Benjamin Mills
@bjwmills.bsky.social
Professor of Earth System Evolution // University of Leeds
Chair of Earth System Science Group of the Geological Society of London.
Research group: https://earthevolutionmodelling.com
Life and Planet Conference: https://lifeandplanet.com
Chair of Earth System Science Group of the Geological Society of London.
Research group: https://earthevolutionmodelling.com
Life and Planet Conference: https://lifeandplanet.com
Really interesting mechanism here I think: thousand-year orbital cycle modulation can drive million-year pulses in nutrients, oxygen and (we hypothesize) biodiversity during early animal evolution
OA paper out today:
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...
OA paper out today:
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...
October 22, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Really interesting mechanism here I think: thousand-year orbital cycle modulation can drive million-year pulses in nutrients, oxygen and (we hypothesize) biodiversity during early animal evolution
OA paper out today:
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...
OA paper out today:
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...
Googled the title of our new paper out today and the FIRST HIT was an AI sludge article that was completely incorrect
A: no we didn't analyse phosphorus isotope ratios in rocks
B: NOBODY analyses these
C: because phosphorus only has ONE stable isotope
Dead internet here we go
A: no we didn't analyse phosphorus isotope ratios in rocks
B: NOBODY analyses these
C: because phosphorus only has ONE stable isotope
Dead internet here we go
October 16, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Googled the title of our new paper out today and the FIRST HIT was an AI sludge article that was completely incorrect
A: no we didn't analyse phosphorus isotope ratios in rocks
B: NOBODY analyses these
C: because phosphorus only has ONE stable isotope
Dead internet here we go
A: no we didn't analyse phosphorus isotope ratios in rocks
B: NOBODY analyses these
C: because phosphorus only has ONE stable isotope
Dead internet here we go
Public talk this eve at the wonderful Seven Arts bar! I am reliably informed there will also be jazz!
www.sevenleeds.co.uk/events/
www.sevenleeds.co.uk/events/
September 17, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Public talk this eve at the wonderful Seven Arts bar! I am reliably informed there will also be jazz!
www.sevenleeds.co.uk/events/
www.sevenleeds.co.uk/events/
Hi Goldschmidt! Catch my Berner Lecture at 2.30 today!
July 8, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Hi Goldschmidt! Catch my Berner Lecture at 2.30 today!
Check out this cool map of sea level variability due to glaciation over geological time. Awesome to be involved in this work led by Douwe van der Meer
open access paper here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
open access paper here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
July 3, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Check out this cool map of sea level variability due to glaciation over geological time. Awesome to be involved in this work led by Douwe van der Meer
open access paper here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
open access paper here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Great to see this finally out today! We show that the collapse of tropical vegetation during the Permo-Triassic extinction is a key driver of the long-term super-greenhouse climate that followed it.
Read more at www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Read more at www.nature.com/articles/s41...
July 2, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Great to see this finally out today! We show that the collapse of tropical vegetation during the Permo-Triassic extinction is a key driver of the long-term super-greenhouse climate that followed it.
Read more at www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Read more at www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Talking about the deep past and deep future of the Earth today at @sotonoceanearth.bsky.social / @noc.ac.uk Seminar at 3pm!
June 11, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Talking about the deep past and deep future of the Earth today at @sotonoceanearth.bsky.social / @noc.ac.uk Seminar at 3pm!
Did flood basalt weathering draw down significant amounts of CO2 in the Mesozoic? We think not so much:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
May 24, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Did flood basalt weathering draw down significant amounts of CO2 in the Mesozoic? We think not so much:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Registration is open for Life and Planet 2025 on July 14-16!
lifeandplanet.com
£60 (student/GSL fellow)
£80 standard
Hope to see you there!
lifeandplanet.com
£60 (student/GSL fellow)
£80 standard
Hope to see you there!
May 15, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Registration is open for Life and Planet 2025 on July 14-16!
lifeandplanet.com
£60 (student/GSL fellow)
£80 standard
Hope to see you there!
lifeandplanet.com
£60 (student/GSL fellow)
£80 standard
Hope to see you there!
The best part about running a conference is knowing that everyone else also leaves their submissions to the last minute!
PS: Life and Planet 2025 abstract submissions are extended for another week, so if you missed it you are not too late!
lifeandplanet.com
PS: Life and Planet 2025 abstract submissions are extended for another week, so if you missed it you are not too late!
lifeandplanet.com
April 10, 2025 at 11:15 PM
The best part about running a conference is knowing that everyone else also leaves their submissions to the last minute!
PS: Life and Planet 2025 abstract submissions are extended for another week, so if you missed it you are not too late!
lifeandplanet.com
PS: Life and Planet 2025 abstract submissions are extended for another week, so if you missed it you are not too late!
lifeandplanet.com
Excited for Life and Planet 2025 in London this July - please don't forget to submit your (free) abstracts!
lifeandplanet.com
lifeandplanet.com
April 4, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Excited for Life and Planet 2025 in London this July - please don't forget to submit your (free) abstracts!
