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yzhouclimate.bsky.social
A suite of benthic δ18O stacks intended as updates to the LR04 has been published. We compiled new data, updated the chronology, and provided regional stacks. gchron.copernicus.org/articles/8/8...
Global and regional Pleistocene benthic δ18O stacks with a comparison of different age modeling strategies
Abstract. Constructing accurate age models for Pleistocene marine sediments is crucial for our understanding of glacial-interglacial cycles and other climatic processes. Benthic foraminiferal δ18O sta...
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February 5, 2026 at 4:06 PM
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nielsjdewinter.bsky.social
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/...
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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...
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January 6, 2026 at 7:45 AM
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ianhall.bsky.social
The Prudhoe Dome, currently a 500m-thick ice dome attached to the northwestern Greenland Ice Sheet, completely melted away ~ 7,000 years ago in response to Holocene warming.

www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Deglaciation of the Prudhoe Dome in northwestern Greenland in response to Holocene warming - Nature Geoscience
The ~500-metre-thick Prudhoe Dome in northwestern Greenland completely deglaciated 7,000 years ago, highlighting the sensitivity of the ice sheet to mid-Holocene warming, according to luminescence and...
www.nature.com
January 6, 2026 at 6:09 AM
carbon8.bsky.social
A "fling" of Least Sandpipers—mesmerizing how they become a collective, organized, and synchronized entity 🪶
A photo of a flock (or "fling") of >40 Least Sandpipers—a small shorebird—with many individuals (quasi-synchronized!) with outstretched wings whose silheouttes are viewable amidst the marshy mud/grass blurred background.
January 6, 2026 at 7:03 AM
carbon8.bsky.social
Here's a majestic Northern Harrier in flight, spotted in Avra Valley (southern AZ) 🪶

Fun fact: apparently Northern Harriers are moving their range into NE Russia for the first time in recorded history over the past few years (link.springer.com/article/10.1...)
A bird of prey—a Northern Harrier—in flight; with wings extended, sharp, hooked beak, and yellow eyes. The bird is brown and white (mottled) overall, has a sharp white eyebrow, and a white rump—with a sleek, aerodynamic body. A bird of prey—a Northern Harrier—in flight; with wings extended, sharp, hooked beak, and yellow eyes. The bird is brown and white (mottled) overall, has a sharp white eyebrow, and a white rump—with a sleek, aerodynamic body. In this photo, there is a backdrop of mountains and sand.
January 6, 2026 at 12:42 AM
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adlysia.bsky.social
Seaweed pressing as an art and a science: our newly reestablished herbarium collection at Scripps and the history behind it #Phycology
An art and a science: Scripps Oceanography showcases 5,000 seaweed pressings
UC San Diego’s Smith Seaweed Ecology Lab is digitizing its collection of more than 5,000 pressings and making it accessible to the public
www.sandiegouniontribune.com
December 9, 2025 at 6:36 PM
carbon8.bsky.social
Revisiting Paysage d’Hiver’s Die Festung after… too long—vast, hypnotic, immersive, solemn, and unsettling wintry atmospheres. ❄️
#DarkAmbient

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Paysage d'Hiver - Die Festung [full album] - YouTube
Die Festung is the second demo of Paysage d'Hiver, recorded in 1999.
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November 30, 2025 at 9:38 PM
carbon8.bsky.social
Led by Pete van Hengstum (Texas A&M), we have a new article out focusing on water balance ☔️ in the #Caribbean region over the past two millennia (+ implications for future changes under #climatechange), using a coastal Blue Hole in the Bahamas as a natural archive!

www.nature.com/articles/s43...
Common Era time-transgressive forcing of Caribbean water balance - Communications Earth & Environment
The balance between precipitation and evaporation in the Caribbean region during the Common Era can be estimated through analyses of sedimentary foraminiferal assemblages that record submarine groundw...
www.nature.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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coralcitycamera.bsky.social
New octopus dropped down in Coral City 👽✌️🐙 #octopus #cephalopodsofcoralcity #cephalopod #headfoot #alien #dropdown #peaceout #coral #coralhead #coralcitycamera #miami #portmiami #biscaynebay #coralcity
November 22, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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climateofgavin.bsky.social
Finally out! The outcome of a virtual workshop in Feb 2024 with modelers and observationalists to put together data and protocols to include historical changes in ice sheet/ice shelf discharge in CMIP models. Hopefully not too late for some CMIP7 runs!

