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Christina Belanger, Ph.D

@belaforams.bsky.social
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Paleoecologist using the past to understand the future. Forams are the best! Associate professor at Texas A&M in College Station teaching about fossils and Earth’s deep past.

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U.S. Scientific Ocean Drilling @us-sciod.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Is your life missing a comic book about scientific ocean drilling? Not anymore! Find free PDF downloads of books that have been produced from IODP’s education and outreach efforts at joidesresolution.org/node2998/ Suggested audiences and background information included on the website.
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Prosanta Chakrabarty @prosanta.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Exciting news! We here at the LSU Museum of Natural Science @lsumns.bsky.social and Dept. of Biological Sciences are looking for Curator and Assistant Professor of Vertebrate Paleobiology! Come work with us! We are fun, supportive and active! lsu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/LSU/jo...
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Assistant Professor
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U.S. Scientific Ocean Drilling @us-sciod.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
We are impressed with the representation from the scientific ocean drilling community among the 2026 AGU Honors recipients! Honorees have led and participated in expeditions, completed Schlanger Fellowships, and advised the SciOD community on committees. Congratulations to all!
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Kristian Svennevig @ksvenenvig.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
3D-print your own landslide! New paper out in @geomorphica.bsky.social "Open access 3D-printable landslide models for outreach and teaching" journals.psu.edu/geomorphica/...
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Dr. G @drlauraguertin.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
As the world reflects upon events of September 11th, note there was a group of scientists and crew members out to sea on JOIDES Resolution. One of the co-chief scientists from that expedition, Tim Bralower, spoke w/Tales from the Deep. Full conversation: archive.storycorps.org/interviews/t... 🧪⚒️🌊
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Dr. G @drlauraguertin.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
A Micro Tale is a short story from the scientific ocean drilling archives, with this one provided by micropaleontologist Barry Kohl. Take a listen to hear about an event that occurred on the final leg of Glomar Challenger - not involving the deep sea, but birds falling from the sky! ⚒️🌊
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Gulf Coast Repository @gcrepository.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The GCR is available for a wide range of workshops and meetings, including legacy research projects and outreach. Early consultation with the GCR is strongly encouraged, and GCR staff can provide guidance and suggestions prior to funding proposal submission. gcr.tamu.edu/outreach/pla...
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ピコモル @picomol.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
久しぶりに上野松坂屋に行ってきました。1号階段の腰壁にはイタリア産のキャンポロザート(またはキャンポペルラ)が使われており貨幣石がたくさん見られます (Tokyo, Japan) #街の中で見つかるすごい石 #石材と街化石 #金曜日だから化石貼る
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Elizabeth Beston @elizabethbeston.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
What a beautiful foraminifera! #marineplankton 🦑
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Smart Alyk @smartalyk.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
DAY 466 SPECIES 466 - Bulimina marginata STAGE: Protists MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek Watercolor, Sakura pen B. marginata "the margined one" has a tapering spiral shell with spiney edges. #sciart #watercolor #paint #protist #eukaryotic #protistsonsky
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Christina Belanger, Ph.D @belaforams.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
“Paleontologists believe that this remote corner of southern Utah could be home to the next great undiscovered dinosaur — and the next, and the one after that.”
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Gulf Coast Repository @gcrepository.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
While you were immersed in Christopher Nolan's retelling of the Odyssey, did you know that Odysseus' journey home took him past (or very close to) many scientific ocean drilling sites? #GCR #NSFfunded #scientificoceandrilling #odyssey
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Christina Belanger, Ph.D @belaforams.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Tuesday, September 15, 2026 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m Eastern Register for the zoom link. I’ve heard they aren’t recording it and want to demonstrate interest via high attendance.
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Christina Belanger, Ph.D @belaforams.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
“Candidates will seek to address the following fundamental question: how do geological processes affect biodiversity?”
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Prof Ian Hall @ianhall.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
From ancient greenhouse worlds to ice ages, Earth’s past offers vital clues to its future. Explore the 40th anniversary special collection from Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology. eos.org/editors-vox/...
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Forty Years of Looking to Earth's Past to Understand Its Future - Eos
From ancient greenhouse worlds to ice ages, Earth's past offers vital clues to its future. Explore the 40th anniversary special collection from Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology.
