Mike K

2025 summer undergraduate Interns, with Dallas Abbott and William Menke (taking photo).

We had another fantastic summer ! Thanks to all of our mentors and all who support the program.

So, mainly high altitude winds? That is, would this be a good way to get dust from Altiplano across lower altitude wind belts (westerlies ?) and to
high latitude and altitude Antarctic plateaus? 😊

New paper alert!

Holocene glacier and climate changes in central Patagonia.

Led by Carly Peltier. Also with @rlsoteres.bsky.social , and others...

authors.elsevier.com/c/1lN53-4PSD...

Field photo Friday

The beautiful Upsala Glacier, Patagonia, 2007 or 2008 I think.

Field photo Friday

At a high elevation in the Andes (setting up a weather station).

with Mateo Martini and others

Interesting...

As an outsider, I've never been totally sold on pushing the idea of tipping points. Although i couldn't quite put my finger on why. I've tended to think more about how the media grabs on to stuff and presents tipping points. But, now, perhaps I appreciate better some things...

Field photo Friday

2024, heading up into the Andes to get samples. With mateo martini and others.

Palaeoglacial and palaeoclimate inferences from cirque morphometry and spatial distribution across northern Patagonia (40o – 45o S) The evolution of the cryosphere and climate in northern Patagonia during the late Pleistocene are relatively well-known thanks to chronologies on ice-…

New paper, led by @rlsoteres.bsky.social

Cirques, paleo-glaciers, landscape changes, paleoclimate!

"We could not leave the room. Yeah, it was a surreal time, being in a hotel room for 7 or 8 days of not being able to leave that space" Sedimentologist Mike Kaplan and Outreach Officer Laura Guertin, both from EXP 390, compare experiences staying safe from COVID-19 in 2022 before joining and during their time on JOIDES Resolution, in ...

updated link

archive.storycorps.org/interviews/w...

StoryCorps Archive The StoryCorps Archive includes voices from across the United States and around the world. Explore our growing collection of tens of thousands of interviews.

A recording @drlauraguertin.bsky.social did for the Tales from the Deep StoryCorps (Library of Congress) has been added to a special collection, their COVID-19 American History Project. Thanks Laura!

archive.storycorps.org/client/covid...

Maybe ask Brendan? He is still at LDEO. Tell him, "mike sent you." 🤣

or Nopenguin?

Even in best of times, being a researcher in academia has always been tough, for most, in terms of time to do science. (it's not much different being soft money btw)

Einstein made jokes that the best way to do science was not to be in academia. But, yep, things are exacerbated or even worse now.

Field photo Friday

Setting up a weather station at ~5000 m in the Andes..

(and, hopefully a break from all the doom scrolling here...)

Are Auer's (1956) 'bajos sin salida' active! ?

Attached image from Clapperton (1993)

"I do get motion sickness. So I had no idea if I'd be on one end of the spectrum, where I'm just sick for the whole 60 days, or the other" Sedimentologist Mike Kaplan shares the preparations he underwent to ensure he was not going to suffer from seasickness during his two months at sea for IODP Expedition 390. Mike also compares how his ...

A new #TalesFromTheDeep StoryCorps episode is posted! Check out this conversation with sedimentologist Mike Kaplan from JOIDES Resolution #EXP390 and how he prepared to address seasickness during his two months at sea. #podcast 🧪🌊⚒️

yeah, i find it especially helpful when working on potential proposals... get caught up on literature and learn new things ...

So so busy all the time, with age, i have a different view of reviewing manuscripts (ie, above)

very sad,

We were at a meeting together last October where I started to get to know Andy.

Pre‐Marine Isotope Stage 2 glacial activity around the Nevado de Chañi massif in the Central Andes of Argentina and paleoclimate implications We describe and analyze the glacial geomorphology and new 10Be cosmogenic surface exposure ages from moraines deposited before Marine Isotope Stage (MIS) 2 around Nevado de Chañi (24°4′ S, 65°45′ W),...

New paper alert! For those interested in glacier and climate changes before MIS 2 in the central Andes, led by Mateo Martini at CICTERRA UNC.

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

waiting for a bureaucracy to do stuff...approve something...

it was such an interesting finding, at the time, i thought about writing a paper just about this glacial event...but, didn't have the time...

Interesting. In southern Patagonia the 1500-1400 year expansion seems to be very important for the Icefield. Most outlet glaciers around Lago Argentino left moraines. Previously, I had not really appreciated this time period. Since, I've been wondering if broader hemispheric pattern at this time...?

i got there right when it closed..i wish i had done the same. I wanted to speak with people at nasa and noaa booths, etc. Oh well. Maybe i will suggest they put a sigh up with hours by the escalator next time.

yeah, although i finally had time to go to the exhibition hall yesterday and it closed before 1. i was kicked out at 1. i don't ever recall it being open for such a short period of time (monday late day to thursday morning). Obviously, i missed the message it was not open thursday,except morning.