Matthew E. Clapham
@mclapham.bsky.social
Paleontology professor at UC Santa Cruz, studying mass extinctions and effects of climate change on marine life in the fossil record. He/him, Canadian, ♠️. https://people.ucsc.edu/~mclapham
Great opportunity, but - warning - may lead to you spending years of your life entering data...
Do you want to learn how to contribute to and use the Paleobiology Database? 🌎🦕🐚
Look no further - we're now welcoming applications to the 2025 edition of our introductory workshop!
More details here: forms.gle/xQqDEQwwXeTH...
Look no further - we're now welcoming applications to the 2025 edition of our introductory workshop!
More details here: forms.gle/xQqDEQwwXeTH...
April 3, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Great opportunity, but - warning - may lead to you spending years of your life entering data...
A colleague, Tamara Pico, is conducting a study about potentially gendered, sexist, or sexual language in the geosciences: ucsantacruz.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_.... Responses welcome from subtle to more memorable, and even if you have not heard this language!
December 6, 2024 at 11:22 PM
A colleague, Tamara Pico, is conducting a study about potentially gendered, sexist, or sexual language in the geosciences: ucsantacruz.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_.... Responses welcome from subtle to more memorable, and even if you have not heard this language!
When your realtor just has to know their trilobites.
May 27, 2024 at 2:53 PM
When your realtor just has to know their trilobites.
Reposted by Matthew E. Clapham
A new blog about our paper that came out earlier this year! dantheclamman.blog/2023/12/13/r...
Research Explainer: How giant clams record their diet in their shells
Two giant clams near Eilat in the Northern Red Sea. To the left is the small giant clam, Tridacna maxima, and to the right is a mature individual of the rare endemic giant clam Tridacna squamosina, on...
dantheclamman.blog
December 13, 2023 at 9:31 PM
A new blog about our paper that came out earlier this year! dantheclamman.blog/2023/12/13/r...
Reposted by Matthew E. Clapham
Just out, a 66 million year history of atmospheric CO2. Key take away: CO2 hasn't been at today's levels for at least 3 million years. These high CO2 worlds in the geological past had less ice and *much* higher sea levels 📈🌊 ⚒️🧪 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
December 7, 2023 at 10:04 PM
Just out, a 66 million year history of atmospheric CO2. Key take away: CO2 hasn't been at today's levels for at least 3 million years. These high CO2 worlds in the geological past had less ice and *much* higher sea levels 📈🌊 ⚒️🧪 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...