Conservation Paleo Network Newsletter featured ostracods!! conservationpaleorcn.org/wp-content/u...

Onset of millennial climate variability with the intensification of Northern Hemisphere glaciation www.science.org/doi/abs/10.1...

‼️🚨 Job Alert ‼️ 🚨 Two Post Doc Opportunities: PDRA in Macroecology / Paleobiology my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru... PDRA in Extinction & Conservation / Paleobiology my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru... Any questions, please get in touch! Closing date May 1st.

The other participating researchers: @danijeladim.bsky.social @sethf.bsky.social @eesaupe.bsky.social @plannapus.bsky.social @kiessl.bsky.social @djbirddanerd.bsky.social Katie Collins Katheryn Cryer Kenneth De Baets Stewart Edie Kari Lintulaakso Lee Hsiang Liow Holly Little Lin Na .. nature.com 4/4

Promises kept

The deep sea is going to be not pristine soon? Our study in @royalsociety.org Trans B shows how human activities threaten this final frontier. Highlights risks from deep-sea mining & mCDR, but also hope. 🔗 bit.ly/4uDFeZA #Ocean #Conservation #Science#Anthropocene #SKLMEH @royalsocietypublishing.org

SIO faculty position - Paleoclimate/Paleoceanography/Sediment Geochemistry apol-recruit.ucsd.edu/JPF04481

Thanking Kristofer Helgen and Tim Flannery (can't find you on Bluesky 🙁) for my lost then found news to me good news for Mar 10 #EarthOptimism www.bishopmuseum.org/newsroom/bis...

The sea pangolin! Now you tell us...😳

The extreme unevenness in the completeness of the stratigraphic, and by implication fossil, record is formed by many processes. Apparently the most profound gap— the Great Unconformity, is driven by tectonics. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... 🧪 ⚒️ #Geology #Paleobio

Osteichthyans--the bony fishes--are by far the most diverse group of living jawed vertebrates. Two papers out today in @nature.com feature remarkable new Chinese fossils that paint a picture of substantial morphological diversity among stem osteichthyans.

It was a pleasure to be able to part of the IRAL workshop funded through @paleosynth.bsky.social. Thanks to @thefairestfowl.bsky.social, @emmadnn.bsky.social and Ádám Kocsis for leading IRAL group and bringing together everyone and all other colleagues participating in this project. rdcu.be/e6W1s

Megamastax, a mighty chew from the Silurian - paper in @nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41...

New! Led by Anna Jöst, Ostracod shell chemistry as proxy for coastal marine conditions of a highly urbanized megacity (Hong Kong SAR) and an agro-centric oceanic province (Jeju Island, Republic of Korea) – a preliminary comparative analysis www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Full professorship in Coastal Paleoecology available as joint appointment by the Lower Saxony Institute for Historical Coastal Research & @icbm-uol.bsky.social uol.de/en/job/coast... Many chances to collaborate with the interdisciplinary marine research community in NW Germany 🧪

Obituary for a great paleobiologist Richard Karl Bambach (18 May 1934–20 June 2025) who infused the large-scale functional approaches to paleobiology and paleoecology. doi.org/10.1017/pab.... 🧪 ⚒️ #Geology #Paleobio #EvoBio

Record-breaking Antarctic drill reveals 23 million years of climate history swais2c.aq/media/record...

The food chains on modern Caribbean coral reefs may have shortened by up to 70% compared with those on their prehistoric counterparts, according to research in Nature. The findings suggest that modern reefs could be increasingly vulnerable to external stressors and ecosystem collapse. 🌍 🧪

Happy holidays everyone and all the best in the new year. Here’s 2025 in review from the lab tropicalconslab.com/team/2025

really enjoyed pulling these ideas together - “Extinction threats from anthropogenic climate change and overexploitation interactions” in a special issue on the biosphere in the Anthropocene in Phil Trans B: royalsocietypublishing.org/rstb/article...

New work led by Portia Wong now out in Heredity - Seizure samples reveal complex evolutionary dynamics among Southeast Asian pangolins www.nature.com/articles/s41...

The Australian Academy of Science awards are now open with most closing 1st May (a few 1st June). Awards for early career to late career, and a range of different science disciplines. Nominate outstanding colleagues - especially early career as it may help them develop their careers.

Antarctica isn’t one big tipping point. New research maps 18 separate ice basins, each with its own threshold. Some in West Antarctica may tip at just ~1–2C warming (i.e close to today’s levels). Cross the line, and you commit to m’s of sea-level rise over centuries www.nature.com/articles/s41...

It looks CUHK is hiring new PIs in Earth/Paleo Sciences broadly: cuhk.taleo.net/careersectio...

