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. You can find out more about my work at my website:
PhD supervision
- Alyssa Kovalski
- Aoife N? Bhuachalla
- Lucinda Palmer
- Megan Pelly
- Alexander Rain
- Mauricio Santos-Andrade
- Zhekai Tang
Selected publications
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Open access
Green, R. A., Rafter, P. A., Sun, C., Gray, W. R., Rae, J. W. B., Pelly, M., Xu, C., Thirumalai, K., Southon, J. R., Pavia, F. & Hain, M. P., 6 May 2026, In: Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology. 41, 5, 13 p., e2025PA005217.
Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥� Article 鈥� peer-review
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Rafter, P. A., Hain, M. P., Arellano鈥怲orres, E., Thirumalai, K., Tappa, E. J., Machain鈥怌astillo, M. L., Soto鈥怞imenez, M., DeVries, T., Hendy, I. L., Herguera, J. C., Gray, W. R., Green, R. A., Pavia, F., Rae, J. W. B. & Southon, J. R., 1 May 2026, In: Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology. 41, 5, e2025PA005265.
Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥� Article 鈥� peer-review
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Stoll, M. M. V., Deutsch, C. A., Jurikova, H., Rae, J. W. B., Frenzel, H., Gothmann, A. M., Alin, S. R. & Gagnon, A. C., 13 Nov 2025, In: Nature Communications. 16, 11 p., 9661.
Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥� Article 鈥� peer-review
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Crippa, G., Jurikova, H., Leng, M. J., Zanchi, M., Harper, E. M., Rae, J. W. B., Savickaite, K., Viaretti, M. & Angiolini, L., 1 Jun 2025, In: Limnology and Oceanography Letters. 10, 3, p. 390-402 13 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥� Letter 鈥� peer-review
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Adloff, M., Jeltsch-Th枚mmes, A., Rae, J. W. B., P枚ppelmeier, F., Trudgill, M., Stocker, T. F. & Joos, F., 2 Oct 2025, In: Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology. 40, 10, 24 p., e2025PA005125.
Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥� Article 鈥� peer-review
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Innes, H., Hutchison, W., Sigl, M., Crick, L., Abbott, P. M., Bigler, M., Chellman, N. J., Davies, S. M., Kutterolf, S., McConnell, J. R., Severi, M., Sparks, R. S. J., Svensson, A., Wolff, E. W., Rae, J. W. B. & Burke, A., 22 Feb 2025, In: Communications Earth & Environment. 6, 11 p., 137.
Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥� Article 鈥� peer-review
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Fischer, H., Burke, A., Rae, J. W. B., Sugden, P. J., Erhardt, T., Twarloh, B., H枚rhold, M., Freitag, J., Markle, B., Severi, M., Hansson, M., Savarino, J., Pryer, H., Doyle, E. & Wolff, E., 3 Jan 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Nature Geoscience. Online, 10 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥� Article 鈥� peer-review
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Tanner, T., Rae, J., Hern谩ndez-Almeida, I., Zhang, H., Jaggi, M., Dumont, M., Jurikova, H., Bernasconi, S. M. & Stoll, H., 23 Sept 2025, In: Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology. 40, 9, 23 p., e2025PA005142.
Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥� Article 鈥� peer-review
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Zarkogiannis, S. D., Rae, J. W. B., Shipley, B. R. & Mortyn, P. G., 31 Jul 2025, In: Communications Earth & Environment. 6, p. 1-12 12 p., 605.
Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥� Article 鈥� peer-review
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Trudgill, M., Rae, J. W. B., Whiteford, R., Adloff, M., Crumpton-Banks, J., Van Mourik, M., Burke, A., Cuperus, M., Corsetti, F., Doherty, D., Gray, W., Greenop, R., Hong, W.-L., Lepland, A., McIntyre, A., Neiroukh, N., Rose, C. V., Ruhl, M., Saunders, D. & Siri, M. M. F. R. & 5 others, , 14 Jul 2025, In: Nature Communications. 16, 11 p., 6471.
Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥� Article 鈥� peer-review