Chijun Sun
cjsun.bsky.social
Chijun Sun
@cjsun.bsky.social
Assistant Professor at UC Davis
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Why did C4 plants march southward across East Asia as the climate cooled across the Neogene? Our new paper: the westerly jet shifted, summer rains followed, and so did the ecosystems. 7 Myr of loess records tell the story. doi.org/10.1038/s414... @natcomms.nature.com
doi.org
June 11, 2026 at 11:53 AM
Lab installation in progress
January 6, 2026 at 1:55 AM
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We have a new preprint out here: www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-8...

We found a somewhat unexpected result - leaf wax hydrogen isotopes become consistently depleted in response to the rapid warming events of the last glacial period (DO events).
Leaf wax isotopes reveal enhanced humidity and earlier growing season during Dansgaard-Oeschger warming events in Europe
The study of past abrupt warming events provides knowledge of climate dynamics that are critical for future projections. During the last glacial period, Dansgaard-Oeschger (D/O) cycles caused rapid te...
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January 5, 2026 at 2:48 AM
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What's NCAR? and 8 ways it has helped you

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December 18, 2025 at 10:47 PM
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The CESM Paleo working group meeting is coming up! Come hear some great talks, including some from the UConn group. Open to anyone who likes paleoclimate! 🥼❄️☁️⚒️🧪🦣
🚨 CESM Paleoclimate Working Group Meeting - Jan 29

Join us for 13 exciting talks (mostly from early-career researchers) and in-depth discussions!
📅: Wednesday, Jan 29
📍: Zoom (free registration) or in-person at Mesa Lab

Register now and connect with the community! www.cesm.ucar.edu/events/worki...
January 23, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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🌎Paleo-friends🌍 Are you interested in past millenial-scale/abrupt climate change and its implications for the future? We have the perfect AGU session for you! Submit an abstract 🙂 Conveners: Allison Lawman, @cjsun.bsky.social, Robert Domeyko, + me. More info: agu.confex.com/agu/agu24/pr...
July 2, 2024 at 12:40 AM
🐾Join us for the 10th PAWS webinar at 9-10 am MT (4-5 pm UTC) next Friday, Dec 1, 2023! 🐾

🌀We are excited to have Drs. Alexey Fedorov and
Lizzie Wallace give us two talks on tropical cyclones in past climates🌀

Join Google Group for Zoom link tinyurl.com/paws-groups

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November 24, 2023 at 4:50 PM