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Conference on Geomorphology and Biodiversity
The Conference on Tectonic and Geomorphic Connections to Biodiversity was a success! Attendees from various disciplines gathered in Ascona, Switzerland, to discuss recent progress and remaining challenges in understanding the connections between tectonics, landscape evolution, and the temporal and spatial development of biodiversity. This was an exciting opportunity for scientists to learn from one another, develop a common vocabulary, and share their research in this emerging field.
Waves on Titan’s Lakes (Schneck et al., JGR, 2026)
- Waves hit different on other planets (MIT News)
- Una Schneck’s animations were the Astronomy Picture of the Day and catapulted to the front page of Reddit. You can also see them on our YouTube channel.
- Saturn’s largest moon could see 10-foot waves from a tiny breeze (Popular Science)
- How Alien Oceans Behave (Discover Magazine)
Rivers and Reefs (Gillen et al., GRL, 2025)
- Island rivers carve passageways through coral reefs (MIT News)
- MIT scientists find first evidence that rivers form coral reef passes (Interesting Engineering)
- How island rivers quietly shape coral reefs (Earth.com)
Rare river deltas on Titan (Birch et al., JGR Planets, 2025)
Amazonian dark earth extent (Goldberg et al., Nature Sustainability, 2024)
- New archaeology tools unearth lost cities and other ancient marvels (Washington Post)
- Scientists Uncovered the Amazon’s Secret Dark Earth. What If It Saves the World? (Popular Mechanics)
Waves on Titan (Palermo et al., Science Advances, 2024)
- Another world in our solar system has lapping seas, scientists say (Mashable)
- Saturn’s moon Titan has shorelines that appear to be shaped by waves (Ars Technica)
- Saturn’s moon Titan is experiencing coastal erosion from methane seas (MSN)
- Waves of Methane Are Crashing on the Coasts of Saturn’s Bizarre Moon Titan (Gizmodo)
- Lakes on Saturn’s Largest Moon Titan Shaped by Waves, Scientists Say (Newsweek)
- Surf’s up! Liquid methane waves on Saturn moon Titan may erode shores of alien lakes and rivers (Space.com)
- Study: Titan’s lakes may be shaped by waves (MIT News)
- Required learning, according to For All Mankind (Thank you, S. Schneck)
Amazonian dark earth creation (Schmidt et al., Science Advances, 2023)
- Ancient Amazonians intentionally created fertile “dark earth” (MIT News)
- Ancient Humans Created Super-Fertile “Dark Earth” (Popular Mechanics)
- Science Magazine podcast
- Indigenous people may have created the Amazon’s ‘dark earth’ on purpose (Science News)
- How the ancient Amazonian ‘dark earth’ could save Earth’s future (BBC Science Focus)
Reconstructing rivers remotely (Birch et al., Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2023)
Genes and geology (Stokes et al., Science, 2023)
- River erosion can shape fish evolution, study suggests (MIT News)
- River erosion drives fish biodiversity in the Appalachians (Yale News)
- From streams to teams (MIT News)
Shape matters (Deal et al., Nature, 2023)
- Moving water and earth (MIT News)
- Decoding the Secrets of Shifting Sediments (EOS)
Ice ages and Amazonian rivers (Goldberg et al., Journal of Geophysical Research, 2021)
Some news about Taylor
- MacArthur Foundation profile
- Topographies that talk (Tech Review)
- Scientist You Should Know: Taylor Perron is a Planetary Detective (Discover Magazine)
- 2021 MacArthur Fellows (Boston Globe)
- Under the Radar with Callie Crossley (Boston Public Radio)
- Our past and future is written in Earth’s landscape (PBS Newshour)
