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The Paleoceanography Lab conducts research in four main areas:
1) Eocene ocean circulation and carbonate cycle;
2) Late Cretaceous-Cenozoic deep-sea temperature, chemistry, and ice volume;
3) Paleo-methane emissions;
4) Benthic foraminiferal biomineralization.

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The UR Paleoceanography Lab at FORAMS 2026!!

The UR Paleoceanography Lab at FORAMS 2026, hosted by UMass Amherst (MA), June 2026. From the left: Aidan Trendell, Chiara Borrelli, and Andressa Nauter-Alves.

Aidan presenting his research at FORAMS 2026. Left: Aidan explains Eocene changes in paleoproductivity and the carbonate cycle as recorded in sediments from the oligotrophic South Atlantic. Right: Aidan presents his work about microhabitat changes in oxygenation during the Oceanic Anoxic Event 2 (OAE2) in the Western Interior Seaway as evidenced by benthic foraminiferal morphology (this was Aidan’s senior thesis work).

Andressa presenting her research at FORAMS 2026. Left: Andressa explains her work on benthic foraminiferal Mg-Sr-B-Li/Ca interspecies correction factors and environmental reconstructions using Late Cretaceous and Paleogene samples. Right: Andressa talks about her recently published paper (Nauter-Alves et al., 2025) focused on benthic foraminiferal Mg-Sr-B-Li/Ca global core-top compilation and revised species-specific calibrations.