Center for Biomolecular Structure Lecture Series

"Reconstructing Paleoenvironments Using Synchrotron X-ray Spectroscopy of Mineral Archives"

Presented by Gavin Piccione, Brown University

Wednesday, June 25, 2025, 1:30 pm — Videoconference / Virtual Event (see link below)

The subglacial environment beneath ice sheets plays a critical but poorly understood role in Earth's climate and biogeochemical cycles, generating nutrients that fuel polar ocean ecosystems and offering analogs for habitable environments on icy worlds. In this talk, I show how synchrotron-based X-ray spectroscopy, combined with isotopic and elemental data from sedimentary rocks, can reconstruct the chemical evolution of subglacial fluids through time. This integrated geochemical approach reveals how these hidden environments respond to climate change, providing time-resolved insights into the ecological and geological processes operating beneath the ice.

Hosted by: Vivian Stojanoff

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