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Dr. Thomas Ronge @thomasronge.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
“An event of this kind has never occurred before" microalgae knocking out desalination plants in Israel, while swarms of jellyfish force the shutdowns of several nuclear reactors in France. “this won't be a once-in-a-lifetime kind of event […] this will occur more and more through climate change.”
An annotated satellite picture of the Southeast Mediterranean Sea showing a visible algae bloom along the coast of Israel, Palestine, and Egypt.
Satellite image via ESA's Copernicus system.
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Brandon Peecook @gondwannabe.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Tenure-track job in vertebrate paleo! 🦬🦕🦈🦴 This is my former position at the Idaho Museum of Natural History & Biological Sciences. Can confirm that the collections are excellent & understudied; AND that the people at the IMNH and BioSci are wonderful colleagues. APPLY!
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Curator/Assistant Professor, Idaho Museum of Natural History & Biological Sciences (3756)
Job DescriptionThe Idaho Museum of Natural History and the Department of Biological Sciences at Idaho State University invite applications for a joint...
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ClimateBook @climatebook.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Sitting through these excellent talks on paleoclimate proxies and modelling at the FuPa Paris summer school (focusing on warm climates like the Eocene and Miocene and Pliocene), there is one aspect of the terminology that drives me absolutely nuts. Terms like "MidMiocene Climatic Optimum"
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Society of Vertebrate Paleontology @societyofvertpaleo.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
The Society of Vertebrate Paleontology (SVP) has joined a series of co-plaintiffs and is suing the Trump administration for shrinking Bears Ears National Monument.
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Eos @eos.org · 03/09/2026
Today, the USGS released a new version of the Cooperative National Geologic Map, expanding coverage to include Alaska, Hawaii, and most U.S. territories. www.usgs.gov/news/nationa...
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USGS Cooperative National Geologic Map Now Covers 50 States, U.S. Territories
RESTON, Va. — The U.S. Geological Survey today released Version 2.0 of the Cooperative National Geologic Map, expanding coverage to include Alaska, Hawaii, and most U.S. territories.
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Christina Belanger, Ph.D @belaforams.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
“More than 200 courses, including those on LGBTQ literature, cultural studies and climate change, will longer count toward core degree requirements at 11 Texas A&M universities.” The climate change class will now count toward the degrees of fewer students which means fewer students will take it.
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About 200 courses cut from Texas A&M System’s core offerings
More than 200 courses, including those on LGBTQ literature, cultural studies and climate change, could no longer count toward core degree requirements at 11 Texas A&M universities.
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Carlos Moffat @carlosmoffat.com · 02/09/2026
🌊With the Fall semester upon us, it's time to start thinking about recruiting/applying to grad school for 2027. If you are a marine scientist looking for a graduate student, I've created a form where you can add your name and other info: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... Please share widely! (1/2)
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Oceanography MS/PhD Positions for Fall 2027
This is an effort to collect the **contact information of potential advisors** for MS/PhD students in Oceanography. Please note that if you answer **you are agreeing to have your contact information...
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C. Chen @ Jamsteeeec @squamiferum.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
[New Paper] We successfully sequenced ultraconserved elements (UCEs) from old vesicomyid clam shells dated approx. 1100-1700 years ago! This enables phylogenetic reconstruction with genome-wide data from EMPTY SHELLS. @molecology.bsky.social Mol Ecol Resources, OPEN ACCESS: doi.org/10.1111/1755...
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Paleontological Society @paleosoc.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
🚨 PS SHORT COURSE ANNOUNCEMENT GSA 2026 October 10th (location TBD) A primer for researchers of all stages interested in trait-based paleoecology and deep time vegetation-climate interactions. Description in comment below!
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Chris Mah @echinoblog.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Interesting sea cucumber with a collector's behavior! in the Atlantic, a similar genus, Oloughlinius does something with pteropod shells! 1365m North Tutuila Flank, american samoa
sea cucumber, white with sediment and shells
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Chris Mah @echinoblog.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Anyone want to be a curator of marine invertebrates at the LACM? This was Gordon Hendler's former position workforcenow.adp.com/mascsr/defau...
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Hannah E. Marx, PhD @hannahmarx.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
I’m excited to announce that we are looking for a Curatorial Associate to join our team and help lead the L. H. Bailey Hortorium Herbarium at Cornell University 🌿 Please help share with interested botanists! jobs.hr.cornell.edu/us/en/job/WD...