An analysis in Nature Ecology & Evolution surveys community palaeontological databases, documenting their contributions to science as well as their vulnerabilities, and provide recommendations for the future of open science databases. go.nature.com/3ZwTeGl #Paleosky 🧪

Our latest piece, just out

In 2025 the normally predictable upwelling in the Gulf of Panama failed to appear - the first time since our records began 40 years ago (www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2512056122I). We are studying the gulf carefully to see what will happen in 2026. Will it also fail or was 2025 a one-off?

Contrasting diversification and invasion histories of bivalves to the deep sea: "...evolutionary pathways to deep-sea endemicity are more often shaped by multiple, independent events than by in situ diversification" royalsocietypublishing.org/rspb/article... 🧪 ⚒️ #Paleobio #EvoBio #Macroecology

The food chains on modern Caribbean coral reefs may have shortened by up to 70% compared with those on their prehistoric counterparts, according to research in Nature. The findings suggest that modern reefs could be increasingly vulnerable to external stressors and ecosystem collapse. 🌍 🧪

[New Paper] @currentbiology.bsky.social presents our population genomics study of the iconic Scaly-foot Snail: 125 genomes from 8 Indian Ocean hot vents! Deep currents drive South→North gene flow, while transform faults act as dispersal barriers. READ FOR FREE: authors.elsevier.com/c/1mbW73QW8S...

Hey members - we’re hiring! #DSBSoc is seeking a part-time consultant (4 days/month) to support admin & funding activities on the trustee board. Contract runs March 2026 until Jan 2028 (rolling). Apply by 28 Feb 2026, additional info here: dsbsoc.org/deep-sea-bio... 📸 WoRDSS, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Apply for PhD Fellowships at the Centre for Planetary Habitability in Oslo! There are projects for geologists, paleontologists, paleobiologists, astrobiologists, stats-y folks, geoscientists and planetary folks! www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

[New Paper] Reveals multiple emergence of symbiosis in alvinocaridid shrimps from deep-sea hot vents and cold seeps! Many of the 22 species studied show intermediate reliance on symbionts, illuminating steps towards full reliance. Out now in @RSocPublishing Proceedings B: doi.org/10.1098/rspb...

We're seeking new Council members! We’re seeking nominations for: • Vice-President • Treasurer • Editor • Ordinary Member Help us to shape the future of palaeontological research and publishing. Interested? Get in touch to learn more or nominate a candidate. #Palaeontology #AcademicService

#PhilTransB in @theconversation.com | The biosphere in the Anthropocene: doi.org/10.1098/rstb... theconversation.com/welcome-to-t...

Good write-up in Science on our recent paper: www.science.org/content/arti...

Kansikuva!

New from the The biosphere in the Anthropocene special issue: Yasuhara et al Delayed Anthropocene in the deep-sea biosphere: a last paradise soon lost? royalsocietypublishing.org/rstb/article...

New! Transactions B special issue on The biosphere in the Anthropocene: royalsocietypublishing.org/rstb/issue/3...

Deep sea folks. Hope you like! doi.org/10.1098/rstb... @deepstewardship.bsky.social @dsbsoc.bsky.social

Interesting case of recent human-modulated geodispersal which was enabled by the building and functioning of the Suez Canal. Interesting to think about this case as an analogue of ancient tectonic restructuring of seaways 👇 t.co/k6Qdu82nti 🧪 ⚒️ #Paleobio #Geology #Macroecology #Biogeography

The Biosphere in the Anthropocene: CityUHK Scholar Co-Edits Landmark Issue www.cityu.edu.hk/en/see/outre... Press release via City University of Hong Kong, School of Energy and Environment

Deep sea folks. Hope you like! doi.org/10.1098/rstb... @deepstewardship.bsky.social @dsbsoc.bsky.social

New ostracod paper from the lab! Lalita Weerachai et al, Ostracod introductions show how the Lessepsian invasion is undermining the unique evolutionary history of the Mediterranean Sea doi.org/10.1098/rstb...

New on the Lessepsian invasion: Lalita Weerachai et al, Ostracod introductions show how the Lessepsian invasion is undermining the unique evolutionary history of the Mediterranean Sea doi.org/10.1098/rstb...

The biosphere in the Anthropocene doi.org/10.1098/rstb...

Delayed Anthropocene in the deep-sea biosphere: a last paradise soon lost? doi.org/10.1098/rstb...

New from the The biosphere in the Anthropocene special issue: Yasuhara et al Delayed Anthropocene in the deep-sea biosphere: a last paradise soon lost? royalsocietypublishing.org/rstb/article...

New! Transactions B special issue on The biosphere in the Anthropocene: royalsocietypublishing.org/rstb/issue/3... Hope you like the cover and lineup!

New! Transactions B special issue on The biosphere in the Anthropocene: royalsocietypublishing.org/rstb/issue/3...