Matthew L. Staitis
@staitis.bsky.social
PhD student at the University of East Anglia
Investigating PETM biotic/environmental change Paleoclimate|Micropaleo|Geochemistry
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbpInDqTLp9_newr47g5CLA
Investigating PETM biotic/environmental change Paleoclimate|Micropaleo|Geochemistry
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbpInDqTLp9_newr47g5CLA
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What Climate Future Do We Want?
#COP30 is underway but is climate change still to be a priority?
Our 'past warm worlds' serve as useful reminders of what legacy we will leave for our children and grandchildren if we aren't ambitious on #ClimateAction
#COP30 is underway but is climate change still to be a priority?
Our 'past warm worlds' serve as useful reminders of what legacy we will leave for our children and grandchildren if we aren't ambitious on #ClimateAction
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Global Cold‐Water Coral Biodiversity Redistribution Under Projected Climate Change
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November 19, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Global Cold‐Water Coral Biodiversity Redistribution Under Projected Climate Change
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For generations the Univ of Leicester has been a global leader in geology, Earth science & climate research
Now *the entire program* is on the chopping block
Some of the world's best paleontologists are facing layoffs
Sign this to stop this madness:
www.change.org/p/save-geolo...
Now *the entire program* is on the chopping block
Some of the world's best paleontologists are facing layoffs
Sign this to stop this madness:
www.change.org/p/save-geolo...
Sign the Petition
Save Geology at the University of Leicester
www.change.org
November 20, 2025 at 6:22 PM
For generations the Univ of Leicester has been a global leader in geology, Earth science & climate research
Now *the entire program* is on the chopping block
Some of the world's best paleontologists are facing layoffs
Sign this to stop this madness:
www.change.org/p/save-geolo...
Now *the entire program* is on the chopping block
Some of the world's best paleontologists are facing layoffs
Sign this to stop this madness:
www.change.org/p/save-geolo...
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📣 #Magellan3 Workshop i-CREATE now open for registrations!
🗓 When? 27-29 April 2026 (with an additional field trip on 29 April - 1 May)
📍 Where? Heriot-Watt University's Riccaton campus in Edinburgh, UK
More info and how to apply ➡️ icreate.site.hw.ac.uk
🗓 When? 27-29 April 2026 (with an additional field trip on 29 April - 1 May)
📍 Where? Heriot-Watt University's Riccaton campus in Edinburgh, UK
More info and how to apply ➡️ icreate.site.hw.ac.uk
November 18, 2025 at 10:05 AM
📣 #Magellan3 Workshop i-CREATE now open for registrations!
🗓 When? 27-29 April 2026 (with an additional field trip on 29 April - 1 May)
📍 Where? Heriot-Watt University's Riccaton campus in Edinburgh, UK
More info and how to apply ➡️ icreate.site.hw.ac.uk
🗓 When? 27-29 April 2026 (with an additional field trip on 29 April - 1 May)
📍 Where? Heriot-Watt University's Riccaton campus in Edinburgh, UK
More info and how to apply ➡️ icreate.site.hw.ac.uk
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Iceland Climate Minister Johannsson: "It is a direct threat to our national resilience and security. (This) is the first time a specific climate-related phenomenon has been formally brought before the National Security Council as a potential existential threat."
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
Iceland deems possible Atlantic current collapse a security risk
Iceland has designated the potential collapse of a major Atlantic Ocean current system a national security concern and an existential threat, enabling its government to strategize for worst-case scenarios, the country's climate minister told Reuters.
www.reuters.com
November 18, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Iceland Climate Minister Johannsson: "It is a direct threat to our national resilience and security. (This) is the first time a specific climate-related phenomenon has been formally brought before the National Security Council as a potential existential threat."
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
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“Hurricane Melissa Points to Category 6 Storms as the ‘New Normal’" | Article by Chris Bonasia for @theenergymix.com:
www.theenergymix.com/hurricane-me...
www.theenergymix.com/hurricane-me...
Hurricane Melissa Points to Category 6 Storms as the ‘New Normal’
As climate change fuels increasingly powerful storms, scientists say the 1–5 Saffir-Simpson hurricane wind scale no longer captures their true intensity.
www.theenergymix.com
November 13, 2025 at 10:03 PM
“Hurricane Melissa Points to Category 6 Storms as the ‘New Normal’" | Article by Chris Bonasia for @theenergymix.com:
www.theenergymix.com/hurricane-me...
www.theenergymix.com/hurricane-me...