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Curatorial Associate in Ithaca, New York, United States of America | Library & Museum at Cornell University
Apply for Curatorial Associate job with Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, United States of America. Library & Museum at Cornell University
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Andrew Dessler @andrewdessler.com · 28/08/2026
Texas A&M Atmospheric Sciences @tamuatmo.bsky.social is searching for a new mid/senior faculty position. Feel free to reach out to me if you have questions. apply.interfolio.com/191450
The Department of Atmospheric Sciences in the College of Arts & Sciences at Texas A&M University invites applications for a full-time faculty position at the Associate or Full Professor level in the field of Applied Meteorology and Climatology. Applicants will be considered for either tenure-track or tenured Associate Professor or tenured Professor, depending on qualifications. This is a full-time, 9-month position with an anticipated start date during the 2027-2028 academic year.

The successful candidate will teach at the undergraduate and graduate levels and supervise graduate students. This individual will be expected to lead a research and outreach program in areas germane to high-impact weather in Texas, supporting the land grant mission of the university. In addition to service to the department and college, the appointee's service duties will also include facilitating research interactions with other departments, colleges, and institutions and agencies across the state.

Texas A&M University is a land‐, sea‐, and space‐grant university, within a dynamic and international community. The Department of Atmospheric Sciences has a broad research and teaching program with 23 faculty members, 139 undergraduate and 49 graduate students. The department is also affiliated with the Office of the State Climatologist, the Southern Regional Climate Center, the Texas Center for Extreme Weather, and the Center for Atmospheric Chemistry and the Environment. More information about the department can be found at: https://atmo.tamu.edu/.

Teaching and research facilities in the department include two undergraduate computer laboratories, a micropulse lidar, the Houston Lightning Mapping Array, the Weather Center, the Rapid Onsite Atmospheric Measurement Van, automated surface weather stations, and radiosonde systems. The department is part of the College of Arts and Sciences, which offers an array of degree programs and educational facilities.
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Matt Friedman @friedmanlab.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Even unassuming specimens have backstories. Here’s a good example for #FossilFriday: the Paleocene gastropod Turritella mortoni from near Fredericksburg, VA (UMMP IP 329).
Irregular brown rock with cone-shaped shells and a yellowed specimen label.
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Joe Levy @colddirt.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Paleoclimate peeps - come work with us at Colgate! apply.interfolio.com/188708 Review of applications starts Sept. 1.
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Christina Belanger, Ph.D @belaforams.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
“Learning how humans affect the atmosphere was a fundamental component of his course which he had been teaching for many years, and the concept that humans can alter Earth’s climate is a plainly established scientific fact,” according to the lawsuit.”
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West Point professor fired after pushing back on limitations to teaching climate change, lawsuit says
Adam Kalkstein pushed back after department officials barred faculty from teaching that humans contribute to climate change, the lawsuit says.
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Florida Museum of Natural History @floridamuseum.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
An international team of scientists collected and carbon-dated more than 7,500 marine fossils to understand time averaging—in which organisms from different time periods are preserved together in the same fossil bed. Story: www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/science/pale... Study: doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
close up of an oblong of sedimentary stone with many small shells embedded in it as well as several larger shells and an ancient sand dollar
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Eos @eos.org · 22/08/2026
Texas A&M space biologist Jess Atkin studies how to invigorate lunar soil to grow plants while healing herself and others with her horses. eos.org/features/jes... Read more in our career issue: eos.org/themes/caree...
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Jess Atkin: Space Biologist Enriches Soil and the Lives of Fellow Veterans - Eos
This biologist—also a rancher and Air Force veteran—finds solace in horses as she studies how to grow plants on the Moon.
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Z. Jack Tseng @tsengzj.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
A digital treasure trove of Quaternary #fossils from @ucmpberkeley.bsky.social now available! Efforts by PhD students from @liujuan.bsky.social's FAM Lab, UCMP's Pat Holroyd, and the small but mighty FAVE Lab CT made this open access resource possible: doi.org/10.1080/0272... @jvertpaleo.bsky.social
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Computed tomography datasets and 3D models of California Quaternary tar seep faunas for education and research
The Rancho La Brea and McKittrick asphalt seeps of California have produced exceptionally rich Cenozoic fossil assemblages, preserving late Pleistocene to Holocene fauna from distinct environmental...
