Research areas
My research focuses on reconstructing past climate change and its causes. I'm particularly interested in the cause of recent glacial-interglacial cycles, and climate changes over the Cenozoic. To study these questions I use geochemical measurements on fossils, sediments, water and ice, with a special focus on the boron isotope proxy for pH. I interpret these data with the help of a variety of numerical models. I'm also fascinated by biomineralisation processes in corals and foraminifera, and the insights that geochemistry offers into calcification and ocean acidification.
PhD supervision
- Helen Innes
- Molly Trudgill
- Eloise Littley
Selected publications
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Wind-driven evolution of the North Pacific subpolar gyre over the last deglaciation
Gray, W. R., Wills, R. CJ., Rae, J. W. B., Burke, A., Ivanovic, R. F., Roberts, W. HG., Ferreira, D. & Valdes, P. J., 17 Mar 2020, In : Geophysical Research Letters. 47, 6, e2019GL086328.Research output: Contribution to journal ? Article
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Atmosphere-ocean CO2 exchange across the last deglaciation from the boron isotope proxy
Shao, J., Stott, L. D., Gray, W. R., Greenop, R., Pecher, I., Neil, H. L., Coffin, R. B., Davy, B. & Rae, J. W. B., 29 Oct 2019, In : Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology. Early View, 21 p.Research output: Contribution to journal ? Article
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Discharge of meteoric water in the eastern Norwegian Sea since the last glacial period
Hong, W-L., Lepland, A., Himmler, T., Kim, J-H., Chand, S., Sahy, D., Solomon, E. A., Rae, J. W. B., Martma, T., Nam, S-I. & Knies, J., 19 Jul 2019, In : Geophysical Research Letters. 46, 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal ? Article
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Rapid ocean acidification and protracted Earth system recovery followed the end-Cretaceous Chicxulub impact
Henehan, M. J., Ridgwell, A., Thomas, E., Zhang, S., Alegret, L., Schmidt, D. N., Rae, J. W. B., Witts, J. D., Landman, N. H., Greene, S. E., Huber, B. T., Super, J. R., Planavsky, N. J. & Hull, P. M., 21 Oct 2019, In : Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. Latest Articles, 5 p.Research output: Contribution to journal ? Article
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Boron isotopes in foraminifera: systematics, biomineralisation, and CO2 reconstruction
Rae, J. W. B., 2018, Boron Isotopes: The Fifth Element. Marschall, H. & Foster, G. (eds.). Cham: Springer, p. 107-143 (Advances in Isotope Geochemistry).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding ? Chapter (peer-reviewed)
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CO2 storage and release in the deep Southern Ocean on millennial to centennial timescales
Rae, J. W. B., Burke, A., Robinson, L. F., Adkins, J. F., Chen, T., Cole, C., Greenop, R., Li, T., Littley, E., Nita, D. C., Stewart, J. A. & Taylor, B., 25 Oct 2018, In : Nature. 562, p. 569-573 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal ? Letter
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Deglacial upwelling, productivity and CO2 outgassing in the North Pacific Ocean
Gray, W. R., Rae, J. W. B., Wills, R. C. J., Shevenell, A. E., Taylor, B., Burke, A., Foster, G. L. & Lear, C. H., May 2018, In : Nature Geoscience. 11, 5, p. 340?344 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal ? Article
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Distribution and ecology of planktic foraminifera in the North Pacific: implications for paleo-reconstructions
Taylor, B. J., Rae, J. W. B., Gray, W. R., Darling, K., Burke, A., Gersonde, R., Abelmann, A., Maier, E., Esper, O. & Ziveri, P., 1 Jul 2018, In : Quaternary Science Reviews. 191, p. 256-274 19 p.Research output: Contribution to journal ? Article
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The effect of ocean acidification on tropical coral calcification: insights from calcification fluid DIC chemistry
Allison, N., Cole, C., Hintz, C., Hintz, K., Rae, J. & Finch, A., 10 Oct 2018, In : Chemical Geology. 497, p. 162-169 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal ? Article
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What fraction of the Pacific and Indian oceans' deep water is formed in the Southern Ocean?
Rae, J. W. B. & Broecker, W., 21 Jun 2018, In : Biogeosciences. 15, p. 3779-3794 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal ? Article