Starting my academic reading this year with a fascinating study documenting the frequency of tropical cyclones in the South China Sea over the past ~650 years. We need more of this type of data to understand extreme weather patterns and their relationship with climate. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Guess what: Finally at least something half-sensible coming from RFK: While the claim that these money research centers are profit-driven is preposterous, testing on sentient animals is cruel and unnecessary and should be phased out in a sensible way. www.science.org/content/arti...

Another slap in the face of (climate) science to round of the year, lots of precious things are in the process of being broken in the USA these days...😔 Trump administration moves to break up leading U.S. climate and weather center | Science | AAAS www-science-org.vu-nl.idm.oclc.org/content/arti...

Fascinated to learn that we are still discovering new species at the highest rate ever. Mapping Earth's biodiversity is far from over, and while we learn more and more about it, let's protect what we do know as well as we can! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

DIfferent climate models project different temperature outcomes for the same Net Zero Emission scenario: bg.copernicus.org/articles/22/...

Temperature extremes are amongst the most dangerous consequences of climate change. This study shows the (modelled) impact of warming on day-to-day temperature swings. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Extreme day-to-day temperature swings are becoming more frequent and intense due to Global warming, impacting human health, ecosystems, and resilience. By 2100, these changes could increase by 17%, affecting 80% of the global population. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Starting the week well with a new paper! 🧑‍🔬 Here we show remarkable evidence of rudist bivalves in the hot, Late Cretaceous (75 Ma) tropics mineralizing their shells at temperatures of over 40 degrees C, hotter than any mollusc living today. cp.copernicus.org/articles/21/...

There is a long list of reasons why one might want a non-animal-based protein-rich foodstuff. Getting something that could also be grown compactly (maybe on a spaceship or a submarine) is a bit more challenging, but these gene-edited mushrooms might fit the bill. 🧪 Link: www.cell.com/trends/biote...

After a long and tense period of negotiations and protests, we have finally got some news this week, and it is overall positive: It seems we will after all keep our bachelor's and master's degrees and our department will remain. What reorganizations will be done remains unclear vu.nl/en/news/2025...

Gigantic brachiopods may have been (partly) photosymbiotic and are untapped archives of climate change in deep geological time: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Nice contribution in @science.org Advances on the importance of reef ecosystems for biodiversity. Reefs were persistent hotspots of biodiversity throughout most of the Phanerozoic (last ~550 million years), it seems! doi.org/10.1126/scia...

I'm guiding the review process of this interesting @Biogeosciences manuscript about trace element incorporation into fish otoliths. Feel free to check out the preprint and contribute to the open review discussion if you're interested! egusphere.copernicus.org/preprints/20...

Biomineralization is so cool! www.science.org/content/arti...

⏰New paper⏰ Proud to be part of this work led by Alex Quizon & Sierra Petersen where we show that most snails (we tested) precipitate their shells in isotopic equilibrium with seawater, enabling climate reconstructions like the one published earlier this week. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Alkenone-based #temperature #reconstructions from marine sediments based on #spectral #imaging seems to be a very promising technique for high-resolution climate reconstructions. Looking forward to seeing this develop further! egusphere.copernicus.org/preprints/20...

⏰New paper⏰ Very excited to share our more recent paper published today in @nature.com Communications, where we show based on #clumped #isotope measurements in a giant sea #snail 🐚 that Europe experienced a monsoon-like climate during the #Eocene high-CO2 period. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Very cool, and just in time to make it into my lecture on Ocean Acidification! 😀 www.science.org/content/arti...

Clumped isotope evidence for coupled changes in sea surface temperature in the Bay of Bengal with rainfall patterns over eastern India. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Quite innovative to use paleontological records to reconstruct tectonic plate movements in the past! @egubg.bsky.social bg.copernicus.org/articles/22/...

Do you have exciting research to share on the interface between #climate reconstructions and #paleontology? Please consider submitting an abstract for upcoming year's #EGU2026. We have a very nice session lined up:

Modern global mean sea-level rise rate since 1900 has exceeded any century over at least the past four millennia www.nature.com/articles/s41...