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With current pledges, the world's on track for 2.6°C of warming in 2100 compared to preindustrial levels.
10 years ago, before the Paris agreement, it was 3.6°C
20+ years ago, we thought it would be 4-5°C
So 2.6°C is better, but the problem is that climate impacts are way worse than we predicted.
10 years ago, before the Paris agreement, it was 3.6°C
20+ years ago, we thought it would be 4-5°C
So 2.6°C is better, but the problem is that climate impacts are way worse than we predicted.
World still on track for catastrophic 2.6C temperature rise, report finds
Fossil fuel emissions have hit a record high while many nations have done too little to avert deadly global heating
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 12:55 PM
With current pledges, the world's on track for 2.6°C of warming in 2100 compared to preindustrial levels.
10 years ago, before the Paris agreement, it was 3.6°C
20+ years ago, we thought it would be 4-5°C
So 2.6°C is better, but the problem is that climate impacts are way worse than we predicted.
10 years ago, before the Paris agreement, it was 3.6°C
20+ years ago, we thought it would be 4-5°C
So 2.6°C is better, but the problem is that climate impacts are way worse than we predicted.
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I'm super happy to announce that the great Sarah Feakins will be taking over as Editor-in-Chief of Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology. My term is ending at the end of this year. It's been a terrific adventure since I started in January 2020. eos.org/editors-vox/...
Announcing New AGU Journal Editors-in-Chief Starting in 2026 - Eos
AGU is excited to welcome new Editors-in-Chief for five of our journals in 2026.
eos.org
November 13, 2025 at 7:57 PM
I'm super happy to announce that the great Sarah Feakins will be taking over as Editor-in-Chief of Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology. My term is ending at the end of this year. It's been a terrific adventure since I started in January 2020. eos.org/editors-vox/...
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This isn’t the first time corals have faced the borderline of extinction over the last 460 million years, and they have always managed to bounce back and recolonize habitats lost during severe climate changes.
Corals survived past climate changes by retreating to the deeps
A recent die-off in Florida puts the spotlight on corals’ survival strategies.
arstechnica.com
November 13, 2025 at 6:09 PM
This isn’t the first time corals have faced the borderline of extinction over the last 460 million years, and they have always managed to bounce back and recolonize habitats lost during severe climate changes.
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Dont remember seeing any Australian media articles about this - although i was at a conference last week. But it seems kind of a big deal that the # GBR wont survive till the end of the century and will decline sig by mid century. #auspol #qldpol #cop30
A rapidly closing window for coral persistence under global warming - Nature Communications
Global warming is causing widespread coral mortality through bleaching. Here, simulations of coral eco-evolutionary dynamics forecast strong population declines in the 21st century. Coral reefs may co...
www.nature.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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Fully funded PhD projects available in my group (Please share with interested parties, details here: www.thefosterlab.org/blog/2025/11...):
PhD Topics - Entry September 2026 — The Foster Lab
This year we are involved in 3 fully funded PhD projects via IGNITE our NERC DLA. The deadline is Thursday Jan 8th 2026 . 1. Is the world already 1.5 C warmer?...
www.thefosterlab.org
November 11, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Fully funded PhD projects available in my group (Please share with interested parties, details here: www.thefosterlab.org/blog/2025/11...):
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"As a scientist, I've never had reason to be so concerned as I am today for the future we are facing," states PIK Director Johan Rockström as #COP30 kicks off in Belém, Brazil. The first ever Planetary Science Pavilion, under the mandate from COP30 Brazil, and together with Carlos A. Nobre,... 1/2
Raising the Voice of Science: COP30’s New Planetary Science Pavilion in Belém
YouTube video by Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research PIK
www.youtube.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:40 PM
"As a scientist, I've never had reason to be so concerned as I am today for the future we are facing," states PIK Director Johan Rockström as #COP30 kicks off in Belém, Brazil. The first ever Planetary Science Pavilion, under the mandate from COP30 Brazil, and together with Carlos A. Nobre,... 1/2
Its fundamental the global community makes good on its Paris Agreement targets, otherwise we enter an uncertain future of climate intervention through geoenginnering #COP30
We missed this paper when @rlshwom.bsky.social @lisgilmore.bsky.social and our colleagues wrote our tipping points critique, but wow --
On Thin Ice: Solar Geoengineering to Manage Tipping Element Risks in the Cryosphere by 2040
We risk crossing tipping thresholds in mid-century that mitigation could not prevent, though geoengineering could rescue the situation A polar solar geoengineering program potentially delay or av...
