Vacant postdoc position: Modeling the impact of early plants on the Earth’s atmosphere
A postdoc position is now open in modeling the impact of Early Plants on atmospheric O2 and CO2 levels. We are looking for dedicated researchers with a track record of scientific excellence and publications, who apply numerical models to understand the global Earth system. See the description here and apply via the link: https://jobportal.ku.dk/videnskabelige-stillinger/?show=148133
Tais gives keynote address, Nov 5 2018 @ GSA Indianapolis
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, […]
Goldschmidt conference in Boston Aug 12–17 · our talks and sessions
Eva and Tais are presenting at this year’s Goldschmidt conference: 07j: 210, Wednesday @ 09:45 – 10:00 Ocean Redox Conditions between the Snowballs – Geochemical Constraints from Arena Formation, East Greenland Eva L. Scheller with Alex J. Dickson AJ, Donald E. Canfield, Christoph Korte, Kasper K. Kristiansen & Tais W. Dahl. 10l: 206, Wednesday @ 16:00 […]
Tais speaks at the “Big Bang to Science conference”, Niels Bohr Institute
Tais will present “the earliest life” at the teachers’ conference “From Big Bang to Science” at the Niels Bohr Instiute August 6, 2018: HCØ auditorium 3
1.2 Mkr from the Danish Research Agency (DFF) to study the impact of land plants
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 […]
Tenure seminar: Tais W. Dahl
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 […]
Publication: Animals set the direction for Earth’s carbon cycle
In a new paper led by Richard Boyle, we show that the emergence of animal ecosystems – and more specifically the animal burrowing and sediment mixing – acted to dampen the magnitude and duration of instabilities in the Earth’s long term carbon cycle. The paper is published in Geobiology. Read the Rich’s comment on the […]
Why did it take so long before animals appeared on Earth?
One of the big mysteries in the history of life is why it took so long time for complex organisms to evolve. The Earth is 4.5 billion years old and fossils of the first motile animals are ca. 555 million years old. It took 3,945,000,000 years or almost 4 million millennia before evolution in mostly microbial ecosystems evolved organisms with a capacity to […]
Lecture: Andy Knoll – Systems Paleobiology
The relationship between Earth and life through time How Systems Paleobiology uses physiology as the conceptual bridge between paleobiological and geochemical data sets and provides us with a template for understanding global climate change and evaluation of the habitability of other planets. Professor Andrew H. Knoll, Fisher Professor of Natural History,Departments of Organismic and Evolutionary […]