What laptop specifications should I look for when doing PhD?

I'll probably use it for the following:

1. Reading and writing
2. Graphics editing (for figures)
3. Running codes (not sure but probably at least R? Python?)
4. Teaching purposes so MS Office stuff
5. Might do mapping stuff (ArcGIS, QGIS?)

Thanks!!!

I do a lot of traveling and camping in the Southwest. When looking and the geology I'm always wondering what things were like in the past, and want an idea of the timelines.

I've heard there are flamingoes fossils in death valley, so there must have been some pretty drastic changes fairly recent geologic time.

Is there any literature that gives a good idea about how the climate of the southwest has evolved?

Anyone know where I can find whatever research is available on the climate of the Mesoproterozoic?

Hello science redit! I’m having trouble using analyseries for a reconstruction. Aligning some Mg/Ca, Sr/Ca, and Ba/Ca with ERSST data. My data is in txt files when I upload into analyseries. Sr works perfectly but Mg and Ba are cutoff so I’m missing about 2/3rds of the data. CANT figure out why only part of those files uploads. Same format as Sr data. Any ideas??

I've been looking for paleoclimate reconstructions of Central America, specifically an aridity curve, over the last 35-40 million years. Not had any luck, but I wondered if anyone else knows of any. This is not exactly my field so idk if there are any databases I am unaware of.

I study archeology so for my master degree I want to study paleoclimatology. I have two more years but I'm very interested where in Europe i can accomplish that

Hey Guys! Will try to keep this as short as I can, bear with me...

As the title states, I've long had the goal of re-entering academia to hopefully work on a Paleoclimatology (or similar) PhD program in the States. While it is a drawback for some, I miss the structure of an academic institution, the mentorship on both sides of the aisle, and just the unexpected nature of what project might come next. Hell, I might as well start preparing under quarantine! While I've been out of the geoscience research community for a couple years, I believe my background is pretty niche and absolutely is in demand*...somewhere...*

In short, my scientific interests lie at sort of the nexus between the spatial and the temporal--I want to 'drill' into past environments (pun intended) while also utilizing the array of geotechnical skills I have to offer. Hopefully my resume I post below will communicate that to some degree.

Quick summary of my background:

• Bachelors double major in Environmental Geology and Geography. My research here focused on Holocene sediment reconstruction of the Potomac River estuary, as well as an undergraduate internship at USGS Hydrology Dept.
• Masters in Geospatial Analysis. My capstone involved combining LiDAR + bathymetric datasets as well as more sed core/paleontological research. The deeply unfortunate kicker here is that my closest adviser and mentor, who trained me in seds/strat/oceanography, passed away a few years ago, which leaves no academic connection to speak to my paleoclimate background :(
• Private industry: GIS team lead at a public-facing web mapping application for a year and a half, then detoured away from geospatial working at a top tier job search site as pretty much an intelligence analyst for another year and a half. I am now working in a role which allots me the freedom to pursue whatever interests me in the geospatial field--such as LiDAR, AI/ML modeling, open source geospatial data processing/analysis/development, etc, so I am open to any suggestions of what you reckon I could pile on to my list of skills.
• Side projects: Python for AI/ML applications, learning web development, big time geology nerd, UAS/satellite analytics, paleoclimates (obviously), and anything that tries to combine these interests. Unfortunately it's sort of niche subject to work on without institutional affiliation.

My questions for you guys in this sub are:

• Have any of you transitioned from academia to private industry then back to work on a PhD before? If so, what did you focus on--subject matter expertise, other soft-side skills you learn in industry, or maybe something I haven't thought of?
• Does anybody have any suggestions for how to find a good PhD adviser in this field? Cold-emailing after reading papers that interest me has summed up to be quite difficult. The problem of introducing a pretty diverse background while keeping concise as possible, yet also posing the pretty blunt question of whether they would be taking on new students in the next year has sort of stumped me. A 100% lack of response (at least 15-20 over the last year or two) means I'm either not crafting the outreach emails properly, or I'm just not going about it the right way altogether.

Lastly, could y'all give me some feedback on my resume? I know schools look at CVs, but whats the diff really??? Resume links (sorry I couldn't figure out the best way to do a multi-image post):

https://imgur.com/uDrM5JT

https://imgur.com/YL7rmcC

https://imgur.com/Ed0UMZ7

Happy to reply to any comments for clarification or whatever you may want to know. I highly appreciate it fellow geo-nerds!

My son comes home after a geography lesson citing this as proof that the last 150 years of climate records is not isolated - has been in cyclic reoccurrence , disproving the claim of the impending effects as anything other than normal.

Being taught in school for gcse geography!!

WTF!

What does the reddit universe think?

For context, I work for a nonprofit organization that sometimes fields climate change questions usually related to present day impacts on lands and waters of the US.

A person left this comment on a social media post. "Antarctica was dry land 6000 years ago. Think about that."

I have poked around, but most research I'm coming across indicates the continent has been mostly covered by ice for the last 6 million years.

Can anyone help me confirm or reject this assertion?

The UK's Discovering Antarctica site has been a great resource, but doesn't provide the level of detail I'm looking for. https://discoveringantarctica.org.uk/oceans-atmosphere-landscape/atmosphere-weather-and-climate/climate-change-past-and-future/

Normally, I ignore hoaxers, but I have this nagging need to at least provide some information to confirm or reject this assertion and put the continent's climate changes into context. If not for him, for others who are seeing this comment.

Hello everyone!

I have been reading the literature and there are a couple of concepts that I'm not sure I completely understand. What are the exact differences between a core-top and a down-core? I have been guessing by the context that core-tops refer to newer, less deep sediments, while down-cores are related to older and deeper sediments. Am I correct? At the same time, I'm pretty sure both of them must have their own constrains, so I have been trying to find a book or article that could explain this to me but I haven't found anything yet. Could anyone indicate me a good source for this information? I will really appreciate it!

Hi all, I'm making an age model for a marine sediment core from the north atlantic using radiocarbon dates. I'm using the Marine13 calibration curve but can't find any explicit acknowledgement that it includes a global reservoir correction of around 400 years - can somebody confirm this for me?

Also, there's an option in my software (OxCal) to incorporate a regional correction to the reservoir age, does anybody know where I might find a value for the N Atlantic?

Open question to anyone with modeling experience: where would a geochemist start if they wanted to employ a model (isotope enabled, CESM, etc.) to answer a paleoclimate question or complement hard data?