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Dr James Rae
Research Fellow
My research focuses on Earth's carbon cycle and climate. I am particularly interested in major environmental change in Earth's past, including rapid CO2 and climate change during the ice ages, the long-term chemical evolution of Earth's ocean and atmosphere, and the enivornmental perturbations that led to mass extinction.
To address these questions I use novel geochemical measurements on fossils, sediments, water, and ice, with a focus on the boron isotope proxy for pH and CO2. I am a PI of the St Andrews isotope Geochemistry labs (STAiG), a state-of-the-art clean room and mass spectrometry facility. I also use a variety of numerical tools to explore mechanisms of environmental change, including the cGENIE Earth System model.
I'm also fascinated by biomineralisation processes in corals and foraminifera, and the insights that geochemistry offers into calcification and ocean acidification.
I give regular public shows, lectures, and teacher development workshops on climate change. I am currently developing a series of teaching resources with Geobus and serve on the board of the Royal Meteorological Society's MetLink outreach programme.
You can follow me on Twitter @mudwaterclimate
PhD projects for 2018 entry
If you are interested in joining my group as a PhD student please take a look at the projects below and get in touch!
Ocean acidification and mass extinction
Snowguns, seesaws, and CO2: million-year to millennial climate and productivity change in the Arctic
Modelling rapid CO2 and climate change in the Southern Ocean
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Recent publications
9 (of 9 published available) for jwbr with keyword foraminifera clear keyword filter. (source: University of St Andrews PURE)
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pp.107-143
(Chapter (peer-reviewed))
James William Buchanan Rae
Keywords: Boron isotopes, Foraminifera, CO2, Biomineralisation, Proxy
Nature Geoscience
(Article)
William Robert Gray, James William Buchanan Rae, Robert C. J. Wills, Amelia E. Shevenell, Andrea Burke, Gavin L. Foster, Caroline H. Lear
Quaternary Science Reviews
vol.191 pp.256-274
(Article)
James William Buchanan Rae, William Robert Gray, Kate Darling, Andrea Burke, Rainer Gersonde, Andrea Abelmann, Edith Maier, Oliver Esper, Patrizia Ziveri
Paleoceanography
vol.32 pp.580-599
(Article)
Laura L. Haynes, Bärbel Hönisch, Kelsey A. Dyez, Kate Holland, Yair Rosenthal, Carina R. Fish, Adam V. Subhas, James William Buchanan Rae
Keywords: O. universa, B/Ca, Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum, Ocean acidification, Planktic foraminifera
Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences
vol.44
(Article)
Nature
vol.518 pp.219-22
(Article)
M A MartÃnez-BotÃ, G Marino, G L Foster, P Ziveri, M J Henehan, James William Buchanan Rae, P G Mortyn, D Vance
Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems
vol.16 pp.1052-1069
(Article)
M.J. Henehan, G.L. Foster, James William Buchanan Rae, K.C. Prentice, J. Erez, H.C. Bostock, B.J. Marshall, Paul Joseph Wilson
Keywords: Globigerinoides ruber, B/Ca ratios, Planktic foraminifera, pH proxy, Trace elements, Proxy calibration
Nature Geoscience
vol.8 pp.420
(Article)
Charlotte O'Brien, Gavin Foster, James William Buchanan Rae, Richard Pancost
Paleoceanography
(Article)
James William Buchanan Rae, Michael Sarnthein, Gavin Foster, Andy Ridgwell, Pieter Grootes, Tim Elliott
Keywords: radiocarbon, boron isotopes, North Pacific, deglacial CO2, deep water formation, atmospheric teleconnections
Contact Details:
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University of St Andrews
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St Andrews
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email: jwbr@st-andrews.ac.uk
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