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Rod Page @rdmpage.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Tool to display the use of a taxonomic name over time based on @biodivlibrary.bsky.social data is online at iphylo.org/bhl-name-tim..., the screenshot shows results for Physeter catodon versus Physeter macrocephalus (names for the sperm whale). This will be part of @tdwg.org workshop on BHL in Oslo.
Occurrences of scientific names across the Biodiversity Heritage Library, over time for Physeter catodon and Physeter macrocephalus
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Foraminifera.eu @foram.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Flat as a leaf is this foraminifera from the Rupelian/Oligocene, found in clay clods in a pit in Eastern Germany. foraminifera.eu/loc.php?loca... #foraminifera #microfossils #micropaleontology #Paleogene
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Christina Belanger, Ph.D @belaforams.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Ooo…tutorials on how to find data in LIMS and request samples and use composite depth scales… 🌊 m.youtube.com/@GCRepository
Screenshot showing list of video titles including “How to submit a sample request” and “how to add composite depth scales” and “LIMS-how to find samples”
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Anonymous Potato @anonymouspotato.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
EcoEvoJobs 2026-27 just opened for business and we've already got 79 faculty / permanent jobs listed. Please repost! ecoevojobs.net
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ecoevojobs.net 2026-27
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Albert Ruhí @albertruhi.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
We're hiring an ecologist at UC Berkeley! The Dept. of Integrative Biology is hiring a tenure-track Assistant Professor in Ecology. Plants/algae, invertebrates, microbes, or marine systems a priority. Come join us!! Apply by Oct 5, 2026. aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05489 PS: Please share!
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Assistant Professor –Ecology- Integrative Biology
University of California, Berkeley is hiring. Apply now!
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Christina Belanger, Ph.D @belaforams.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Constantly amazed at the power of trace fossils. “As we examined fossilized footprints in a traditional waltz pattern at dig sites across multiple continents, it became clear that dinosaurs did in fact throw lavish 15th birthday parties for their female offspring…”
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Christina Belanger, Ph.D @belaforams.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
“Some will have law enforcement powers,” Nemerever said, “but a lot of them on the flip side are like 23-year-old environmental biology graduates, and this is their first job, and they’re headed out with, you know, a can of bear spray and doing an inventory of like owl nests in a certain area.”
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Forest Service kidnapping dredges up legacy of violence toward federal land employees
The kidnapping of two biologists working for the federal government highlights ongoing threats faced by government employees working in remote areas.
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Christina Belanger, Ph.D @belaforams.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Choosing transparency builds reputation, I would think. Nice to see self-reporting published data and analysis errors getting lauded.
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 05/08/2026
Four professors and a national faculty group asked a federal judge Monday to block the Texas A&M University System's restrictions on teaching about race, gender and sexuality and to reinstate courses canceled under the policy.
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Professors sue Texas A&M System over limits on teaching race, gender
Four professors and a national faculty group asked a federal judge Monday to block the Texas A&M University System’s restrictions on teaching about race, gender and sexuality and to reinstate courses canceled under the policy.
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Elizabeth Beston @elizabethbeston.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
When you grow a foot and can’t wait to use it… A baby bivalve in timelapse. #marineplankton 🦑
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Dr. Sven N. Nielsen @snnielsen.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Interesting: Children’s books about scientists convey demotivating messages. (open access) 🧪
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PNAS
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...
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Christina Belanger, Ph.D @belaforams.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
I know that clam from the Denver Museum! #molluscMonday
Paleontologist (me) gesturing to a very large clam fossil mounted on museum wall. It is the same one as in original post.
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Adi Khen @adlysia.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Pyropia perforata, or nori (also known as “purple laver”) is our seaweed of the week! #PhycologyFriday
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Christina Belanger, Ph.D @belaforams.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
This is just making me long for all the rocks I need to make plans to see again.
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The Sacramento Bee @sacbee.com · 15/07/2026
In June, hundreds of UC faculty signed an open letter calling for the reinstatement of standardized tests in the admissions process.
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UC speeds up process to reconsider SAT, ACT tests in admissions policies
In June, hundreds of UC faculty signed an open letter calling for the reinstatement of standardized tests in the admissions process.
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