Adriana Brown @adrianajbrown

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Ancient Desert Clues Reveal Rhythmic Climate Shifts in Early Pleistocene Death Valley A new paleoclimate study from Purdue University has uncovered evidence that yearly precipitation in southern Death Valley once swung between extreme drought and significantly wetter than modern condit...

For more information, see this article by Purdue EAPS on the study!

www.eaps.purdue.edu/news/articles/2025/1216_deathvalley_keough.html

11.01.2026 17:51 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Excited to share this study led by Brandon Keough! I was lucky enough to work on this project as a Purdue undergrad. We used #isotopes, #sedimentology, and field geology to study precipitation cycles in the Plio-Pleistocene of Death Valley.
sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0031018225006182

11.01.2026 17:51 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Hello BlueSky! I'm Adriana, a PhD student in Earth & Environmental Sciences at the University of Michigan. I'm excited to join the community here and share research updates from my work in Ann Arbor!

11.01.2026 17:13 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

@adrianajbrown is following 11 prominent accounts

Max Planck Institute for Chemistry
@mpic.de

#Research institute in Mainz, Germany | Advancing basic research on chemical processes shaping the #Earthsystem. Imprint: https://www.mpic.de/3626961

Matt Friedman
@friedmanlab

Vertebrate evolutionary biologist | Professor University of Michigan | Director & Curator UMMP | he/him/his

Jessica Tierney
@leafwax

Climate scientist living in the Sonoran Desert. Analyzer of leaf waxes to learn about past climate change. Professor at the University of Arizona. I also like birds, nature, pets🦉🌿🐕 | Opinions are mine, not those of my employer

Emily Troyer
@fishfetisher

Postdoc at University of Michigan My research focuses on the morphological evolution of living and fossil fishes. I mainly post about fish and weird things I enjoy https://emilymtroyer.weebly.com/

James Witts
@jdwitts

NERC Postdoctoral Researcher in Palaeoecology @nhm-london.bsky.social Fossil-wrangler (mostly in the Cretaceous, dabbling in the Jurassic, Paleogene, and more recent), big fan of (southern) high latitudes. Ferroequinologist. Views are my own.

Niels de Winter
@nielsjdewinter

Assistant Professor @ VU Amsterdam & @ VUBrussel #Paleoclimate, short-term #climate variability 🌦️, mollusks🐚, #running, popular #science, #gamer, plant-based #vegan 🌱 Sharing new #paleoclimate, #geology and #sclerochronology #science papers + own results

Dr. Brendan Anderson
@fossilsndcoffee

Paleobiologist. evolution and paleoclimate. Coffee enthusiast. Snail evangelist. Visiting Professor @ SUNY Oneonta. Paleontological Research Institution Research Associate. Dartmouth, KU, Cornell alum. He/him. Opinions my own. https://www.brendan-anderson

Dr. Andrea Dutton
@drandreadutton

Geologist. Obsessed w/ carbonates, isotopes, sea level & climate. Professor at Univ. Wisconsin-Madison. she/her

The Geological Society of America (GSA)
@geosociety

The Geological Society of America (GSA) unites a diverse community of geoscientists in a common purpose to study the mysteries of our planet (and beyond) and share scientific findings.

Nature Geoscience
@natgeosci.nature.com

A monthly journal aimed at collating top-quality research across the Earth and planetary sciences. Twitter/X: @NatureGeosci Site notice: http://bit.ly/2oAyLi1 https://www.nature.com/ngeo/

Bluesky
@bsky.app

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