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Its fundamental the global community makes good on its Paris Agreement targets, otherwise we enter an uncertain future of climate intervention through geoenginnering #COP30
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Nice contribution in @science.org Advances on the importance of reef ecosystems for biodiversity. Reefs were persistent hotspots of biodiversity throughout most of the Phanerozoic (last ~550 million years), it seems!
doi.org/10.1126/scia...
doi.org/10.1126/scia...
Reefal regions were biodiversity hotspots throughout the Phanerozoic
Geographic regions that support reefal environments have been key hotspots of marine animal diversity for over 400 million years.
doi.org
November 10, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Nice contribution in @science.org Advances on the importance of reef ecosystems for biodiversity. Reefs were persistent hotspots of biodiversity throughout most of the Phanerozoic (last ~550 million years), it seems!
doi.org/10.1126/scia...
doi.org/10.1126/scia...
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Crisis in Iran as reservoirs supplying Mashhad, the second-largest city with 4 million people, fall below 3%
Authorities warn of an unprecedented drought emergency
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Authorities warn of an unprecedented drought emergency
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Water levels below 3% in dam reservoirs for Iran’s second city, say reports
Storage dwindles in Mashhad, home to 4 million people, as country struggles with drought
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Crisis in Iran as reservoirs supplying Mashhad, the second-largest city with 4 million people, fall below 3%
Authorities warn of an unprecedented drought emergency
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Authorities warn of an unprecedented drought emergency
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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An informative article, but it doesn't make me optimistic about the answer to the headline question.
#COP30
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
#COP30
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
Amid squabbles, bombast and competing interests, what can Cop30 achieve?
Climate summit in Brazil needs to find way to stop global heating accelerating amid stark divisions
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 7:53 AM
An informative article, but it doesn't make me optimistic about the answer to the headline question.
#COP30
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
#COP30
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
What Climate Future Do We Want?
#COP30 is underway but is climate change still to be a priority?
Our 'past warm worlds' serve as useful reminders of what legacy we will leave for our children and grandchildren if we aren't ambitious on #ClimateAction
#COP30 is underway but is climate change still to be a priority?
Our 'past warm worlds' serve as useful reminders of what legacy we will leave for our children and grandchildren if we aren't ambitious on #ClimateAction
November 6, 2025 at 11:14 PM
What Climate Future Do We Want?
#COP30 is underway but is climate change still to be a priority?
Our 'past warm worlds' serve as useful reminders of what legacy we will leave for our children and grandchildren if we aren't ambitious on #ClimateAction
#COP30 is underway but is climate change still to be a priority?
Our 'past warm worlds' serve as useful reminders of what legacy we will leave for our children and grandchildren if we aren't ambitious on #ClimateAction
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Alkenone-based #temperature #reconstructions from marine sediments based on #spectral #imaging seems to be a very promising technique for high-resolution climate reconstructions. Looking forward to seeing this develop further!
egusphere.copernicus.org/preprints/20...
egusphere.copernicus.org/preprints/20...
Microscale Alkenone Heterogeneity and Replicability of Ultra-High-Resolution Temperature Records from Marine Sediments
Abstract. The alkenone-derived UK37 proxy is crucial for the reconstruction of past sea surface temperatures in marine sedimentary archives. Recent advances in mass spectrometry imaging (MSI) now allo...
egusphere.copernicus.org
October 30, 2025 at 6:48 AM
Alkenone-based #temperature #reconstructions from marine sediments based on #spectral #imaging seems to be a very promising technique for high-resolution climate reconstructions. Looking forward to seeing this develop further!
egusphere.copernicus.org/preprints/20...
egusphere.copernicus.org/preprints/20...
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🥳 It's out!
The latest PAGES Mag on "New Analytical Techniques in #Paleoscience" is online!
🌍 This issue highlights how novel imaging methods and machine-learning approaches are revolutionizing paleoscientific research and expanding our ability to decode past Earth’s history.
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The latest PAGES Mag on "New Analytical Techniques in #Paleoscience" is online!
🌍 This issue highlights how novel imaging methods and machine-learning approaches are revolutionizing paleoscientific research and expanding our ability to decode past Earth’s history.
🔗 shorturl.at/LOJj5
October 29, 2025 at 1:28 PM
🥳 It's out!
