.social for starting her new position soon 🥳
@climatecerege.bsky.social @cerege.bsky.social

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Climate group @CEREGE, France @climatecerege.bsky.social · Jul 30

A new paper from our team, and the opportunity to introduce Jaime Suarez @jysuarezibarra.bsky.social , postdoc in our micropaleontology group!

Jaime @jysuarezibarra.bsky.social · Jul 28

🚨New paper alert🚨

Using the mean and 95th percentile of cross-sectional area measurements, we documented ecological and taphonomic imprints on the test size variation of planktonic foraminifera.

@soniachaabane.bsky.social @chalkyoceans.bsky.social @tdegaridel.bsky.social

doi.org/10.61551/gsj...

PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA TEST SIZE DICTATED BY CONDITIONS IN LIFE AND POST-MORTEM | Journal of Foraminiferal Research | GeoScienceWorld

ABSTRACT. In this study, we quantify the impact of environmental conditions (temperature, productivity, and salinity) and taphonomic (carbonate

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exoCean Laboratory @exoceanlab.bsky.social · May 6

🚨Hello world!🚨We'd like to introduce you to our new laboratory for "experimental ocean science", ExoCean (C is for carbon). We are three researchers teaming up to work on culturing, dissolving, & measuring marine samples. @juliemeilland.bsky.social, @sulpis.bsky.social & @chalkyoceans.bsky.social.

Three scientists standing in front of their new lab. From left to right: Tom Chalk, Olivier Sulpis and Julie Meilland.

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Sonia Chaabane @soniachaabane.bsky.social · Jul 30

✨ Honored to witness the inauguration of the BISSAP lab at UCAD — a new lab for ecosystem monitoring in Senegal! 🌍🔬
Huge congratulations to everyone involved!
@climatecerege.bsky.social @ird-fr.bsky.social
#ScienceForAll #UCAD #IRD #Biodiversity #Africa #BISSAP
www.ird.fr/inauguration...

Inauguration du laboratoire BISSAP à l’UCAD : un nouveau centre de référence pour la surveillance des écosystèmes aquatiques en Afrique de l’Ouest | Site Web IRD

Le 21 juillet 2025, l’Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar (UCAD) a inauguré le laboratoire BISSAP (Bioindicateurs, Imagerie et Surveillance des Systèmes Aquatiques et Pélagiques), en présence de Mous...

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Jaime @jysuarezibarra.bsky.social · Jul 28

🚨New paper alert🚨

Using the mean and 95th percentile of cross-sectional area measurements, we documented ecological and taphonomic imprints on the test size variation of planktonic foraminifera.

@soniachaabane.bsky.social @chalkyoceans.bsky.social @tdegaridel.bsky.social

doi.org/10.61551/gsj...

PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA TEST SIZE DICTATED BY CONDITIONS IN LIFE AND POST-MORTEM | Journal of Foraminiferal Research | GeoScienceWorld

ABSTRACT. In this study, we quantify the impact of environmental conditions (temperature, productivity, and salinity) and taphonomic (carbonate

doi.org

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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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Thibault de Garidel @tdegaridel.bsky.social · Jul 28

Postdoc (6 mois)ouvert au CEREGE en micropaleontology and ML / short term postdoctoral contract (6 months) in micropaleontology and ML @climatecerege.bsky.social ANR project #BioIndicIA emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CDD/U...

Portail Emploi CNRS - Offre d'emploi - H/F CDD Chercheur en Micropaléontologie quantitative

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Alexis Licht @alexislicht.bsky.social · May 21

Second job alert! We just opened a tenure-track junior professor position at @cerege.bsky.social focusing on Pleistocene and Holocene paleoenvironments and population dynamics.
emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CPJ/C...
Contact me if you are interested!

Portail Emploi CNRS - Offre d'emploi - Paléo-environnements et peuplements pléistocènes et holocènes M/F

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Alexis Licht @alexislicht.bsky.social · May 21

New job alert! We just opened a tenure-track Junior professor Chair at @cerege.bsky.social focused on the study of the critical zone in the Mediterranean and intertropical Africa. More info on the IRD website here:
en.ird.fr/tenure-track...
Contact me if you are interested!

Tenure-Track Junior Professor Chairs | Site Web IRD

Procedures and timetable for pre-selections and auditions for junior professorships.

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EPC @epc-research.bsky.social · Mar 26

Known Scholarships/Support
Europe/ECORD - Deadline 30th April⏰ www.ecord.org/education/sc...

AUS and NZ - @anzic.bsky.social Please see www.iodp.org.au/educate/

US - USSSP usoceandiscovery.org

UK - Some bursaries via @ukiodp.bsky.social are available. Please contact [email protected]

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Aix Marseille Université @univ-amu.fr · Jan 22

Le changement climatique menace le plancton calcifiant. Une nouvelle étude internationale, révèle que les foraminifères planctoniques, ces micro-organismes essentiels au cycle du carbone océanique, sont en déclin malgré leur migration vers des eaux plus fraîches. #climat #recherche #amU

Le changement climatique menace le plancton calcifiant

Une nouvelle étude internationale, menée notamment par des chercheurs du CEREGE (amU/CNRS/IRD/INRAE/Collège de France), révèle que les foraminifères planctoniques, ces micro-organismes essentiels au c...

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Rasmus E. Benestad @brasmus.bsky.social · Mar 20

I won't visit the US for a while, it seems: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

French scientist denied US entry after phone messages critical of Trump found

France’s research minister said the scientist was traveling to Houston for a conference when his phone was searched

www.theguardian.com

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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...

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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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Wolfgang Kiessling @kiessl.bsky.social · Mar 13

Wow, this is highly original work

Christina Belanger, Ph.D @belaforams.bsky.social · Mar 13

Picky predators on planktonic #foraminifera

Figure from paper in previous post showing different planktonic foram species shaded in a yellow to blue scale to depict the frequency of bioerosion on different parts to the shell.

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Matias Ritter @mnritter.bsky.social · Mar 12

Check out our new paper - published on Paleobiology - where we analyze predation patterns on planktonic Foraminifera (open acess) doi.org/10.1017/pab....

Where it's worth it: frequency and spatial distribution of bioerosional drill holes in planktonic foraminifera reveal different strategies in site selectivity | Paleobiology | Cambridge Core

Where it's worth it: frequency and spatial distribution of bioerosional drill holes in planktonic foraminifera reveal different strategies in site selectivity - Volume 50 Issue 4

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Alexis Licht @alexislicht.bsky.social · Mar 7

Dear US colleagues,
In response to the Trump administration, my university @univ-amu.fr is setting up a new program dedicated to welcoming American scientists wishing to pursue their work in France.
There are several M$ in the budget.
www.univ-amu.fr/en/public/ac...

Safe Place For Science: Aix Marseille Université ready to welcome American scientists | Aix Marseille Université

In a context where some scientists in the United States may feel threatened or hindered in their research, our university is announcing the launch of the Safe Place For Science program, dedicated to w...

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CEREGE @cerege.bsky.social · Mar 7

📢 Today, CEREGE and other research laboratories from the Technopole de l’Arbois mobilized for research and academic freedom as part of the #StandUpForScience movement. Together, let’s defend free and independent science!

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