{"id":29653,"date":"2024-08-20T19:48:49","date_gmt":"2024-08-20T19:48:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usoceandiscovery.org\/?page_id=29653"},"modified":"2024-12-23T15:57:05","modified_gmt":"2024-12-23T15:57:05","slug":"andrea-mason","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/usoceandiscovery.org\/andrea-mason\/","title":{"rendered":"Andrea Mason"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);background-position: center center;background-repeat: no-repeat;border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0px;border-color:var(--awb-color3);border-style:solid;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start\" style=\"max-width:1456px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_2_3 2_3 fusion-flex-column\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><h3>Congo Basin climate and ecosystem sensitivity during the Pleistocene<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/usoceandiscovery.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Mason.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-28330 size-full alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/usoceandiscovery.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Mason.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"230\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/usoceandiscovery.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Mason-200x261.jpg 200w, https:\/\/usoceandiscovery.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Mason.jpg 230w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 230px) 100vw, 230px\" \/><\/a>Abstract<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Congo is the world\u2019s second largest rainforest and is not only a globally important carbon sink, but also rich in biodiversity. Currently, the rainforests of the Congo are threatened by increasing dry season length and fire at the rainforest edges. With few observational and paleoclimate records from this region, it is difficult to determine how the Congo will continue to respond to changing climate. ODP Site 1075, taken near the outflow of the Congo River, provides the unique opportunity to understand the past climate and ecological variability of the Congo Basin under varying climate conditions.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Biography<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I began my academic career not in Earth Science, but in ecology. During my time as an undergraduate, I pursued research in aquatic ecology, animal behavior, and paleoclimatology. In 2019, I completed my BS in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Arizona. Following my degree, I continued biology research at various institutions studying marine mammal ecology, marine natural products chemistry, and stable isotope ecology. After several years of research, I finally merged my interests in climate, biology, and geoscience by pursuing a PhD in terrestrial paleoclimatology and paleoecology under the advisement of Dr. James Russell. 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