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PaleoSynthesis @paleosynth.bsky.social · 8h

We are opening the last call for workshop proposals in 2025! Deadline is December 15, 2025. Visit the website with the necessary information before preparing a proposal. Questions? Contact Danijela Dimitrijevic (science) or Barbara Seuß (logistics) Info: www.paleosynthesis.nat.fau.de/index.php/sc...

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PaleoSynthesis @paleosynth.bsky.social · 6d

Last day of the DeepIL workshop. So far a time full of inspiration, ideas, and a great exchange between colleagues from different disciplines and with different backgrounds. Intense but inspiring!

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PaleoSynthesis @paleosynth.bsky.social · 15d

After a short break following the summer school, the program continues. Next week, the DeepIL (www.paleosynthesis.nat.fau.de/index.php/de...) workshop will take place. Participants will mainly be scientists based in Germany. However, DeepIL also receives support from external research institutions.

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International Fossil Coral and Reef Society @ifcrs.bsky.social · 19d

🚨Registration open!🚨

Join us for the 4th Early Career Researcher Symposium of the International Fossil Coral and Reef Society (it’s online and free!) 🪸

📆 13th November 2025
⏰ 09:00–16:00 UTC
🔗 Register: fau.zoom-x.de/meeting/regi...

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PaleoSynthesis @paleosynth.bsky.social · Sep 5

And just like that, they're over... Three weeks of summer school have flown by. Last lunch before everyone goes their separate ways. A BIG thank you to the entire team involved, all the lecturers, and the wonderful students! Stay motivated and positive!

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Lee Hsiang Liow （廖珕庠） @lhliow.bsky.social · Sep 3

What a great bunch of paleobiologists and soooo international!! the annual @paleosynth.bsky.social summer school. Such a pleasure to share methods with u all. Thanks @devapriya-chat.bsky.social @dralexdunhill.bsky.social @moriakiyasuhara.bsky.social & others for sending ur grad students over!

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PaleoSynthesis @paleosynth.bsky.social · Aug 27

As for all the previous workshops we had an icon designed. DeepIL (www.paleosynthesis.nat.fau.de/index.php/de...) will be the upcoming workshop in fall and the topic is “Deep-Time Impacts of Life on the Earth System”. And today we are happy to present the latest icon representing this workshop.

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PaleoSynthesis @paleosynth.bsky.social · Aug 26

Group photo of this years Summer School students and some of the lecturers. All look still pretty fresh and motivated. It's halftime, lets see how it goes next!

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PaleoSynthesis @paleosynth.bsky.social · Aug 22

This July, an international team of researchers, co-led by Professor Rachel Warnock, organised a “Taming the BEAST” workshop in Beijing, China. BEAST2 is a software package used to reconstruct evolutionary trees and is widely applied in diverse areas... more info: www.gzn.nat.fau.eu/2025/08/06/w...

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PaleoSynthesis @paleosynth.bsky.social · Aug 18

Today is the kick-off of our summer school 2025. 12 smart and motivated students from all over the globe attend the course and hopefully take back home lots of knowledge and skills.

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PaleoSynthesis @paleosynth.bsky.social · Jul 14

👋 Students welcome! Apply now for the 🎓 Bachelor’s and the Master’s degree programs 🎓 at GeoZentrum Nordbayern including Paleo! www.gzn.nat.fau.eu/2025/07/11/a...

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PaleoSynthesis @paleosynth.bsky.social · Jul 7

BioDeeptime has made it into Science! "Climate is changing fast—and forests are 200 years behind". A sweeping new analysis of ancient pollen and modern data reveals this dramatic lag—and its consequences."(from ScienceDaily) - article: DOI: 10.1126/science.adr6700 CONGRATULATIONS to the authors.

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PaleoSynthesis @paleosynth.bsky.social · Jul 2

Already announcing so you get to gather some ideas for your own workshop! Read more: www.paleosynthesis.nat.fau.de/index.php/sc...