The latest PAGES Mag on "New Analytical Techniques in #Paleoscience" is online!
🌍 This issue highlights how novel imaging methods and machine-learning approaches are revolutionizing paleoscientific research and expanding our ability to decode past Earth’s history.
🔗 shorturl.at/LOJj5
The latest PAGES Mag on "New Analytical Techniques in #Paleoscience" is online!
🌍 This issue highlights how novel imaging methods and machine-learning approaches are revolutionizing paleoscientific research and expanding our ability to decode past Earth’s history.
🔗 shorturl.at/LOJj5
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Monsoon-like climate over Europe during the warm and CO2 high Eocene inferred from a bit of modeling and a few years recoded in a shell of a giant sea snail. 🧪⚒️
⏰New paper⏰
Very excited to share our more recent paper published today in @nature.com Communications, where we show based on #clumped #isotope measurements in a giant sea #snail 🐚 that Europe experienced a monsoon-like climate during the #Eocene high-CO2 period.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Very excited to share our more recent paper published today in @nature.com Communications, where we show based on #clumped #isotope measurements in a giant sea #snail 🐚 that Europe experienced a monsoon-like climate during the #Eocene high-CO2 period.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A European monsoon-like climate in a warmhouse world - Nature Communications
Daily climate 45 million years ago is reconstructed using fossil snail shells, revealing monsoon-like conditions in Europe. The findings help predict how future warming could affect rainfall and seaso...
www.nature.com
October 30, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Monsoon-like climate over Europe during the warm and CO2 high Eocene inferred from a bit of modeling and a few years recoded in a shell of a giant sea snail. 🧪⚒️
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Just realised that this is as close to an "M2-M2" project as you are likely to get.
Explore the aftermath of one of the most interesting features of the Pliocene, MIS M2 during your M2 internship!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Explore the aftermath of one of the most interesting features of the Pliocene, MIS M2 during your M2 internship!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
October 27, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Just realised that this is as close to an "M2-M2" project as you are likely to get.
Explore the aftermath of one of the most interesting features of the Pliocene, MIS M2 during your M2 internship!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Explore the aftermath of one of the most interesting features of the Pliocene, MIS M2 during your M2 internship!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Looking forward to exciting new future collaborations as equal partner in the joint continent ⛰️ and ocean 🌊 Scientific Drilling Forum, held in Sicily last week to strengthen international collaboration in Earth science research 🤝
October 21, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Looking forward to exciting new future collaborations as equal partner in the joint continent ⛰️ and ocean 🌊 Scientific Drilling Forum, held in Sicily last week to strengthen international collaboration in Earth science research 🤝
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ICDP Workshop PROTEA (Klerksdorp, South Africa)🇿🇦: 59 international scientists met up in South Africa from 16-17 Oct. 2025 under the topic "Probing the heart of an earthquake and life in the deep subsurface"
👉 More project info: www.icdp-online.org/projects/by-...
👉 More project info: www.icdp-online.org/projects/by-...
October 20, 2025 at 8:40 AM
ICDP Workshop PROTEA (Klerksdorp, South Africa)🇿🇦: 59 international scientists met up in South Africa from 16-17 Oct. 2025 under the topic "Probing the heart of an earthquake and life in the deep subsurface"
👉 More project info: www.icdp-online.org/projects/by-...
👉 More project info: www.icdp-online.org/projects/by-...
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Global mean sea level over the past 4.5 million years www.science.org/doi/abs/10.1... #jcampubs 🌊
Global mean sea level over the past 4.5 million years
Changes in global mean sea level (GMSL) during the late Cenozoic remain uncertain. We use a reconstruction of changes in δ18O of seawater to reconstruct GMSL since 4.5 million years ago (Ma) that acco...
www.science.org
October 17, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Global mean sea level over the past 4.5 million years www.science.org/doi/abs/10.1... #jcampubs 🌊
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It can not be exaggerated just how wild the climate of the Pleistocene was in which we evolved. All of recorded history is in pixel at the very top of the very last zigzag, all the way to the right of this graph. From a new paper on sea level over past 4.5 million yrs www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
October 17, 2025 at 4:23 PM
It can not be exaggerated just how wild the climate of the Pleistocene was in which we evolved. All of recorded history is in pixel at the very top of the very last zigzag, all the way to the right of this graph. From a new paper on sea level over past 4.5 million yrs www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...