gmd.copernicus.org/articles/18/...
Datasets and protocols for including anomalous freshwater from melting ice sheets in climate simulations
Abstract. Anomalous freshwater fluxes from the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets and ice shelves are impacting the surrounding oceans, and we need to be able to account for these effects in climate m...
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November 7, 2025 at 9:31 PM
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jfarmersalmanac.bsky.social
Huge paper for the Arctic Ocean published today in @science.org - a new 30,000 year history of Arctic Ocean sea-ice cover reconstructed from the accumulation of cosmic dust-derived helium-3! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... (1/n)
Cosmic dust reveals dynamic shifts in central Arctic sea-ice coverage over the past 30,000 years
Arctic sea-ice loss affects biological productivity, sustenance in coastal communities, and geopolitics. Forecasting these impacts requires mechanistic understanding of how Arctic sea ice responds to ...
www.science.org
November 7, 2025 at 1:08 AM
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paleocaves.bsky.social
Jay was on my PhD committee and taught me carbonate geochemistry, and to approach my speleothem problems with patience and depth. I’m deeply grateful for the time I got to learn from him. His influence will always remain a part of my journey. Will miss you, Jay!
carbon8.bsky.social Kau))) @carbon8.bsky.social · Oct 18
A sad piece of news: I am heartbroken to learn that Jay Quade passed away today—a profound loss for our geoscience community. Jay was an inspirational scientist, an exemplary colleague, and an extraordinary human being.

I’ll miss you, Jay! 😞
carbon8.bsky.social Kau))) @carbon8.bsky.social · May 4
V v glad to see Prof. Jay Quade—a most wonderful colleague and someone I am lucky to call my mentor—be inducted into the National Academy of Sciences.

October 18, 2025 at 1:21 AM
carbon8.bsky.social
A sad piece of news: I am heartbroken to learn that Jay Quade passed away today—a profound loss for our geoscience community. Jay was an inspirational scientist, an exemplary colleague, and an extraordinary human being.

I’ll miss you, Jay! 😞
October 18, 2025 at 12:10 AM
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oceanandclimate.bsky.social
I'm also quite happy that Yair Rosenthal (a friend and mentor) and @anya-hess.bsky.social wrote a Perspective on our work.

www.science.org/doi/epdf/10....
An illustration showing the new view of the equatorial Pacific temperature, nutrients, upwelling, and subsurface oxygen during the Pliocene epoch (5.3 to 2.6 million years ago)
October 3, 2025 at 12:04 AM
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jfarmersalmanac.bsky.social
Very excited to be a part of this epic journey with @oceanandclimate.bsky.social. Check out our #NSFfunded paper published in @science.org today & his thread below. After that, come back here for more... (1/n)
October 3, 2025 at 1:24 AM
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drkimwood.bsky.social
When a hurricane can take off, boy does it take off:
the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season story.

Watch Humberto also rapidly intensify from a lopsided tropical storm to a major hurricane.

Notable intensity changes:
- 40 to 125 kt within 48 hours
- 65 to 125 kt within 24 hours
September 27, 2025 at 2:54 PM
carbon8.bsky.social
It's amusing to me how geologists use *extremely* high-resolution datasets for topography, but then forget (?/ignore/don't know?) that equally high-resolution data exists for the atmosphere... and that unrealistic/artistic/fantastical depictions of winds are not necessary (nor scientific). /rant
A map depicting much of central and South Asia, the Indian Ocean, with very high resolution topography, with a number of cave sites depicted, and absolutely fantastic(/unrealistic) singular wind arrows purported to represent different wind regimes.
September 26, 2025 at 9:22 PM
carbon8.bsky.social
🚨New work🚨 led by Ph.D. student Dipesh Chuphal (IIT Gandhinagar), shows that the recent drying of the Ganga River basin is unprecedented in 1,300 years—more severe than historical famines. This ~multidecadal drying appears forced, but many models do not capture it. ☔️ 🌧️

