Katelyn Mountjoy

@katelyn-mountjoy.bsky.social

Recent MSc graduate, McMaster University. Interest in climatology & paleoclimatology. UofToronto alum.

Thrilled to see that my paper on the amazing potential of the microalgae known as diatoms in addressing climate change has now been published! The paper was presented at the recent EISPB conference focused on sharing insights and ideas for creating a more sustainable future.

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Drought has increased in Europe since 1980s: climate change or natural climate variability? 🌍🌡️🌬️ István Dunkl shows that hifts in large-scale atmospheric circulation explain ca. 55% of the soil moisture decline and amplify drying induced by thermodynamic changes 👇 w/ @sebastian-sippel.bsky.social

Nature Geoscience@natgeosci.nature.com · 2w ago

⚒️ Article: Shifting atmospheric circulation patterns over Europe since the 1980s have been the major cause of increasingly severe droughts @sebastian-sippel.bsky.social @anabastos.bsky.social @meteoleipzig.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Friday ice update - #Arctic sea ice extent is currently the 7th lowest on record (JAXA data) • about 200,000 km² below the 2010s mean • about 1,070,000 km² below the 2000s mean • about 1,830,000 km² below the 1990s mean • about 2,590,000 km² below the 1980s mean More: zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i...

Line graph time series of 2026's daily Arctic sea ice extent compared to decadal averages from the 1980s to the 2010s. The decadal averages are shown with different colored lines with purple for the 1980s, blue for the 1990s, green for the 2000s, and white for the 2010s. Thin white lines are also shown for each year from 2000 to 2025. 2026 is shown with a thick gold line. There is a long-term decreasing trend in ice extent for every day of the year shown on this graph between June and August by looking at the decadal average line positions.

Awesome work to determine the structure of a freakin 8MDa enzyme complex with over 600 FeS clusters! Sophia won the poster prize at the recent GRC C1 👏 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Architecture of the 8 MDa Hdr–Vhu–Fwd super-assembly in class I methanogens - Nature

The structure of the Hdr–Vhu–Fwd super-assembly reveals a lineage-specific and modular 8 MDa complex with the ability to adapt to diverse anaerobic niches.

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ProLOEWE@proloewe.bsky.social · 4w ago

Huge discovery from Marburg: Prof. Schuller (@synmikro.bsky.social),doctoral stud. @sophia-pa.bsky.social+colleagues have resolved1️⃣of the🧬🔬largest enzymes. Published in Nature, the study shows how methanogenic archaea generate energy under extreme conditions, offering🆕insights into the🌎carbon cycle.