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Ready for the in-house analyses de GDGTs!

Our laboratory at IRNASA CSIC is ready for the analysis of isoprenoids and branched GDGTs via UHPLC/QTOF.

GDGTs are membrane lipids produced by archaea and bacteria, and can be found in marine and lake sediments and peat and soils. Their production is strongly influenced by ambient temperature (continental or marine) and soil pH, making them a valuable tool for reconstructing these variables over time! Moreovero, GDGTs are also a powerful tool for studying the microbial communities that produce them in soils and sediments!

The fourth CLIVAR publication by the network of Spanish scientists is out!

The study highlights the rapid decline of the cryosphere in the Iberian Peninsula, the accelerated warming of ocean waters, and the effects of climate change on the country’s geography and climate.

Blanca Ausín is one of the lead authors of chapter 1: Atmospheric and oceanic changes since the last glacial maximum: Review of proxy-based and climate model simulation reconstructions in the Iberian Peninsula. This chapter summarizes the information necessary to contextualize current climate change in the Iberian Peninsula.

Check out the full report here

Nadee Nanayakkara starts a research stay at ETH Zurich

During a 3-month research stay, Nadee will work closely with 3 different research groups: Biogeosciences, Climate Geology, and Earth Ecosystem Dynamics. Nadee’s research will focus on exploring signals associated with all sorts of lipid biomarkers that provide ecological information about their precursor organisms. Her stay is funded by a Judith McKenzie Visiting Early Career Researcher Fellowship.

PASSAGE24 comes successfully to an end!

Ours are the first sediment traps ever recovered from the SW Iberian margin&Shacketon Site.

Thanks @ERC_Research @CSIC @utm_csic @IEOoceanografia @irnasa_csic and the great crew&team onboard for making this scientific challenge possible!

Read more here

 

Visit to the Ocean China University in Qingdao

Blanca Ausín was invited by Prof. Rui Bao to visit the Ocean China University with the aim of establishing collaborations. Blanca also participated as invited speaker at the “2024 Intern. Forum on Carbon Neutrality” and multiple seminars for PhD students. Thanks to our Chinese colleagues for their warm welcome!

Research Stay at Barcelona University

Prabodha is on a 1-month stay supervised by Dr. Leopoldo Pena to analyse the neodymium, strontium and lead isotopes in her samples.


The results will help us decipher the origin of the hydrodynamically sorted lithogenic material.

Nadee Nanayakkara participates in 2k Network workshop by PAGES

The workshop “Global-scale hydroclimate synthesis of the Common Era” was held at the University of Nottingham on the 9 -12 of September 2024 and had to objectives:

– Reconstruct spatial and temporal hydroclimate variability and change over the Common Era from local to global scales.
– Evaluate and constrain Earth system models using hydroclimate proxy data, whilst using models to inform process-level understanding of Common Era hydroclimate.

Blanca Ausín completes a 3-month research stay at IPMA, Lisbon

During her stay at the Portuguese Institute for Sea and Atmosphere, Blanca learnt from the experts of the Marine Geoly Division and the Group led by Dr. Fatima Abrantes

 

Nadee Nanayakkara is awarded the Judith McKenzie Fellowship

The Judith McKenzie Visiting Early Career Researcher Fellowship  is awarded by the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences of ETH Zurich, and funds 3-month research stays to foster scientific interactions, develop broader research networks, and ultimately to help improve gender representation in our community

Forum on Pacific Island Countries Response to Climate Change

Blanca Ausín participates as invited speaker in the PICC 2024, organized by the Ocean University of China (Qingdao, China)

Research Stay at ETH Zurich

Prabodha Lakrani finishes a 4-month research stay at ETH Zurich

In collaboration with our colleagues from ETH, Prabodha has been working on the developing of a new methodolody to sort, purify, and radiocarbon date coccoliths completing

Exciting results are on the way!

