Adriane R Lam
@adrianerlam.bsky.social
Paleontologist & Paleoceanographer
Assistant Prof @ Binghamton University
Co-President of Time Scavengers, Inc.
Lover of tiny fossils, big currents, fuzzy house dwelling mammals, gardening, wine
Assistant Prof @ Binghamton University
Co-President of Time Scavengers, Inc.
Lover of tiny fossils, big currents, fuzzy house dwelling mammals, gardening, wine
📣My department is hiring a hydrogeologist!📣 Note the priority application deadline of Nov. 15. Find me at #GSA2025 or email me if you have questions. We’re excited to find our next new colleague! Please share!
October 17, 2025 at 10:21 PM
📣My department is hiring a hydrogeologist!📣 Note the priority application deadline of Nov. 15. Find me at #GSA2025 or email me if you have questions. We’re excited to find our next new colleague! Please share!
In the Lord's Year 2025 we're still doing this!?!?! C'mon EPSL. What happened to FAIR publishing principles....
September 26, 2025 at 12:17 PM
In the Lord's Year 2025 we're still doing this!?!?! C'mon EPSL. What happened to FAIR publishing principles....
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Day88 of photoshopping @lastweektonight.com's John Oliver with fossils in the hopes that he saves the Paleontological Research Institution -
in critical need of donations
Fossil is Paranthropus boisei, comedian is H. sapiens. Reconstruction by PRI artist John Gurche #fossilFriday #savePRI ⚒️
in critical need of donations
Fossil is Paranthropus boisei, comedian is H. sapiens. Reconstruction by PRI artist John Gurche #fossilFriday #savePRI ⚒️
July 25, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Day88 of photoshopping @lastweektonight.com's John Oliver with fossils in the hopes that he saves the Paleontological Research Institution -
in critical need of donations
Fossil is Paranthropus boisei, comedian is H. sapiens. Reconstruction by PRI artist John Gurche #fossilFriday #savePRI ⚒️
in critical need of donations
Fossil is Paranthropus boisei, comedian is H. sapiens. Reconstruction by PRI artist John Gurche #fossilFriday #savePRI ⚒️
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🌊 “We may be witnessing a fundamental reorganisation of life around Antarctica. Tiny algae at the base of the Antarctic food web are changing in ways that could ... alter how the ocean helps regulate our climate.” — Dr Alex Hayward
▶️ aappartnership.org.au/shifting-fou...
▶️ aappartnership.org.au/shifting-fou...
Shifting foundations of the Antarctic food web - AAPP
“We may be witnessing a fundamental reorganisation of life around Antarctica": study tracks change in polar phytoplankton
aappartnership.org.au
July 25, 2025 at 9:37 AM
🌊 “We may be witnessing a fundamental reorganisation of life around Antarctica. Tiny algae at the base of the Antarctic food web are changing in ways that could ... alter how the ocean helps regulate our climate.” — Dr Alex Hayward
▶️ aappartnership.org.au/shifting-fou...
▶️ aappartnership.org.au/shifting-fou...
‘Don’t burn bridges’ they tell you. Listen here: a bridge provides access. ANYONE who treats you poorly does not deserve access to you. Protect your peace and respect yourself; burn the bridge 🔥
July 18, 2025 at 9:36 PM
‘Don’t burn bridges’ they tell you. Listen here: a bridge provides access. ANYONE who treats you poorly does not deserve access to you. Protect your peace and respect yourself; burn the bridge 🔥
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**Rapid Response Bridge Funding Program** -- $25,000 grants earmarked for early-career researchers whose NSF-funded research on STEM and education has just been terminated.
www.spencer.org/grant_types/...
hub.jhu.edu/2025/04/28/j...
Thanks @lizneeley.bsky.social !
www.spencer.org/grant_types/...
hub.jhu.edu/2025/04/28/j...
Thanks @lizneeley.bsky.social !
