Dr James Rae

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Phone

+44 (0)1334 463910

Email

jwbr@st-andrews.ac.uk

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

• Equilibria, kinetics, and boron isotope partitioning in the aqueous boric acid?hydrofluoric acid system

  Zeebe, R. & Rae, J. W. B., 5 Jun 2020, In : Chemical Geology. 550, 119693.

  Research output: Contribution to journal ? Article

• Refining trace metal temperature proxies in cold-water scleractinian and stylasterid corals

  Stewart, J. A., Robinson, L. F., Day, R. D., Strawson, I., Burke, A., Rae, J. W. B., Spooner, P. T., Samperiz, A., Etnoyer, P. J., Williams, B., Paytan, A., Leng, M. J., Häussermann, V., Wickes, L. N., Bratt, R. & Pryer, H., 22 Jun 2020, In : Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 545, 13 p., 116412.

  Research output: Contribution to journal ? Article

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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)

• 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

• 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

• 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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