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PaleoSynthesis @paleosynth.bsky.social · Jun 26

We invite applications for an Akademischer Rat auf Zeit in our research group, which focuses on Global Change Paleobiology. We seek a candidate with a strong background in palaeobiology aiming for an academic career in Paleontology. Interested!? www.gzn.nat.fau.eu/2025/06/16/s...

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PaleoSynthesis @paleosynth.bsky.social · May 19

The deadline for the workshop call has expired. We will now sit down as a team and make a decision. We will inform you about the result as soon as possible! www.paleosynthesis.nat.fau.de/index.php/in...

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Scientists for Global Responsibility @responsiblesci.bsky.social · May 9

Nature paper finds that 2/3rds of warming since 1990 is attributable to the wealthiest 10%, with 1/5th caused by top 1%, and 8% of attributable to top 0.1%.

A reminder that policy must address the outsized impact of the world's wealthiest.

www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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High-income groups disproportionately contribute to climate extremes worldwide - Nature Climate Change

While climate injustice is widely recognized, a quantification of how emissions inequality translates into unequal accountability is still lacking. Here researchers examine how affluent groups disprop...

www.nature.com

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PaleoSynthesis @paleosynth.bsky.social · May 9

After a week of hard work and discussions the PRIME workshops ends today in the late afternoon. Fruitful discussions and breakout groups made good progress and we are looking forward to the outcomes to be published.

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PaleoSynthesis @paleosynth.bsky.social · May 5

Let's go! Today marks the start of the 5-day PRIME (www.paleosynthesis.nat.fau.de/index.php/pr...) workshop led by Bethany Allen (Potsdam) and Baran Karapunar (Leeds). .... let's discuss mass extinction!

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PaleoSynthesis @paleosynth.bsky.social · Apr 11

Last day of the IRATE workshop in Erlangen. See the happy faces! Looks like everybody had a good time and hopefully fruitful discussions... can't wait to see the outcomes published ^^ (no pressure at all ;))

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PaleoSynthesis @paleosynth.bsky.social · Apr 4

AGELESS workshop successfully done... IRATE (www.paleosynthesis.nat.fau.de/index.php/ir...) workshop to come! Beginning on Monday the topic is "to be or not to be? All about taphonomy!"

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PaleoSynthesis @paleosynth.bsky.social · Apr 1

Today's the day! With members from the previous BioDeepTime workshops, today AGELESS (go.fau.de/1bhbe) starts with a series of lectures followed by the workshop with individual breakout groups.

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PaleoSynthesis @paleosynth.bsky.social · Mar 26

A nice little reminder of our proposal call for workshops! You have until May 18th... have a look here: www.paleosynthesis.nat.fau.de/index.php/in...

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Valérie Masson-Delmotte @valmasdel.bsky.social · Mar 5

Scientists & experts: Add your name to this open letter calling on Congress and the Trump administration to ensure that NOAA and its sub-agencies remain fully funded and staffed, and that the independent, trusted science the agency produces is protected. act.ucsusa.org/4kajJuk

Science at Risk: Protect NOAA

Scientists & experts: Add your name to this open letter calling on Congress and the Trump administration to ensure that NOAA and its sub-agencies remain fully funded and staffed, and that the independ...

act.ucsusa.org

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PaleoSynthesis @paleosynth.bsky.social · Feb 27

A PaleoNov workshop publication has recently been published: "A Conceptual Framework for Measuring Ecological Novelty" by Staples et al. Congratulations! .... and it's open access: doi.org/10.1111/geb....

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Wolfgang Kiessling @kiessl.bsky.social · Feb 23

Scientists of the world. Please help NOAA!

David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · Feb 21

Here is a sign-on letter for individual scientists and other experts to speak out and protect NOAA. I signed it and I encourage you to sign it as well.

secure.ucsusa.org/a/2025-prote... 🌎🧪🦑🐠

Science at Risk: Protect NOAA

Scientists & experts: Add your name to this open letter calling on Congress and the Trump administration to ensure that NOAA and its sub-agencies remain fully funded and staffed, and that the independ...

secure.ucsusa.org

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