Recent News

2024

December
- PhD student Monica Garity and lab manager/ICPMS technician Sarah McCart present at Fall AGU in Washington, DC

November
- New technician Cornelia Hatfield from the Marine Science Magnet High School joins the lab - welcome Cornelia!

- Master's student Ethan Taylor successfully defends his thesis on the depth habitat of G. bulloides in the Atlantic sector of the Southern Ocean

October
- Dr. Sarah Shackleton, Assistant Scientist at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, presents in the Marine Science Department seminar series 

August
- New PhD student Erin Leathrum (M.S. Oceanography, University of Delaware) joins the Avery Point Paleoclimate Lab - welcome Erin!

July
- Incoming UConn freshman Zachary Jones joins the lab group - welcome Zach!

April 
- Dr. Allison Jacobel, Assistant Professor at Middlebury College, presents in the Marine Science Department seminar series 

January
- Manuscript by Monica Garity (Ph.D. student) entitled 'Multi-proxy evidence for Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation weakening during deglaciations of the past 150,000 years' published in Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology

- Manuscript by Alec Stub (M.S. student) and Monica Garity (Ph.D. student) entitled 'Brazil Margin stable isotope profiles for the last glacial cycle: Implications for watermass geometry and oceanic carbon storage' published in Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology

2023

December
- Lund lab presents at Fall AGU meeting in San Francisco, including presentations by Monica Garity (Ph.D. student), Ethan Taylor (M.S. student), and Sarah McCart (lab manager/super tech)

- Sea-going proposal entitled "Collaborative Research - Resolving the LGM ventilation age conundrum: New radiocarbon records from high sedimentation rate sites in the deep western Pacific" funded by NSF Marine Geology and Geophysics Program

- Manuscript by Monica Garity (Ph.D. student) entitled 'Multi-proxy evidence for Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation weakening during deglaciations of the past 150,000 years' accepted for publication in Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology

November
- Manuscript by Alec Stub (M.S. student) and Monica Garity (Ph.D. student) entitled 'Brazil Margin stable isotope profiles for the last glacial cycle: Implications for watermass geometry and oceanic carbon storage' accepted for publication in Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology

- Dr. Alan Seltzer, Assistant Scientist at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, presents in the Marine Science Department seminar series

September 
- Dr. Sophie Hines, Assistant Scientist at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, presents in the Marine Science Department seminar series

July
- Two new high school students start summer research projects in the lab, including Ko Parlagreco (Marine Science Magnet School) and Ella Booc (Fitch High School)

June
- Hope Jerris (Middlebury College) starts her NSF REU project in the Avery Point Paleoclimate Lab.  See here for video of previous REU student Jacquelyn McBride explaining her project. 

March 
- Proposal entitled "Was the deep Atlantic dominated by southern source waters during the LGM? A conservative view based on the oxygen isotopic ratio of benthic foraminifera" funded by NSF Marine Geology and Geophysics Program

- Paper by Muglia et al. on compilation of high-resolution stable isotope data published in Nature Scientific Data

February
- Manuscript by Monica Garity (Ph.D. student) entitled 'Multi-proxy evidence for Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation weakening during deglaciations of the past 150,000 years' submitted to Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology

- Manuscript by Alec Stub (M.S. student) entitled 'Brazil Margin stable isotope profiles for the last glacial cycle: Implications for watermass geometry and oceanic carbon storage' submitted to Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology

2022

December
- Proposal entitled "Anomalous mid-ocean ridge volcanism during glacial terminations: Exploring new archives from the East Pacific Rise" funded by UConn College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

November
- Dr. Baerbel Hoenisch, Dansgaard Award winner and AGU Emiliani lecturer, presents in the Marine Science Department seminar series
 
October
- Dr. Katherine Allen, Associate Professor at the University of Maine, presents in the Marine Science Department seminar series

August
- NSF REU student Jacquelyn McBride presents her project results showing evidence for ocean acidification during the last major drop in atmospheric carbon dioxide 

​June
- Lab group travels to Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory for deep sea sediment sampling party

- Undergraduate Jacquelyn McBride begins her project as part of the NSF Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU)

​May
- Dr. Erika Marin-Spiotta, AGU Fellow and Presidential Early Career Award winner, visits Marine Science Department to discuss ADVANCEGeo survey results

- Undergraduate Walker Melzen completes his honors thesis project on hydrothermal plume fallout along the East Pacific Rise

April 
- Review paper on Southern Ocean sea ice reconstruction techniques published in Climate of the Past.

March 
- Paper on oceanic carbon release during the last deglaciation published in Nature Geoscience.

- Dr. Peter Clark, AAAS and AGU Fellow and professor at Oregon State University, visits the Marine Science Department.

