Tais gives keynote address, Nov 5 2018 @ GSA Indianapolis

August 23, 2018By Tais W DahlUncategorized

Geological Society of America Annual Meeting 2018: Nov 7, 2018 – Wed 10:30 AM Tais W. Dahl EVIDENCE FOR THE GREAT MID-PALEOZOIC TRANSITION LINKED TO THE COLONIZATIONS OF LAND T117 session at GSA, Greenhouse to Icehouse Transition: Global Events of the Devonian, Carboniferous, and Early Permian,  in the Indiana Convention Center, Room 140.  Nov 4, … Read More

1.2 Mkr from the Danish Research Agency (DFF) to study the impact of land plants

June 4, 2018By Tais W DahlUncategorized

The DFF-ERC programme has awarded 1.2 Mkr to a project, entitled: PlantImpact – Linking mesocosm experiments to global biogeochemical models. The project will open 1 postdoc position beginning in the fall 2018. We are seeking candidates with at least one strong peer-reviewed publication and experience with theoretical modeling. A background in plant ecology is helpful and … Read More

Tenure seminar: Tais W. Dahl

May 28, 2018By Tais W DahlUncategorized

The final step in the evaluation of Tenure Track assistant professors involves a seminar at the institute. In this respect, Tais will give a presentation on June 18th, 13:30–16:00 in the Auditorium of the Geological Museum, Øster Voldgade 5-7, 1350 Copenhagen K. Tenure Seminar Part 1 (13.30–14.15) is aimed at the non-specialists, who are interested … Read More

Nordic Winter Meeting January 2018 – 4 presentations

December 18, 2017By Tais W DahlOutreach, Presentations, Research, Students and postdocs

Our group will give several presentation at the Nordic Winter Meeting at DTU in Lyngby, Denmark Wednesday Jan 10, 2018 10.00-11.00 Student poster presentations Magnus A. R, Harding “Surface analyses of fossil leaves” Julius C. Havsteen “The Silurian Lau event – testing plant weathering as driver for ocean anoxia and animal extinction”   Thursday Jan 11, … Read More

New paper in press: Ocean redox conditions between the Neoproterozoic Snowballs

December 18, 2017By Tais W DahlPublication, Research, Students and postdocs

A new paper on the redox conditions in the oceans after the Sturtian and before the Marinoan ‘Snowball’ glaciations is now press in Precambrian Research. Our results suggest that oceans remained largely anoxic after the Sturtian glaciation and that something else triggered oxygenation of the Ediacaran oceans after the Marinoan glaciation. This ‘something’ could be due to the way animals affect the global … Read More