Rapid Response Bridge Funding Program
In the face of recent abrupt shifts in federal funding for education research, including large-scale terminations of National Science Foundation (NSF) research grant awards, we have developed a rap...
www.spencer.org
May 3, 2025 at 3:22 PM
**Rapid Response Bridge Funding Program** -- $25,000 grants earmarked for early-career researchers whose NSF-funded research on STEM and education has just been terminated.
www.spencer.org/grant_types/...
hub.jhu.edu/2025/04/28/j...
Thanks @lizneeley.bsky.social !
www.spencer.org/grant_types/...
hub.jhu.edu/2025/04/28/j...
Thanks @lizneeley.bsky.social !
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What it looks like walking out the door in remote northern Alaska…
May 3, 2025 at 1:39 PM
What it looks like walking out the door in remote northern Alaska…
The deadline (April 30th) is approaching for the Association of Women Geoscientists Undergrad Excellence in Paleo and Winifred Goldring Awards! Please share wide and far! Both awards are open to applicants (undergrad, MS, PhD) across the globe 🌍🌎🌏 Info & to apply: www.awg.org/page/Scholar...
Scholarships and Awards
The AWG Professional Excellence Awards go to women who, throughout their careers, have made significant and distinguished contributions in the following three areas: government/regulatory; industry/consulting; and academia/research. Nominations are due June 15th of each year.
www.awg.org
April 23, 2025 at 5:27 PM
The deadline (April 30th) is approaching for the Association of Women Geoscientists Undergrad Excellence in Paleo and Winifred Goldring Awards! Please share wide and far! Both awards are open to applicants (undergrad, MS, PhD) across the globe 🌍🌎🌏 Info & to apply: www.awg.org/page/Scholar...
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Our new research shows that forest recovery from tree mortality has slowed in recent decades. This reduction is primarily associated with rising temperatures and increased water scarcity. Recovery of forest canopy water content lags behind that of vegetation greenness
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Satellite-based evidence of recent decline in global forest recovery rate from tree mortality events - Nature Plants
Satellite data show declining global forest recovery from tree mortality since the 1990s, driven by warming and water scarcity. Canopy water recovers slower than greenness, stressing the need for a mu...
www.nature.com
April 20, 2025 at 4:09 AM
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Anyone have funding ideas for getting a Canadian graduate student to an American university? The NSERC CGS D grant isn't a possibility, and I'm already planning to submit an NSF for potential graduate funds.
April 18, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Anyone have funding ideas for getting a Canadian graduate student to an American university? The NSERC CGS D grant isn't a possibility, and I'm already planning to submit an NSF for potential graduate funds.
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Very proud to announce that our new paper is out in Nature Communications! rdcu.be/ehvip
Special thank you to my coauthors: @triptychphrases.bsky.social @hl-ford.bsky.social @erinmcclimate.bsky.social Paul Valdes and Alex Farnsworth
Special thank you to my coauthors: @triptychphrases.bsky.social @hl-ford.bsky.social @erinmcclimate.bsky.social Paul Valdes and Alex Farnsworth
Southern Hemisphere subtropical front impacts on Southern African hydroclimate across the Mid-Pleistocene Transition
Nature Communications - Leaf wax isotopes and climate modeling show that Southern African rainfall and vegetation zones shifted in response to a stronger Meridional Temperature Gradient during the...
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April 16, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Very proud to announce that our new paper is out in Nature Communications! rdcu.be/ehvip
Special thank you to my coauthors: @triptychphrases.bsky.social @hl-ford.bsky.social @erinmcclimate.bsky.social Paul Valdes and Alex Farnsworth
Special thank you to my coauthors: @triptychphrases.bsky.social @hl-ford.bsky.social @erinmcclimate.bsky.social Paul Valdes and Alex Farnsworth
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Earth’s atmosphere is getting thirstier. New research from @agrohydrology.bsky.social & Mike Hobbins explores how this thirst is affecting crops.
eos.org/research-spo...