lifeandplanet.com
lifeandplanet.com
FYI if you are using language models for research:
Here's Chat 4.5 making a series of totally incorrect - but plausible to a nonspecialist - claims about our work:
Here's Chat 4.5 making a series of totally incorrect - but plausible to a nonspecialist - claims about our work:
March 25, 2025 at 11:54 PM
FYI if you are using language models for research:
Here's Chat 4.5 making a series of totally incorrect - but plausible to a nonspecialist - claims about our work:
Here's Chat 4.5 making a series of totally incorrect - but plausible to a nonspecialist - claims about our work:
The SCION Earth Evolution Model is turning 4 years old this spring. We have celebrated by extending the framework back to ~1 Ga before present
We find some agreement with broad environmental trends from the rock record, but there is still plenty to learn!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
We find some agreement with broad environmental trends from the rock record, but there is still plenty to learn!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
March 19, 2025 at 10:28 AM
The SCION Earth Evolution Model is turning 4 years old this spring. We have celebrated by extending the framework back to ~1 Ga before present
We find some agreement with broad environmental trends from the rock record, but there is still plenty to learn!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
We find some agreement with broad environmental trends from the rock record, but there is still plenty to learn!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Giving the Astrobiology and Planetary Habitability (APEX) seminar at UCL room G22 at 1pm today! All about oxygen!
February 28, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Giving the Astrobiology and Planetary Habitability (APEX) seminar at UCL room G22 at 1pm today! All about oxygen!
Over its multimillion-year history, multiple planetary cooling mechanisms working together were required to push Earth into 'icehouse' conditions and to form ice caps.
See our new paper on this here: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
See our new paper on this here: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
February 17, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Over its multimillion-year history, multiple planetary cooling mechanisms working together were required to push Earth into 'icehouse' conditions and to form ice caps.
See our new paper on this here: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
See our new paper on this here: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Excited to be speaking about marine deoxygenation in the past and future at EGU 2025. Please consider also submitting to the session!
January 9, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Excited to be speaking about marine deoxygenation in the past and future at EGU 2025. Please consider also submitting to the session!
Come and join us for a PhD in Leeds!
Four projects involving me listed here:
earthevolutionmodelling.com/join/
Many others with awesome colleagues here:
yes-dtn.ac.uk
Application deadline 8th Jan
Four projects involving me listed here:
earthevolutionmodelling.com/join/
Many others with awesome colleagues here:
yes-dtn.ac.uk
Application deadline 8th Jan
December 6, 2024 at 11:08 PM
Come and join us for a PhD in Leeds!
Four projects involving me listed here:
earthevolutionmodelling.com/join/
Many others with awesome colleagues here:
yes-dtn.ac.uk
Application deadline 8th Jan
Four projects involving me listed here:
earthevolutionmodelling.com/join/
Many others with awesome colleagues here:
yes-dtn.ac.uk
Application deadline 8th Jan
Co-evolution of life and planets at EGU 2025! See you there!
meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU25/sessio...
meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU25/sessio...
December 4, 2024 at 3:56 PM
Co-evolution of life and planets at EGU 2025! See you there!
meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU25/sessio...
meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU25/sessio...
Early bird registration for Geobiology 2025 is open for another month!
2025 is looking like a great year for meetings
cms.eas.ualberta.ca/geobiology20...
2025 is looking like a great year for meetings
cms.eas.ualberta.ca/geobiology20...
November 29, 2024 at 10:50 AM
Early bird registration for Geobiology 2025 is open for another month!
2025 is looking like a great year for meetings
cms.eas.ualberta.ca/geobiology20...
2025 is looking like a great year for meetings
cms.eas.ualberta.ca/geobiology20...
Thanks to Mingyu Zhao for leading this detailed review of the deep time phosphorus cycle!
Journal link below or see my bio/website with free versions
go.nature.com/3YRJ965
Journal link below or see my bio/website with free versions
go.nature.com/3YRJ965
November 22, 2024 at 9:39 PM
Thanks to Mingyu Zhao for leading this detailed review of the deep time phosphorus cycle!
Journal link below or see my bio/website with free versions
go.nature.com/3YRJ965
Journal link below or see my bio/website with free versions
go.nature.com/3YRJ965
Hi ETH! See you for the GFD seminar at 12pm! I'll talk about Earth Evolution Models and our planet's environment in the deep past, the deep future and what this means for finding other habitable worlds
November 20, 2024 at 9:27 AM
Hi ETH! See you for the GFD seminar at 12pm! I'll talk about Earth Evolution Models and our planet's environment in the deep past, the deep future and what this means for finding other habitable worlds
Arrived. Honestly better than flying. I am about 3 hours later than i would have been on a plane, but i have done basically a full day of work in peace and quiet.
November 19, 2024 at 10:34 PM
Arrived. Honestly better than flying. I am about 3 hours later than i would have been on a plane, but i have done basically a full day of work in peace and quiet.
Paris-Zurich:
Comfort: 9/10:
Working environment: 9/10
Wifi: 5/10
Comfort: 9/10:
Working environment: 9/10
Wifi: 5/10
November 19, 2024 at 5:58 PM
Paris-Zurich:
Comfort: 9/10:
Working environment: 9/10
Wifi: 5/10
Comfort: 9/10:
Working environment: 9/10
Wifi: 5/10
This is not enough Gs
November 19, 2024 at 2:17 PM
This is not enough Gs
London-Paris
Comfort: 7/10:
Working environment: 7/10
Wifi: 2/10
Comfort: 7/10:
Working environment: 7/10
Wifi: 2/10
November 19, 2024 at 2:07 PM
London-Paris
Comfort: 7/10:
Working environment: 7/10
Wifi: 2/10
Comfort: 7/10:
Working environment: 7/10
Wifi: 2/10