#Foraminifera resembling #metal #albumcover #artwork (resurrecting a from the birdsite).

A classic to begin with - Orbulina universa as #MorbidAngel’s Altars of Darkness

On January 11th I had my PhD defence on ‘Clumped isotope thermometry in deep time palaeoceanography’ in the senate hall of @UtrechtUniversiteit!
The thesis will be available in half a year https://doi.org/10.33540/1425 so that I can try to wrap up some papers, but if you're interested just send me a PM or email and I'll gladly send it to you! I have a few paper copies of the book available, but I can easily send the PDF!
#PhD #PhDlife #PhDone #clumpedisotopes #palaeoclimate #paleoclimate #foraminifera

Happy birthday Esther Applin (middle)

—in 1921 Esther suggested that #microfossils could be used in stratigraphy, but was ridiculed: “Gentlemen, here is this chit of a girl... telling us that we can use #Foraminifera to determine the age of formation. You know that it can’t be done”

Oh yes it can! On top of being used to date crucial events in our planet's history, #Forams have revolutionized our understanding of past climates, & has created thousands of jobs globally! #WomenInSTEM

My #firstpost on #Mastodon:

I am an Earth/climate scientist at the University of Arizona in #Tucson (southwestern US) focusing on the areas of #climate change, #paleoclimates, and #paleoceanography, with an emphasis on #ENSO, #monsoons, & #variability.

Our group uses #inorganic #geochemistry incl. measurements of #stableisotopes & #tracemetals in #carbonate rocks & #fossils (e.g., #foraminifera, #mollusks, & #speleothems) alongside climate #observations as well as #simulations to advance understanding of how the Earth's #climate & #oceans have changed in the past and can change in the future.

Some of my hobbies include:

#music: I am a fan of #metal and heavy music of all sorts, but tend to migrate towards #black, #death, #doom, #drone, #sludge, & #thrash. I also have a soft spot for #carnatic/#hindustani #ragas, #darkambient, oldschool-ish #hiphop, #triphop, and various forms of #electronicmusic.

#birds & #birding #photography bring me joy. Right now, I feel v lucky to be briefly back in my hometown of #Bengaluru, southern India, after three long years being able to see #oldworld birds I grew up with.

#GTD, #mindfulness, #organization, and (vs?) #producivity are things that I enjoy thinking about. Of late, I've been using #Things3, #Streaks, #Hobonichi w a #Lamy Safari, #Obsidian, #Overleaf, & #Bookends to get things done.

Thanks for reading!

My first post on Mastodon for #ForamFriday! Eggerelloides scaber (Williamson, 1858) - a dominant #agglutinated #foraminifera in the inner basin of Loch Sunart. x85 for both images. Images show microspheric and megalospheric growth.