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“Thirstwaves” Are Growing More Common Across the United States - Eos
Like heat waves, these periods of high atmospheric demand for water can damage crops and ecosystems and increase pressure on water resources. New research shows they’re becoming more severe.
eos.org
April 8, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Earth’s atmosphere is getting thirstier. New research from @agrohydrology.bsky.social & Mike Hobbins explores how this thirst is affecting crops.
eos.org/research-spo...
eos.org/research-spo...
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Aspiring entomologist Leah Rosenheim loves insects. 🦗🐜🪳 She began researching praying mantises in high school -- and just had her results published in the journal "Ecology and Evolution." Read more: tinyurl.com/yc784eyr
A love for insects inspired an undergrad’s research — which was just published - Binghamton News
Leah Rosenheim explores color changes in praying mantises
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April 4, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Aspiring entomologist Leah Rosenheim loves insects. 🦗🐜🪳 She began researching praying mantises in high school -- and just had her results published in the journal "Ecology and Evolution." Read more: tinyurl.com/yc784eyr
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An internal memo this week directed the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to cancel existing grants and stop disbursing promised funding under the Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities program, which helped communities prepare for hazards and disasters.
eos.org/research-and...
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FEMA to Dismantle Popular Disaster Preparedness Program - Eos
The Trump administration has announced plans to dismantle a program responsible for funding billions of dollars’ worth of projects meant to help communities prepare for disasters such as flooding, hur...
eos.org
April 4, 2025 at 4:40 PM
An internal memo this week directed the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to cancel existing grants and stop disbursing promised funding under the Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities program, which helped communities prepare for hazards and disasters.
eos.org/research-and...
eos.org/research-and...
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Welcome our newest addition to the fleet! ⛴️
We're excited to announce the arrival of our new flagship vessel, R/V David Packard, at our headquarters in Moss Landing, California. This state-of-the-art ship will expand our capacity for ocean exploration.
Learn more: www.mbari.org/news/mbari-e...
We're excited to announce the arrival of our new flagship vessel, R/V David Packard, at our headquarters in Moss Landing, California. This state-of-the-art ship will expand our capacity for ocean exploration.
Learn more: www.mbari.org/news/mbari-e...
MBARI expands capacity for ocean research with new state-of-the-art ship • MBARI
MBARI’s marine operations team begins preparations for science missions aboard our new flagship research vessel David Packard later this year.
www.mbari.org
April 3, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Welcome our newest addition to the fleet! ⛴️
We're excited to announce the arrival of our new flagship vessel, R/V David Packard, at our headquarters in Moss Landing, California. This state-of-the-art ship will expand our capacity for ocean exploration.
Learn more: www.mbari.org/news/mbari-e...
We're excited to announce the arrival of our new flagship vessel, R/V David Packard, at our headquarters in Moss Landing, California. This state-of-the-art ship will expand our capacity for ocean exploration.
Learn more: www.mbari.org/news/mbari-e...
Check out the interview I did for the @profilesafr.bsky.social! I discuss my research mainly in the context of #ScientificOceanDrilling and conducting science at sea aboard the JOIDES Resolution. Check out this podcast for more interviews with STEM scientists!
My interview with @adrianerlam.bsky.social is now live! Find it on spotify:
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or youtube:
youtu.be/VHE_tft-a4s
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or youtube:
youtu.be/VHE_tft-a4s
S1Ep4 Interview with Adriane Lam
Profiles in American Funded Research · Episode
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April 3, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Check out the interview I did for the @profilesafr.bsky.social! I discuss my research mainly in the context of #ScientificOceanDrilling and conducting science at sea aboard the JOIDES Resolution. Check out this podcast for more interviews with STEM scientists!
My PhD student, Jeanette, wrote this fabulous blog post about her MS research using benthic foraminifera to look at ecosystem changes associate with the Deep Water Horizon oil spill speakingofgeoscience.org/2025/03/13/d...
A New Perspective on the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill: What Can Benthic Foraminifera Tell Us 14 Years After the Spill?
