Watson is in #Portorož at @isofood 2023. We look forward to hear about using #stableisotopes in #food science and beyond!

RT @MarenDubbert
We had a really nice excursion to our nearby urban forest today. We sampled phloem from beeches and oaks for stable isotope analysis. The beeches were providing us with nutrition 😅🌳💦#confor #isodrones #zalf #stableisotopes @ZALF_leibniz with John Marshal and Clara Rohde

Today is the #WorldWaterDay. WATSON contributes to
"accelerating change to solve the water and sanitation crisis" by offering #knowledge and #tools based on #stableisotopes to understand #water #fluxes @unescoWATER @COSTprogramme https://www.worldwaterday.org/

Do not miss next WATSON Wednesdays' seminar! Angelika Kübert will talk about #ecohydrological processes in #grassland and #forest #ecosystems. Visit our website for more info and to enrol https://watson-cost.eu/2023/03/16/watson-wednesdays-angelika-kubert/ #stableisotopes #plant #water

Nerdy details: we show using #stableisotopes of #carbon (δ¹³C) and #oxygen (δ¹⁸O) that **ONLY** Miliolida benthic foraminifera (including #Pyrgo, #Quinqueloculina, & #Spiroloculina - pictures attached) found **ONLY** in sediments proximal to methane hydrates (site U1446 is in the NW Bay of Bengal) contain wildly negative δ¹³C signatures characteristics associated with methane dynamics in marine sediments. Check out those δ¹³C values!!

Thanks to Harsh Beria for his very interesting seminar on Partitioning rainfall and snowmelt between trees, streams, and groundwater in the Swiss Alps!
Next WATSON Wednesday will be the 5th April. Angelika Kuebert will talk about #ecohydrological #processes in #grasslands and #forests. More info and registration here https://watson-cost.eu/wednesdays-with-watson/! #stableisotopes #water #criticalzone

Tomorrow 1 March, 12:30 CET, Harsh Beria seminar on #Partitioning #rainfall and #snowmelt using #stableisotopes.
Register here https://uzh.zoom.us/meeting/register/u5YrdOuvqT0vGdwHxetUjMrxQUKY4PUqizMm
#Alps #trees #Swiss #ETH #ecophysiology #hydrology #scienceiscool

Congratulations to Katrin Meusburger for her new project funded by Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) as part of the #COST funding scheme for scientific projects. You can read more on WATSON COST website https://watson-cost.eu/2023/01/20/congratulations-to-katrin-meusburger/
#waterfluxes #forest #stableisotopes
COST - European Cooperation in Science and Technology

REMINDER!
1 February 12:30 CET
WATSON Wednesdays with Paolo Benettin
https://watson-cost.eu/2023/01/29/watson-wednesdays-paolo-benettin/
#water #transittime #stableisotopes #catchments

Do not miss next exciting WATSON webinar about
Isotopic discrepancies in plant water pools and their sources
by Adrià Barbeta Margarit
the 11/01/2023 at 12:30 CET

Here the link to enroll:
https://watson-cost.eu/wednesdays-with-watson/
or here:
https://uzh.zoom.us/meeting/register/u5Aqf-yupjgoHNINGElpf7BgKqkZ2sJWrkv4

#water #stableisotopes #ecophysiology #criticalzone

High-resolution #Isotope analysis of #TreeRings: #StableIsotopes in tree rings provide insights on the #Climate of the past and on physiological reactions of #Trees to climate - here, we give an update on the current status of laser ablation research for high resolution, high throughput analysis of wood carbon isotope ratios: https://academic.oup.com/treephys/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/treephys/tpac141/6909002?login=false

I guess we are doing intro posts! I'm a #MarineScientist (PhD focused on use of #StableIsotopes & #microbial indicators of modern & historical #WaterQuality & #LandUseChange) & #shellfish #ecologist interested in sustainable aquaculture, leading conservation & research efforts at a barrier island nonprofit where we do lots of wildlife conservation work & environmental monitoring. Finding ways to incorporate my old love of oysters w/new focus on sea turtles, alligators, birds, deer!

