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Patrick Rafter @oceanandclimate.bsky.social · 6d

Today, we published a study long in the making on how upper and subsurface tropical Pacific waters responded (and maybe will adjust) to warmer global climate. Here’s the story of how we got here after 15 years. many authors but shout out @jfarmersalmanac.bsky.social
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www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Persistent eastern equatorial Pacific Ocean upwelling since the warm Pliocene

Upwelling generates a nutrient-rich “cold tongue” in the eastern equatorial Pacific Ocean (EEP), with impacts on global climate, oceanic biological productivity, and the carbon cycle. The cold tongue ...

www.science.org

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Bella Duncan @antarcticabella.bsky.social · 23d

Geologists of bluesky, great opportunity at Otago Uni, NZ for a Lecturer in Earth Science! Special shout out to my #biomarker colleagues, the dept has a well set up, near new Org Geochem lab without a PI, with GCMS/FID and HPLC, if anyone wants a change of scene! ⚒🧪🥼🌊
otago.taleo.net/careersectio...

Lecturer/Pūkenga - Geology

Click the link provided to see the complete job description.

otago.taleo.net

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Shalan McDonagh @paleonotthediet.bsky.social · Sep 6

Especially honored to have received Honorable Mention in the Biogeochemical and Climate session. Could not have done it without my advisor @jfarmersalmanac.bsky.social and colleagues for their guidance and support. Already looking forward to #ICP16

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Shalan McDonagh @paleonotthediet.bsky.social · Sep 6

Leaving #ICP15 feeling inspired and motivated. Special thanks to all the organizers for making this week possible. I had a blast learning from the star-studded list of speakers and learning about on-going projects.

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Pallavi Anand (she/her) @anandpallavijha.bsky.social · Sep 3

#ICP16 will be hosted by St Andrews, Scotland @mudwaterclimate.bsky.social thank you.
We had two pitches from Cardiff and St Andrews. 🙏🏼

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Prof Helen Bostock @oceanhelen.bsky.social · Sep 2

Also making a plea for new research ship to replace the JOIDES Resolution and continuation of deep sea drilling -post IODP 2 - as still lots of new discoveries to make and under-explored regions.

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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...

phd.nat.au.dk

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Ian Hall @ianhall.bsky.social · Sep 2

Concluding day 2 of #ICP15, the excellent Sidney Hemming, touching on the importance of ECRs and the continuation of scientific ocean drilling through #IODP, before addressesing the state of the Antarctic Ice Sheet during the Plio-Pleistocene transition and its lessons for the future

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Thomas Bauska @tinyicybubbles.bsky.social · Sep 1

Early Warming Over the Southern Ocean During the Last Deglaciation - Zheng, Bauska and Osman - 2025 - GRL agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...

I promise to write a serious thread of what (IMHO as Peisong's advisor) is an innovative analysis. This will have to suffice for now.

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Shalan McDonagh @paleonotthediet.bsky.social · Sep 1

Name tags automatically upgrade any outfit. If you’re going to #ICP15 stop by 1-38 to see some squiggly lines and learn about N consumption in the Subantarctic during the MPT!

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Shalan McDonagh @paleonotthediet.bsky.social · Aug 20

Photographer: ”Hold that cool pose for me”
Me: *please don’t take photographic evidence of me vigorously shaking the standards I forgot to thaw*

Shalan McDonagh @paleonotthediet.bsky.social · Jul 22

Emotions are so high with a view like this and a book so helpful and truly enjoyable to read 😊

Shalan McDonagh @paleonotthediet.bsky.social · Jul 10

And just like that my time at MPIC has quickly come to an end! 6 weeks later and ~250 new data points to play with. Here’s me celebrating with my last oxidation sandwich. I was only slightly tempted to eat it 🥪

Shalan McDonagh @paleonotthediet.bsky.social · Jun 13

It’s been two weeks since the PaleoLab landed in Mainz, Germany and we’ve certainly been making the most of our time. All our trainings have prepared me for this massive first ~26 hr IRMS run. Happy data soon to come! 🐚🌊

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Tim Vernimmen @timvernimmen.bsky.social · May 28

My latest story for @knowablemag.bsky.social is all about the astonishingly plentiful fossils of foraminifera, featuring @chrislowery.bsky.social, @fraass.bsky.social and @tracyaze.bsky.social! knowablemagazine.org/content/arti...

The history of the ocean, as told by tiny beautiful fossils

Bountiful remains of foraminifera reveal how organisms responded to climate disturbances of the past. They can help predict the future, too.

knowablemagazine.org

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Shalan McDonagh @paleonotthediet.bsky.social · May 24

Yesterday I handed in my last assignments to complete my first year of my PhD! Feeling very grateful to have this incredible opportunity and honestly still in shock I get to pursue this dream 🤗 Time to celebrate with some tiramisu!

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Shalan McDonagh @paleonotthediet.bsky.social · May 15

Congratulations!!

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Gavin Foster @thefosterlab.bsky.social · May 14

Look at this beauty! freshly fished out of the Sargasso Sea and imaged at the Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences with @chalkyoceans.bsky.social @juliemeilland.bsky.social and others 🧪🌊⚒️

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Shalan McDonagh @paleonotthediet.bsky.social · May 3

Today I lived vicariously through my samples. They received an all-inclusive spa day 💅🏼 including a deep pore cleaning and full body massage (via vortex and sonication). These guys will travel with me to @mpic.de this summer for further foram-bound d15N analysis!

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Gabrielle Hecht has no more spoons @gabriellehecht.bsky.social · May 2

Pause for a minute to appreciate the valiant Program Officers still at NSF, who are doing their utmost to preserve what they can. They’re in the stinking rotting belly of the beast, laboring on our behalf.

❤️❤️❤️❤️ to them

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Julie Meilland @juliemeilland.bsky.social · Apr 23

Interested in doing a PhD with living planktonic foraminifera? Come work with us! Check our PhD subject and get in touch! @tdegaridel.bsky.social

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Shalan McDonagh @paleonotthediet.bsky.social · Apr 22

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Shalan McDonagh @paleonotthediet.bsky.social · Apr 22

*procrastinates writing abstract and instead scrolls*
*sighs*
*takes the hint and gets off socials*

Sudhir Bhadra @micropal.bsky.social · Apr 22

#ICP15 #registration and abstract submission deadlines are on 30th April -👇🏼
www.icp15.com/news/registr...

👇🏼 our #plenary #speakers across five themes of #paleoceanography and #paleoclimatology will share new research, ideas and future directions of the field and aim to inspire you all!

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Shalan McDonagh @paleonotthediet.bsky.social · Apr 22

Very excited to read this as I delve deeper into my PhD research on the Southern Ocean!

Prof Michael Meredith 🌊🧪🥼❄️ @oceanandice.bsky.social · Apr 22

New book!! 📕

Antarctica is intimately connected to the rest of our planet, affecting climate, ecosystems, cultures and society. Our new book draws together international experts to explore this influence, and to understand what humans are doing to Antarctica (1/n)
www.routledge.com/Antarctica-a...

Cover of book "Antarctica and the Earth System"

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Shalan McDonagh @paleonotthediet.bsky.social · Apr 22

Celebrating this Earth Day with UMass Boston’s poster symposium. Here is PaleoLab’s own Charly Raymond presenting d15N values comparing wild blue mussels and those that underwent experiments.

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