Contributed by Jeanette M. deCuba, GSA Graduate Student Research Grant Recipient On 20 April 2010, an explosion caused the discharge of approximately 172 to 206 million gallons of oil and gas into …
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March 13, 2025 at 6:57 PM
My PhD student, Jeanette, wrote this fabulous blog post about her MS research using benthic foraminifera to look at ecosystem changes associate with the Deep Water Horizon oil spill speakingofgeoscience.org/2025/03/13/d...
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When the edible hits and it’s also the Ordovician.
March 12, 2025 at 8:46 PM
When the edible hits and it’s also the Ordovician.
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Like morphometrics, micro-CT scanning, and morphological evolution? Then please consider applying for our 18 month postdoc position at the university of Southampton! Details here: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMF402/r...
March 12, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Like morphometrics, micro-CT scanning, and morphological evolution? Then please consider applying for our 18 month postdoc position at the university of Southampton! Details here: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMF402/r...
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Defend the liberty of a stranger as you would defend your own, or that of a loved one, because that is what's actually on the table—whether we are a society that will sit still as our neighbors are snatched in the night, and disappeared into darkness, or a society that will fight for each other.
March 10, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Defend the liberty of a stranger as you would defend your own, or that of a loved one, because that is what's actually on the table—whether we are a society that will sit still as our neighbors are snatched in the night, and disappeared into darkness, or a society that will fight for each other.
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Did you see "DEI" written into the federal grant you're reviewing, no you did not it absolutely was not there I have no idea what you're talking about.
March 10, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Did you see "DEI" written into the federal grant you're reviewing, no you did not it absolutely was not there I have no idea what you're talking about.
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Once again I am suggesting that you break some rules for practice. Get comfortable with breaking rules. When the rules are hurting other people, the right thing to do is break them. We need people who follow their moral code over the rules of their society, university, employer, and government.
March 5, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Once again I am suggesting that you break some rules for practice. Get comfortable with breaking rules. When the rules are hurting other people, the right thing to do is break them. We need people who follow their moral code over the rules of their society, university, employer, and government.
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I worry that the focus on NOAA's weather predicting value is ignoring the millions of other ways NOAA researchers enrich communities and local economies.
There are no oysters without NOAA. There are no blue crabs without NOAA. NOAA trains teachers. NOAA is the lifeblood of coastal communities.
There are no oysters without NOAA. There are no blue crabs without NOAA. NOAA trains teachers. NOAA is the lifeblood of coastal communities.
March 1, 2025 at 7:15 PM
I worry that the focus on NOAA's weather predicting value is ignoring the millions of other ways NOAA researchers enrich communities and local economies.
There are no oysters without NOAA. There are no blue crabs without NOAA. NOAA trains teachers. NOAA is the lifeblood of coastal communities.
There are no oysters without NOAA. There are no blue crabs without NOAA. NOAA trains teachers. NOAA is the lifeblood of coastal communities.
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"If you ever wanted to conduct a social experiment to see 25 scientists slowly revert to childlike behavior over a 2-month period, the JR would be a great laboratory."
A great valedictory for JOIDES from @greco-glacial.bsky.social, @adrianerlam.bsky.social, & Gryphen Goss.
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A great valedictory for JOIDES from @greco-glacial.bsky.social, @adrianerlam.bsky.social, & Gryphen Goss.
eos.org/opinions/exp...
Expedition 403: Sailing the Last Expedition of the JOIDES Resolution - Eos
Early-career geoscientists share melancholy memories about hard science and intangible networks of collaboration.
eos.org
February 28, 2025 at 2:29 PM
"If you ever wanted to conduct a social experiment to see 25 scientists slowly revert to childlike behavior over a 2-month period, the JR would be a great laboratory."
A great valedictory for JOIDES from @greco-glacial.bsky.social, @adrianerlam.bsky.social, & Gryphen Goss.
eos.org/opinions/exp...
A great valedictory for JOIDES from @greco-glacial.bsky.social, @adrianerlam.bsky.social, & Gryphen Goss.
eos.org/opinions/exp...