Highly recommended book of the day is The Rise and Reign of the Mammals by Steve Brusatte. Companion to the Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs.

#books #book #bookstoot #bookstodon #BookOfTheDay #mammals #paleontology #dinosaurs #stevebrusatte #science #mammoths #mastodon #sabretooth #megafauna #continentaldrift #Paleoclimates #theriseandreignofthemammals #theriseandfallofthedinosaurs

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!

Intro: Just working out this Mastodon thing. As a geologist by training I’m kind of curious about the name and why you would call a social network after a extinct megafauna? A bit about me - I mostly work on oceans and their link to climate through the carbon cycle. I study plankton and biogeochem of the modern ocean, and sediments and isotopes of dead plankton to study the past. I go to sea on large research vessels. I teach oceanography and climate science at an Aus uni. I’m also a cyclist and love to swim in the ocean and hike in the bush and mountains. #oceans #climate #plankton #carbon #ships #isotopes #paleoceanography #Paleoclimates #cycling #hiking
Hi I am Cécile, fresh from the bird. Looking to connect with others working on #paleoclimates, #Quaternary, #geosciences, #sedimentology, #monsoon, #geochemistry, #diversity, #academia