Marine, Earth, and Atmospheric Sciences

North Carolina State University

Welcome to the Past & Present Climate Lab at NCSU. We explore climate change impacts on oceans through paleoceanography and modern ecology, with special focus on planktic foraminifera and ocean deoxygenation.

Research Highlights

Marine sediment corer used for collecting foraminifera samples

Reconstructing Pelagic Oxygen Minimum Zones

We apply geochemical and micropalentological techniques to understand how oxygen minimum zones have varied through time.

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Plankton tow equipment used to collect modern foraminifera samples

Modern Planktic Foraminifera Ecology

We study changes in foraminifera species abundance to understand recent climate change impacts on marine ecosystems.

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Foraminifera samples under microscope for isotopic analysis

Trophic Ecology of Foraminifera

We use isotopic and micropaleontological tools to assess the ecology positions of modern and extinct species of foraminifera.

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