Exploring the Environmental Impact of Ancient Civilizations

March 1, 2017

How did former civilizations, such as the ancient Greeks and Romans, restructure their environment and...

Reefs Actually Need to be Eaten to Thrive

February 14, 2017

Algae-eating fish are critical to health of Coral Reefs Coral reefs are jewels of the ocean–magnificent...

In Search of Human Origins--the Oceanic View

May 25, 2016

IODP Expedition 361 drilled six sites off Southern Africa in Feb-March 2016. Our objectives were...

85 Ma of fish and shark evolution in the open ocean

October 28, 2015

With Ph.D student, Elizabeth Sibert, I have been using the fossil record of fish teeth...

Why put a GPS tracker on a rock?

August 24, 2014

An enduring mystery in Geology is why and how rocks move of their own accord...

Research in Biogeography

March 13, 2014

Among my interests is the evolution of zoogeography in the oceans, particularly in plankton but...

Past Ecosystems are Key to the Future

August 3, 2013

What lessons we can learn from the geological record of marine ecosystems about the impact...

My U-Tube moment at the Bremen Core Repository

March 17, 2013

The University of Bremen has one of the very best core repositories for scientific study...

Drilling Paleogene Sediment Drifts of Newfoundland

February 13, 2013

Part of the science party for IODP Expedition 342 “Paleogene Newfoundland Sediment Drifts” (gathered around...

Reef fish teeth as indicators of pre-European fishing impacts in the Caribbean

February 5, 2013

Left: Field photograph of the Bocas del Toro Field Station in NE Panama. Right: An...