www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Time series of standardized streamflow anomaly for the Ganga River from year 700 to 2020 (derived from a hydrological model and from the Monsoon Asia Drought Atlas built from tree rings). The plot shows mostly balanced wet (blue/green bars) and dry (brown bars) years until the 20th century, when the black moving-average line dips sharply after 1990. The 1991–2020 mean (blue horizontal line) is well below the range of previous 1,300 years. Orange dots mark major documented historical droughts, but the recent drying is clearly the most severe. Observed changes in precipitation and temperature between 1951 and 2020. Spatial distribution of change in (A) annual precipitation (%) and (B) annual mean temperature (°C) between 1951 and 2020 based on the Sen’s slope calculation. Grids with statistically significant trends (P <= 0.05), based on the Mann–Kendall test, are highlighted with stippling. The Inset panels in (A) and (B) represent the interannual variability in precipitation anomaly (%) and temperature (°C) averaged for the Ganga River Basin (blue boundary). The total change in average precipitation and temperature over the GRB during 1951−2020, estimated using the Sen’s slope, is statistically significant (P-value <= 0.05) based on the Mann–Kendall test.
September 22, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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sayakbasu.bsky.social
E-see you all the climate enthusiasts at our upcoming ICCP speleothem lecture series on 25th September with Dr. Stacy Carolin
Zoom link: pusan.zoom.us/j/8901635789...
September 19, 2025 at 12:35 AM
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ranjeevlikesclams.bsky.social
Happy #fossilfriday
Checkout this cool #Mississippian ? #brachiopod which I believe is #Composita encrusted by some #bryozoa #fossilsofmissouri
September 18, 2025 at 11:52 PM
carbon8.bsky.social
🌊 🔬 New in #Marine #Geology:

Ph.D. student Ammoose Jayan (CU Kerala/Fulbright @uarizona.bsky.social) shows that "pink" #foraminifera Globigerinoides ruber survived in the Indian Ocean until 8 kyr BP—and did not go extinct in the Indian Ocean at 120 ka!

🔗 doi.org/10.1016/j.margeo.2025.107656
Microscope images of Globigerinoides ruber (pink) shells from Bay of Bengal core MGS30. Panels show the same specimens in different orientations: umbilical, spiral, and ventral views. Left side: light microscope and high-resolution color images showing pink to orangish-pink shell tint. Right side: scanning electron microscope (SEM) images highlighting surface texture and chamber structure. Map of the Bay of Bengal and Arabian Sea showing sea surface salinity in winter (left panel) and summer (right panel). Core site MGS30 is marked with a star in the eastern Bay of Bengal, with additional sites U1457, U1446, MD77, and RVS2 labeled. Seasonal arrows show East India Coastal Current (EICC) and West India Coastal Current (WICC) flow directions. Color shading indicates salinity, with fresher water in blue and saltier water in yellow.
September 16, 2025 at 6:53 PM
carbon8.bsky.social
I got lucky with this stunning Indian White-Eye seen slightly outside #Bengaluru, #India!

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A photograph of an Indian White-Eye perched on a green stem of a plant—the bird has a bright yellow head with a brilliant white eye-ring, piercing brown eyes, and an angular tiny black beak. A photograph of an Indian White-Eye perched on a brown stem of a plant—the bird has a bright yellow head and back, with black feather tips, and has a brilliant white eye-ring, piercing brown eyes, and an angular tiny black beak.
September 9, 2025 at 7:52 PM
carbon8.bsky.social
Here's a magnificent (albeit somewhat clunky) male #Peafowl in flight seen close to #Bengaluru last week.

#peacock #birds

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A peacock—a brilliant blue bird with a long neck, a tiny crown of feathers above the head, white eyestripes, and scaled feathers perched on a rock. A peacock in flight—with large rufous wings spread apart, and brilliant green tail feathers tangled together in flight. A peacock in flight Fourth photo of a peacock in flight
September 8, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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ericdienstfrey.bsky.social
Crazy that you can no longer hear the original mono sound designs for A CLOCKWORK ORANGE, THE SHINING, and FULL METAL JACKET. The only versions available are the remixed 5.1 versions, which often feature different sounds.

An excerpt from Valerio Sbravatti's brilliant video essay on the subject:
September 7, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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andrejpaleo.bsky.social
Nice gift "Plate Tectonics Flip Book" from the author Ch. Scotese to our tectonist J. Lazauskienė 😀
September 8, 2025 at 11:12 AM