DR. THOMAS RONGE
POLAR MARINE GEOLOGIST
DR. THOMAS RONGE
MARINE GEOLOGIST - CLIMATE SCIENTIST
BIOGRAPHY
I am a Marine Geologist and Climate Scientist, working as a Staff Scientist and Expedition Project Manager for the International Ocean Discovery Program (IODP) at Texas A&M University.
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My research focuses on the understanding of past changes in ocean currents, their influence on the oceanic
uptake and release of COâ‚‚ , and how "warm" deep-waters might affect Antarctic glaciers.
In a nutshell, I work on a better understanding of how oceans affect the climate and glaciers.
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I contribute to several national and international interdisciplinary research projects that focus on the reconstruction of past climate changes in and around Antarctica.
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I participated in numerous international expeditions to Antarctica and the Arctic, as well as the North Atlantic and Pacific, the South Pacific, and the Southern Ocean. I have extensive experience working on (polar) research vessels, as well as working on land, glaciers, and mountain environments.
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My love for science has resulted in a passion to share the knowledge and fascinating stories from the field with a broader public.
RECENT PUBLICATIONS
Ronge, T. A. and Dbritto, S. (2024). Using XRF scanning–derived grain size analysis for rapid assessment of bottom current velocities on long drill cores from the southern Scotia Sea, IODP Expedition 382. Proceedings of the International Ocean Discovery Program, Volume 382, paper here
Preine, J. Karstens, J., Hübscher, C., Druitt, T.,Kutterolf, S., Nomikou, P., Manga, M., Gertisser, R., Pank, K., Beethe, S., Berthod, C., Crutchley, G., McIntosh, I., Ronge, T. A., and Exp 398 Science Party. (2024). Hazardous explosive eruptions of a recharging multi-cyclic island arc caldera. Nature Geoscience, paper here
Druitt, T., Kutterolf, S., Ronge, T. A., and Exp 398 Science Party. (2024). International Ocean Discovery Program
Expedition 398 Preliminary Report. International Ocean Discovery Program report here
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Druitt, T., Kutterolf, S., Ronge, T. A., and Exp 398 Science Party. (2024). Giant offshore pumice deposit records a shallow submarine explosive eruption of ancestral Santorini. Nature Communications Earth & Environment, 5, 24 paper here
Lucchi, R. G., St. John, K., and Ronge, T. A. (2023). Expedition 403 Scientific Prospectus: Eastern Fram Strait Paleo-Archive (FRAME). International Ocean Discovery Program prospectus here
Armbrecht, L., Weber, M. E., Raymo, M. E., Peck, V. L., Williams, T., Warnock, J., Kato, Y., Hernández-Almeida, I., Hoem, F., Reilly, B., Hemming, S., Bailey, I., Martos, Y. M., Gutjahr, M.,Percuoco, V., Allen, C., Brachfeld, S., Cardillo, F. G., Du, Z., Fauth, G., Fogwill, C., Garcia, M., Glüder, A., Guitard, M., Hwang, J.-H., Iizuka, M., Kenlee, B., O’Connell, S., Pérez, L. F., Ronge, T. A., Seki, O., Tauxe, L., Tripathi, S., Zheng, X. (2022). Ancient marine sediment DNA reveals diatom transition in Antarctica. Nature Communications 13, 5787 paper here
Warnock, J. P., Reilly, B. T., Raymo, M. E., Weber, M. E., Peck, V., Williams, T., Armbrecht, L., Bailey, I., Brachfeld, S., Du, Z., Fauth, F., García, M. M., Glüder, A., Guitard, M., Gutjahr, M., Hemming, S., Hernández-Almeida, I., Hoem, F. S., Hwang, J.-H., Iizuka, M., Kato, Y., Lee, B., Martos, Y. M., O’Connell, S., Pérez, L. F., Ronge, T. A., Seki, O., Tauxe, L., Tripathi, S., Zheng, X., Stoner, J., Scherer R. P. (2022). Latitudinal Variance in the Drivers and Pacing of Warmth During Mid-Pleistocene MIS 31 in the Antarctic Zone of the Southern Ocean. Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology 37, e2021PA004394 paper here
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​Reviewer for
IPCC Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere; IPCC 6th Assessment Report; Earth and Planetary Science Letters; G-Cubed; Journal of Climate; Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology; National Science Foundation; Nature Communications; Quaternary Science Reports
SCIENCE COMMUNICATION
My German and English outreach activities aim at different audiences, thus I offer different formats of Science Communication.
PUBLIC TALKS
45-60 min. or longer
SCIENCE IN A PUB
Coming to a pub/bar near you
VIRTUAL TALKS
Video calls with school classes, libraries, clubs...
MEDIA
TV, radio, podcast, print, and online...
Copyright Notice
The pictures used here are ©Thomas Ronge. In addition, thank you to the following people for granting me the right to use their pictures here.
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Biography picture top: Sasha Plewe/IOW
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Biography picture bottom left: Esther Horvath/AWI
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Outreach video call picture: Chris Montgomery on unsplash
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Outreach pub picture: Jens Kube