2021
 
- Ph.D. candidate Monica Garity presents her research in the 'Advances in Understanding the Global Meridional Overturning Circulation' session at the American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting

November
- Dr. Danny Sigman, MacArthur Fellow and professor at Princeton University, visits the Marine Science Department 

- Dave gives presents new deep Pacific radiocarbon results at the Geological Society America Meeting in Portland

June
- New Ph.D. candidate Ethan Taylor starts at the Avery Point Paleoclimate Lab

- Ph.D. candidate Monica Garity begins University of Potsdam virtual summer school on 'Trends, Rhythms, Events in Earth's Climate System - Past, Present, and Future'

May 
- Ph.D. candidate Monica Garity presents at the biennial Feng Colloquium in the Department of Marine Sciences

- Undergraduate Walker Melzen begins honors thesis project on hydrothermal activity along the East Pacific Rise

- Paper on new method for reconstructing sea ice extent published in Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology

February 
- Former M.S. student Alec Shub begins Knauss Fellowship with the NOAA Climate Program Office

January
- Ph.D. candidate Monica Garity successfully passes her qualifying exams - congratulations Monica!

2020

December
- M.S. graduate student Alec Shub working with Governor's Council on Climate Change

November

- Sarah McCart successfully defends her Master's thesis entitled: "Assessing the sea level hypothesis with hydrothermal and volcanic ash records from the East Pacific Rise and Pacific-Antarctic Ridge"

- Alec Shub successfully defends his Master's thesis entitled: "Deep South Atlantic watermass variability during the last glacial cycle: New stable isotope records from the Brazil Margin"  

- Ph.D. candidate Monica Garity presents her research entitled "Carbon isotope evidence for AMOC weakening during deglaciations of the past 140 ka" at the PAGES Quaternary Interglacial Meeting

August
- Grant awarded for "Do metalliferous sediments record mid-ocean ridge hydrothermal activity: Constraining the roles of iron oxidation rate and 230Th scavenging" by NSF Marine Geology and Geophysics
 
July
- Graduate student Alec Shub awarded prestigious Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship in Washington, D.C.

June
- Grant awarded for "Tracking Southern Ocean sea ice extent and frontal positions: Novel techniques based on oxygen isotope and Mg/Ca analyses of foraminifera" by NSF Paleo Perspectives on Climate Change

February
- Publication of 230Th review paper by Costa et al. in Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology

January
- Dave begins sabbatical at the University of Tasmania, collaborating with Drs. Zanna Chase and Rebecca Carey

 
2019

December
- Sampling trip to Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Core Repository

September
International Conference on Paleoceanography (ICP), Sydney, Australia 
  - Graduate student Alec Shub presented on new stable isotope profiles from the Brazil Margin
  - Dave presented on evidence for hydrothermal scavenging of 230Th along the East Pacific Rise

August
- Compilation of consistently dated sediment cores published by Waelbroeck et al. in Scientific Data

- New Ph.D. student Monica Garity (B.S. UC Santa Barbara) joins the lab

July
- Publication of manuscript by graduate student Matt Lacerra in Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology

June
- Sampling trip to Columbia University's Lamont Doherty Core Repository

May
- Publication of South Atlantic sub-surface warming paper by Umling et al. in Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology

April
- Incoming Ph.D. student Monica Garity (B.S. Earth Sciences, UCSB) awarded prestigious Harriott Fellowship from the UCONN Graduate School

March
- Publication of air-sea carbon isotope equilibration paper in Environmental Research Letters

January
- Publication of East Pacific Rise hydrothermal scavenging paper in Earth and Planetary Science Letters


2018

December
- Manuscript by Matt Lacerra (M.S. student) entitled 'Less remineralized carbon in the intermediate depth South Atlantic during Heinrich Stadial 1 ' submitted to Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology

November
- Invited manuscript entitled 'Carbon isotope minima in the South Atlantic during the last deglaciation: Evaluating the influence of air-sea gas exchange' submitted to Environmental Research Letters 

September
- Two new M.S. graduate students join the lab:  Sarah McCart (B.S. Marine Sciences, UCONN) and Alec Shub (B.A. Geology, Macalaster College)

August 
- Publication of Pacific-Antarctic Ridge volcanism paper in G-cubed

- Goldschmidt International Conference, Boston, MA

- Matt presented on the biological pump hypothesis and AMOC during HS1

- Dave presented on the biogeochemical impact of AMOC collapse using South Atlantic records spanning MIS 2-6

- Sarah presented a poster on the newly published Pacific-Antarctic Ridge volcanism paper

- Matt presented his M.S. thesis defense on the biological pump hypothesis
 
July
- Grant awarded for "Anomalous submarine volcanism during glacial terminations: Exploring archives from the global mid-ocean ridge system" project by NSF Marine Geology and Geophysics

June 
- Sampling trip to Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Core Repository 

April
- Grant awarded for "The Atlantic's role in ice age inception and termination: Assessing carbon storage and release with new Brazil Margin profiles form MIS 2 to MIS 6" project by NSF Paleo Perspectives on Climate Change program