I love these types of detailed studies into the chemistry of biomineralization. I think we paleoclimatologists all need regular reminders that carbonate skeletons are biominerals and that their non-carbonate compounds are (chemically) important! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Dinosaurs were abundant and diverse right up to the astroid impact. This study highlights the important of dating in geological and paleontological studies www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

This very neat study into stalagmite shapes provides insight into isotope fractionation due to changes in growth rate doi.org/10.1073/pnas...

Such a cool study gaining seasonal temperature variability from detailed chemical measurements in single-celled (!) foraminifera building carbonate shells. We tried doing this back @amgc-vub.bsky.social some years ago but could not pull it off. Impressive work! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

It was (and still is) an absolute pleasure to work with the brilliant Ana Lores Padin (UGent) to develop and calibrate this very cool "time of flight" laser ablation-application which allows us to map the chemistry of shell cross sections, such as the oyster shell below: pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...

I'm extremely proud to have made a contribution to this important study showing, with dual clumped isotope analysis, that molluscs (clams and snails) build their shell in equilibrium with seawater, brilliantly led by Vanessa Schlidt (Uni Frankfurt) www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Wow! I wonder how much more we can learn about our collective human journey in this wildly interesting part of the world. doi.org/10.1038/s415...

Such a sad story, but good that it can be told in full in museums now. doi.org/10.1126/scie...

Clam shells as indicators of Atlantic Ocean stability: Very interesting study using growth increment width and isotopic composition in long-living shells to document changes in the AMOC and North Atlantic circulation over the last 150 years. doi.org/10.1126/scia...

Loved this article with tips on how to stay up to date on the scientific literature. I, myself, am still an avid user of e-mail alerts (first option discussed), which is how I found this one ;) www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Yes, this! We need more affordable and denser railway networks! The true costs of building these (when taking into account all the benefits, not just direct ones) easily make it worth the investment. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Very nice high-resolution #paleoclimate reconstruction study showing climate impact on ancient Mayan civilization. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Mammoths in Mexico! How did I not hear about this amazing locality before? www.science.org/content/arti...

Amazing study showing how Earth's oceans and atmosphere become (more) oxygenated over a timespan of 2 billion years by analyzing ancient sulphur isotope ratios in sediments! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Lovely new paper in @egubg.bsky.social on the use of tree rings in the southern hemisphere as proxy records for Southern Ocean upwelling: bg.copernicus.org/articles/22/...

Proud to be on this publication in GCA by Barbora Krizova et al. We show #clumped #isotope reordering in #Cretaceous rudist bivalves is location-specific. Understanding burial history is essential for selecting shell material for #paleoclimate #reconstructions. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Very cool study documenting global #sealevel fluctuations over the past ~550 million years based on #ice sheet #models, #astronomical forcing and #geological evidence doi.org/10.1016/j.ep...

Working from home is great in moderation. Doing so as we speak and it does wonders for your productivity if you can be efficient with "time blocking". www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Cool study dating the onset of widespread use of #fire by human cultures in east Asia www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

“Our narratives about past diets focus really heavily on stories about hunting and meat-eating. It’s nice to get more and more archaeological data to push back against the ‘man the hunter’ narrative.” www.science.org/content/arti...

Our funding organization in the Netherlands #NWO uses Distributed Peer Review for one of its smaller schemes and I am enthusiastic! It is quite motivating to be part of the review process and the use of two proposal groups means you don't judge direct competitors. www.science.org/content/arti...

Please check out this exciting innovative contribution @egubg.bsky.social by Alexander Pohle and co-authors using the #chemical composition of the rostra (internal skeletons) of #belemnites to reconstruct taxonomic relationships and #evolution. bg.copernicus.org/articles/22/...

Pretty neat study by Ram and Erez using culturing experiments to show linear growth rate dependences of #trace #element partitioning into #coral skeletons with interesting recommendations for applications of trace element #proxies www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Check out our nice new #preprint @egubg.bsky.social about using #trace #element records through #gomphothere and #elephant teeth to reconstruct dietary patterns and identify geophagy (eating of soil) behavior in the geological past. egusphere.copernicus.org/preprints/20...

The #clumped #isotope paleo temperature proxy is one of the most reliable means of temperature reconstruction in #geology. This new study shows that it can be applied equally on various carbonate minerals (calcite, aragonite, dolomite, witherite and siderite). www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...