Posted on February 10, 2019
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Gosling, W.D., Cornelissen, H. & McMichael, C.N.H. (2019) Reconstructing past fire temperatures from ancient charcoal material. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 520, 128-137. DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2019.01.029 Click here for open access until 01/04/2019 Note: This article is developed directly from work conducted by Henk Cornelissen during his BSc…
Category: Crystal McMichael, Journal articles, Publications, William GoslingTags: BSc, BSc Future Planet Studies, charcoal, Fire, fire activity, fire intensity, fire temperature, IBED, Institute for Biodiversity & Ecosystem Dynamics, modern analogue, palaeoecology, research, Thesis, University of Amsterdam, UvA
Posted on March 2, 2018
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Hi all! My name is Britte Heijink and I’m doing my MSc Biological Science thesis research project with Crystal McMichael and William Gosling. I travelled with Veerle Vink and Crystal to the Colombian part of Amazonia to collect samples for my project. At Amacayacu…
Category: NewsTags: Amacayacu National Park, Amazonia, Beta gamma, BSc, BSc Bèta-Gamma, charcoal, Colombia, fire history, Liberal Arts and Sciences, microscope, MSc, MSc Biological Sciences, Oerknal, palaeoecology, Panama, Phytoliths, plots, project, rainforest, research, soil, Thesis, tropical, tropics, University of Amsterdam, vegetation, vegetation history
Posted on July 18, 2017
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This year 15 (fifteen!) bachelors students completed their research projects in palaeoecology based within the Department of Ecosystem & Landscape Dynamics at the University of Amsterdam. The students had a variety of backgrounds with the majority coming from the BSc Biology and the BSc…
Category: Reports, Teaching, William GoslingTags: Amazonian, analytical chemistry, Andean, Andes, Bachelor, biogeography, BSc, ecology, Ecosystem & Landscape Dynamics, geographical information systems, GIS, Institute for Biodiversity & Ecosystem Dynamics, modelling, Netherlands, palaeoecology, paleoecology, project, research, students, Thesis, University of Amsterdam
Posted on October 13, 2016
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I would like to publicize the current vacancy for a Full or Associate Professor within the “Earth & Climate” cluster at the VU Amsterdam. Having worked in Amsterdam now for just over two years I really enjoy living in the Netherlands, and find the…
Category: News, William GoslingTags: Amsterdam, Associate Professor, climate, Earth, Full Professor, Job, Jobs, landscape evolution, landscapes, Marine, modelling, Palaeoclimatology, palaeoecology, Paleoclimatology, paleoecology, Professor, Quaternary, research, teaching, terrestrial, Unversity of Amsterdam, VU Amsterdam
Posted on February 15, 2016
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The British Ecological Society (BES) awards grants for “Research”, “Training and Travel”, “Ecologists in Africa”, and “Outreach”. Funding for individual grants is up to GBP 20,000. I am therefore delighted to announce that “palaeoecology” has been added to the list of categories under which…
Category: News, William GoslingTags: Africa, BES, British Ecological Society, ecologist, grants, palaeoecologist, palaeoecology, paleoecology, peer review college, Public Engagement, research, training, travel
Posted on February 16, 2015
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Hi I’m Tessa and really excited to introduce myself here! I’m an Environmental Biology Master student from Utrecht University (UU) doing a research internship in Amsterdam with William Gosling and Rike Wagner of the UU. Most people would describe me as a typical biologist because I…
Category: News, Tessa DriessenTags: Bachelor degree, charcoal, David Sear, endemic plant species, Environmental Biology, Internship, Malayan archipelago, Masters degree, Naturalis Biodiversity Center, non pollen palynomorphs, NPP, pollen, project, research, Samoa, Sumatra, University of Amsterdam, University of Southampton, Utrecht University, WWF Indonesia
Posted on January 10, 2013
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The last two months of 2012 were exceptionally busy! On the research front Grants took centre stage for much of my time. First writing for the NERC December 1st deadline was pressured as usual, and second response to reviewers comments on the July submission was interesting….
Category: News, William GoslingTags: AGU, American Geophysical Union Congress, BES, British Ecological Society, Ecuador, fieldwork, Geological Record of Environmental Change, grants, NERC, Palaeo50, research, S369, teaching, The Open University
