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Dr. Thomas Felis
@thomasfelis.bsky.social
Coral archives | Past, present & future climate & environmental change | Paleoclimatologist/paleoceanographer at MARUM/University of Bremen | Coordinator DFG SPP 2299

www.marum.de/en/Coral-Paleoclimatology
www.spp2299.tropicalclimatecorals.de
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Check out our latest work, led by Jon Jung, Ph.D. student in the @amglab.bsky.social at @mpic.de:

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Here we show that the supply of excess phosphorous from accounts for the majority of observed Sargassum variability since 2011.

🌊 🧪 #Paleosky #CoralReefs
Equatorial upwelling of phosphorus drives Atlantic N2 fixation and Sargassum blooms - Nature Geoscience
High near-surface nitrogen-fixation rates that promoted the recent growth of the Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt were tied to greater upwelling of phosphorus from the equatorial Atlantic, according to c...
www.nature.com
November 6, 2025 at 1:10 PM
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The driver of Sargassum blooms in the Atlantic Ocean:
Upwelling of phosphorus-rich deep water promotes an N-fixing symbiont of the Sargassum algae giving it a competitive advantage.

👉https://tinyurl.com/br5drzux

#SargassumBlooms #ClimateResearch #MarineScience #MPIChemie #EnvironmentalScience 🌎
The driver of Sargassum blooms in the Atlantic Ocean
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November 7, 2025 at 9:35 AM
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Excited to share our work using #aDNA to reconstruct #Symbiodiniaceae dynamics from #coral cores. Led by José Grillo, @jessireichert.bsky.social, @nessatir.bsky.social part of #TaraPacific expedition & supported by #SPP2299 @climatereefs.bsky.social

doi.org/10.1111/gcb....
November 7, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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Thanks to everyone who joined our Meeting & Status Seminar 2025 - It was such a mix of minds and experiences. It was not just about presentations - It was about connecting ideas, perspectives, and people. Events like this remind us why we do research: To explore, to question, and to grow - Together
October 10, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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Next talk by Mandy Freund @climatefreund.bsky.social about "ENSO during the past millennium"
October 8, 2025 at 9:09 AM
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Next talk by Iliana Baums @ibaums.bsky.social on "Reconstructing historical population dynamics of corals"
@hifmb.de
@marumunibremen.bsky.social
October 8, 2025 at 8:17 AM
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Ben Henley @benhenley.bsky.social kicking off the 3rd day of the #SPP2299 "Meeting & Status Seminar 2025" with a keynote on "Heighest ocean heat in four centuries places Great Barrier Reef in danger"
@marumunibremen.bsky.social
@dfg.de
October 8, 2025 at 7:26 AM
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Last keynote for today by Sara Sanchez on "Data assimilation with coral d18O"
October 7, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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Ed Hathorne @edhathorne.bsky.social advertising the new coral reference material "Ishi-B SPP2299"
Find out more at www.spp2299.tropicalclimatecorals.de/ishi-b-spp22...
October 7, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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First keynote of today by Caroline Ummenhofer on "Indo-Pacific climate variability of the last millennium"
October 7, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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The afternoon session is starting with an Invited Early Career Researcher Talk by Xuefei Chen from Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry on "Paleoclimate and biological responses from South China Sea corals"
October 7, 2025 at 11:43 AM
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Chris Voolstra @reefgenomics.bsky.social kicking off the 2nd day of the #SPP2299 "Meeting & Status Seminar 2025" with a Perspective Lecture on "The future of reefs and reefs of the future"
October 7, 2025 at 7:25 AM
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Second keynote of today by Alyssa Atwood on "An updated last millennium ENSO reconstruction from the central equatorial Pacific"
October 6, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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First Keynote at #SPP2299 "Meeting and Status Seminar 2025" by Andrea Grottoli @andreagrottoli.bsky.social on "Leveraging coral biology, technology, and research networks to save coral reefs" in Bremen

@marumunibremen.bsky.social
October 6, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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Next to presentations from 18 #SPP2299 projects, we have an impressive line-up of keynote speakers, including Andrea Grottoli, Alyssa Atwood, Caroline Ummenhofer, Sara Sanchez, Ben Henley, Christian Voolstra, as well as other excellent talks from our invited guests incl. Xuefei Chen and Mandy Freund
October 5, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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We are excited about the "Meeting & Status Seminar 2025" of the @dfg.de #SPP2299 Priority Programme "Tropical Climate Variability & Coral Reefs", which starts Monday at @unibremen.bsky.social. 55 researchers, from 15 German institutions and international guests, will discuss latest research results
October 5, 2025 at 10:39 AM
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PAPER ALERT - New #SPP2299 publication by Andrew Dolman: Temperature Variability on Coral Reefs Versus Gridded SST – The Long and the Short of It - Dolman - 2025 - Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems - Wiley Online Library agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...
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September 19, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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Check out our new blog on our website: Why Early Career Researcher Mobility Matters: Reflections from SPP 2299 www.spp2299.tropicalclimatecorals.de/2025/08/20/w...
written by @jannhargreaves.bsky.social. The focus is on young scientists gaining knowledge about crucial steps for their future careers
September 6, 2025 at 8:35 AM
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Need to calibrate your δ18Osw-based proxies, but can't find the right data? We've got you, FAIR! Check out our new @pages-ipo.bsky.social seawater δ18O database preprint at ESSD! (With Alyssa Atwood, @thomasfelis.bsky.social, @kimcobb.bsky.social, and more!) 🌊🧪

essd.copernicus.org/preprints/es...
https://essd.copernicus.org/preprints/essd-2025-467/🌊🧪
September 5, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Thomas Westerhold of @marumunibremen.bsky.social giving the last keynote at #ICP15 in Bangalore (India) right now
September 5, 2025 at 8:40 AM
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#SPP2299 members @eleniwater.bsky.social & @edhathorne.bsky.social gave exciting plenary talks at #ICP15 in Bengaluru (India), reflecting the diverse expertise in our program. Coordinator @thomasfelis.bsky.social presented the poster "Connecting Science & Society" to the paleoceanographic community
September 4, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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This week, I am grateful to be at the International Conference on Paleoceanography #ICP15. Great start this morning with a tour of #Boron isotopes & #Cenozoic CO₂ reconstructions from @eleniwater.bsky.social & @chalkyoceans.bsky.social. Nice to see all the paleoceanographers in #Bengaluru!
September 1, 2025 at 5:03 AM
If the pub shows a livestream of the inside of a volcanic crater and the road signs look like this, then I must be in Hilo, Hawaii
August 2, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Jody Webster & Christina Ravelo kicking off the IODP Exp. 389 2nd post-cruise meeting at Hilo, Hawai'i right now

@ecord.bsky.social
July 31, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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SPP 2299 members @thomasfelis.bsky.social @reefgenomics.bsky.social and Christian Wild contributed to a recent article lead by Andrea Grottoli on the "Future of coral bleaching research" url: academic.oup.com/bioscience/a...
Future of coral bleaching research
Abstract. Coral bleaching is the largest global threat to coral reef ecosystem persistence this century. Advancing our understanding of coral bleaching and
academic.oup.com
July 6, 2025 at 1:12 PM