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Member Since 2000
Jim M. Russell
Professor, Brown University
Professional Experience
Brown University
Professor
2017 - Present
Brown University
2012 - Present
Education
University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Doctorate
2004
Honors & Awards
Willi Dansgaard Award
Received December 2020
Publications

The Branched GDGT Isomer Ratio Refines Lacustrine Paleotemperature Estimates
Branched glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraethers (brGDGTs) are membrane‐spanning lipids synthesized by bacteria in numerous substrates. The deg...
March 24, 2025

High‐Latitude, Indian Ocean, and Orbital Influences on Easte...
November 30, 2023

A brGDGT‐Based Reconstruction of Terrestrial Temperature Fro...
February 23, 2023

Last Glacial Maximum Reconstructions of Rwenzori Mountain Gl...
January 20, 2023
AGU Abstracts
Investigating the Resilience of Eastern Amazonia to Warming in the Late Quaternary
RESILIENT NATURAL SYSTEMS IN THE PALEORECORD POSTER
paleoceanography and paleoclimatology | 13 december 2024
Natalie Devito, James M. Russell, Ellen M Jorgense...
The Amazon rainforest houses nearly 10% of earths biodiversity and sequesters CO2 equivalent to 10% of atmospheric levels. Deforestation and rapid glo...
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Tropical Terrestrial Temperature Change during the Mid-Pleistocene Transition in the Congo Basin and Maritime Continent
ADVANCES IN UNDERSTANDING THE CAUSES, MECHANISMS, AND IMPACTS OF QUATERNARY ABRUPT CLIMATE CHANGES AND THEIR IMPLICATIONS FOR THE FUTURE II POSTER
paleoceanography and paleoclimatology | 13 december 2024
Gabriel Traietti, Andrea Mason, Meredith Parish, J...
The tropics are a major region of atmospheric convection that dominate the Earths atmospheric water vapor and energy budgets. As the warmest region on...
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Orbital-scale variability in Miocene-Holocene sediment source, terrestrial hydrology, and ecology along the Iberian Margin – Initial results from IODP Expedition 397
MIOCENE CLIMATE DYNAMICS II ORAL
paleoceanography and paleoclimatology | 12 december 2024
Bryce Mitsunaga, Jiawang Wu, David A. Hodell, Fati...
Preliminary evidence suggests that terrestrial Iberian hydroclimate is precessionally forced. Physical properties (magnetic susceptibility, reflectanc...
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Volunteer Experience
2022 - 2022
Member
Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology Executive Committee
2021 - 2022
Chair
Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology Dansgaard Mid-Career Award Committee
2017 - 2020
Associate Editor
Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology
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