Thanks to César Jiménez Rodríguez for the 🤩super interesting 🤩WATSON Wednesday yesterday! Next one will be given by Adrià Barbeta Margarit 🤗on 11/01/2023. Do not miss it! Here the link to enroll: https://watson-cost.eu/wednesdays-with-watson/ #water #stableisotopes #ecophysiology #criticalzone

Oh wow! For anyone interested in #StableIsotopes this paper is exciting!

https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fevo.2022.958032/full

Lower sample size needed for #carbon and #oxygen measurements in #tooth #enamel and they were able to measure #nitrogen from enamel! 😳

:flan_hurrah: WATSON Wednesdays :flan_hurrah:

The seminar will take place on 7 December 2022; 12:30 CET.

César Jiménez Rodríguez talks about "Gardening the isotope signatures: when fractionation plays with us".

To sign up and read the whole program on our website https://watson-cost.eu/.

We look forward to seeing you there!

the WATSON team

#water #stableisotopes #hydrology #ecophysiology #criticalzone #seminar

My #firstpost on #Mastodon:

🌏 🌊 I am an Earth/climate scientist at the University of Arizona in #Tucson (southwestern US) focusing on the areas of #climate change, #paleoclimates, and #paleoceanography, with an emphasis on #ENSO, #monsoons, & #variability.

⚗️🐚 Our group uses #inorganic #geochemistry incl. measurements of #stableisotopes & #tracemetals in #carbonate rocks & #fossils (e.g., #foraminifera, #mollusks, & #speleothems) alongside climate #observations as well as #simulations to advance understanding of how the Earth's #climate & #oceans have changed in the past and can change in the future.

Some of my hobbies include:

🎵 #music: I am a fan of #metal and heavy music of all sorts, but tend to migrate towards #black, #death, #doom, #drone, #sludge, & #thrash. I also have a soft spot for #carnatic/#hindustani #ragas, #darkambient, oldschool-ish #hiphop, #triphop, and various forms of #electronicmusic.

🦜 #birds & #birding #photography bring me joy. Right now, I feel v lucky to be briefly back in my hometown of #Bengaluru, southern India, after three long years being able to see #oldworld birds I grew up with.

👨🏾‍💻 #GTD, #mindfulness, #organization, and (vs?) #producivity are things that I enjoy thinking about. Of late, I've been using #Things3, #Streaks, #Hobonichi w a #Lamy Safari, #Obsidian, #Overleaf, & #Bookends to get things done.

🙏🏽 Thanks for reading!

Thrilled to have made it to the lab in #SouthAfrica to select #MiddleStoneAge and #LateStoneAge #fish and #seals for #StableIsotopes! More fish, seal, and marine sustability content to come…

We look back at a very successful first WATSON Wednesday seminar by Prof. James Kirchner and look forward to the next presentation by César
Jiménez Rodríguez on Dec 7 on Gardening the isotope
signatures: when fractionation plays with us. Check our website for more info and to enroll. https://watson-cost.eu/wednesdays-with-watson/ #water #stableisotopes #hydrology #criticalzone #seminars

RT @PaleoAna@twitter.com

My new paper on the diet of brown bears from Spain and Italy by means of #stableisotopes is out :)
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13364-022-00654-2

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/PaleoAna/status/1584493509440339968

We are looking forward to the first WATSON Wednesday
seminar by @KirchnerLabETH on end member splitting. Join us on Wed Nov
2, at 12:30 CET. Please use this link to sign up
https://uzh.zoom.us/meeting/register/u5Ypc-qhpjMoGddFQK0NNy5ApxzXe0G9N3LS
and see: https://watson-cost.eu/wednesdays-with-watson/ for
the schedule of the other seminars
#stableisotopes #hydrology #water #seminars