Oceanography Conference 2024

3-4 May, 2024, Peniche, Portugal

The Portuguese Oceanography Association (APOCEAN) celebrated its 11 years of existence on its bi-annual Oceanography Conference

We presented the preliminary results of our ongoing research and learnt from the experts of the Portuguese margin 

Check the program and our contributions here

European Geoscience Union Meeting

14-19 April,Vienna, Austria

EGU24 has gathered 20,979 attendees from 116 countries. 18,896 presentations in 1,044 sessions

A great week for PASSAGE team members exchanging ideas with carbon cycle lovers, biomarkers fans, and radiocarbon enthusiast

Check our contibutions to Session BG1.10 and Session BG4.2

International Workshop on Compound Specific Radiocarbon Analysis

Celebrated on the 11 – 12 April in Delmenhorst, Germany

Our team participates in the two days of exciting discussions at the International Workshop in CSRA.

We never have enough when it comes to Radiocarbon!

Blanca Ausín, Premio Nacional al Joven Talento Femenino

Last February 4 young researchers received the Prize by the Academia de las Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales y Mastercard.

Blanca received the Prize in the category “Biology, Geology, and related sciences”, among 185 other candidates

More in FORBES

February 2024

A new laboratory for the study of climate and environmental changes

The PASSAGE team inaugurates the BIoGeosciencies laboratory (BIG). The laboratory aims at isolating, purifying, and dating specific organic compounds and molecules from marine sediments, soils and vegetation, to inform on the Carbon Cycle and Climate Change 

 

December 2023

PASSAGE23 CRUISE: A floating laboratory in the Atlantic Ocean

PASSAGE23, the oceanographic cruise for the study of climate change, concludes successfully

Press link (Spanish):

eldiario.es

https://www.revcyl.com/web/index.php/ciencia-y-tecnologia/item/19131

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November 2023

You can touch it!

We successfully completed the fieldtrip associated with the 2nd Postcruise Meeting IODP Exp. 378 held in Zumaia (Basque Country) on the 20-21st July, 2023.
We visited several Eocene stratigraphic sections guided by the expert Dr. Aitor Payros (UPV/EHU) and enjoyed the geological jewels of the Basque Coast Geopark, which is part of the UNESCO Global Geopark Network.

We were right at the K-Pg, but the meteorite didn’t catch us this time!

 

July 2023

Women in Science

Blanca Ausín is recognized as one of the  Innovating Women of the Unidad de Mujeres y Ciencia y Unidad de Igualdad of the Spanish Government

 

 

February 2023

IX Jornadas Investigadoras en Castilla y León

We are invited to present our work at the  IX Jornadas Investigadoras en Castilla y León.

Watch it here

February 2023

CLIVAR23: Towards an integrated view of climate

The Congress “CLIVAR 2023: Towards and Integrated View of Climate” tries to bring together the Spanish climate scientific community to have an integrated global vision of the climate system and its variability that allows the preparation of the next CLIVAR Report, which regionalizes the results presented recently at the 6th IPCC

 

January 2023

Climate Change denialism

Spanish experts in Paleoclimatology promote a manifesto among scientists who study climate in all its areas to demand that the Ilustre Colegio de Geólogos withdraw a denialist article on climate change.

 

 

 

December 2022

Outstanding Female Academics

Blanca Ausín is recognized as an outstanding female academic by the AcademiaNet de la Swiss National Science Foundation

July 2022

PASSAGE: the ocean voyage of tiny particles

Discover what our project is about in this article of El Mundo innovadores

June 2022

Chatting with other ocean lovers

We explain the objectives of PASSAGE in the RTVE program “Españoles en la mar“

 

 

May 2022

Common Ground Talks

Let’s hear from an expert! PASSAGE PI, Dr. Blanca Ausín, talks about the scope of the project at the forum organized by the Agricultural Production and Environment Unit of Excellence AGRIENVIRONMENT

 

May 2022

PASSAGE: Bridging gaps in paleo-climatic recontructions

We talk about the potential of PASSAGE at an interview with the Spanish embassy for the UK

 

 

May 2022