Madison East

[Cambridge Earth Sciences @EarthSciCam]

This summer, @oscarbranson and PhD students @MadisonEast7, Winnie Fang and Alice Ball, spent five weeks on Green Island, Taiwan, studying open ocean plankton (foraminifera).

Their aim was to understand how forams grow their intricate shells and record paleoclimate info🐚🌊

[Madison East @MadisonEast7]

And because better late than never... throwback to a few seminar summaries from last term!

[Madison East @MadisonEast7]

Great start to @EarthSciCam termly Department Seminar Series yesterday with a talk from Prof. Stephen Mojzsis! When did the moon get those characteristic craters?

[Madison East @MadisonEast7]

A great couple of days attending #GGRiP at @EarthSciCam.

I had my first crack at creating visual summaries of the 15 min talks as I listened. Not easy!

Apologies for any misrepresented science or typos, and the early talks I have missed here!!!

[The Sedgwick Museum @SedgwickMuseum]

Saturday 22nd April is #EarthDay 🌍

If you have a question about climate change or want to learn more about what climate scientists do, why not ask 3 climate scientists from @EarthSciCam ?

Pop your Qs in this thread and they will have an answer for you in the coming week 1/4

[Cambridge Earth Sciences @EarthSciCam]

This #EarthDay2023, some of our fantastic researchers will be answering your questions on climate science!🌏

Drop your questions over to @SedgwickMuseum in the thread below. Our @MadisonEast7, @hassanaftabs & Gabby Kleber will then respond over the next week!

[Cambridge Earth Sciences @EarthSciCam]

Last week's view from up Goat Fell, rounding off our first year trip to Arran. Not much view from the top, but happy faces peering through the mist! 😊😍 #FieldWork

Thanks @MadisonEast7 for the photos!

[Cambridge Earth Sciences @EarthSciCam]

Two of our PhD students, Madi East and Winnie Fang, ran a coral making activity with families at the @SedgwickMuseum on Saturday. The colourful creations will feature in an ongoing museum display 🪸🐚🌊

📷@TheMuseumOfLiz / @MadisonEast7

[Liz Hide @TheMuseumOfLiz]

BIG thank you to @EarthSciCam PhD students Madi & Winnie and our fab volunteers @SedgwickMuseum sharing their enthusiasm for all things coral today & helping families contribute to a glorious crowdsourced reef model 🪸 (my poor polyp efforts not shown)
@MadisonEast7

[Claire Phipps @Claire_Phipps]

The BBC has decided not to broadcast an episode of David Attenborough’s flagship new series on British wildlife because of fears its themes of the destruction of nature would risk a backlash from Tory politicians and the rightwing press https://t.co/qY2ZwZS90q

[Madison East @MadisonEast7]

Interested in understanding the mechanistic links between (bio)mineral formation, environmental conditions and proxy systems?

Join us in session 13a @goldschmidt2023!

https://t.co/oem9YKpIYp

Abstract deadline ***March 1st***

(Image credit: Winnie Fang)

[Madison East @MadisonEast7]

@CoralSci 2!

[Cambridge Earth Sciences @EarthSciCam]

It's #WorldOceansDay 🐳 Some fun facts about coral reefs:

🪸 They protect wildlife
⛈️Strengthen the seabed during storms
🌳Grow rings just like trees!
⏲️First formed on Earth 240 million years ago

Our @MadiEast is visiting @anuearthscience, studying how corals grow.

[Cambridge Earth Sciences @EarthSciCam]

First up is PhD student Madi East @MadisonEast7

Madi studies how corals build their intricate skeletons, and the factors that impact how faithfully they record environmental data on the #climate of the past.

Which items did she choose? Find out below! #IDWGS #IDWGS2022

[Cambridge Earth Sciences @EarthSciCam]

Today, we're celebrating the UN @WomenScienceDay 👩‍🚀🌍💚

We asked our #WomenInScience what items they rely on for their everyday research, whether a spectrometer for measuring ancient gas trapped in ice, or wireless headphones for dancing in the lab!

#IDWGS #IDWGS2022

[Cambridge Earth Sciences @EarthSciCam]

Madi’s work is helping build a picture of how environment affects #coral growth.

In the electron microscope image below you can see marks left by the laser used to analyse the coral's chemistry: giving a picture of how they grow under different environments. #SciArt #SciComm

[Cambridge Earth Sciences @EarthSciCam]

Who knew corals came in so many wonderful and intricate forms? 🐚🌊

And corals aren’t just pretty —they are vital for life, as PhD student Madi East explains in our new blog. #COP26 #ClimateChange

📷 @MadisonEast7
Read more👉https://t.co/cCJwz1HuV7

[Cambridge Earth Sciences @EarthSciCam]

Happy faces in the field! Here are our first years studying the stratigraphy, faults and fossils of Ketton Quarry. #Geology #FieldWork

Thanks to @MadisonEast7 for these fab shots!

[Cambridge Earth Sciences @EarthSciCam]

Madi’s illustrations capture the beauty of corals and highlight the importance of palaeoscience in understanding environmental change. You can follow Madi on Instagram @yellow_tailed_tales #SciArt #SciComm

[Cambridge Earth Sciences @EarthSciCam]

Coral reefs are at the heart of healthy, thriving #oceans. But they are being hit hard by climate change. Madison East, PhD student @EarthSciCam, studies how coral growth is affected by environmental change. #WorldOceanDay

Madi explains why corals are cool in the gif below!