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Current Research Interests
Ediacaran-Cambrian evolutionary transition; Reef evolution and palaeoecology; Biomineralisation and evolution of sea water chemistry; Carbonate sedimentology and diagenesis; Modelling of Carbonate Systems; Mass extinctions.
My research in a nutshell
In this video Rachel describes how the first skeletons appeared and rapidly diversified 550 – 500 Million years ago – but we have no idea what triggered this. Based on fieldwork in Namibia, Rachel and her group are exploring why.
Education/Academic qualification
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Open University
Award Date: 1 Jan 1987
Bachelor of Science, University of Bristol
Award Date: 1 Jan 1983
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Low oxygen but dynamic marine redox conditions permitted the Cambrian Radiation
Alexander, R., Zhuravlev, A., Bowyer, F., Pichevin, L., Poulton, S. W., Kouchinsk, A. & Wood, R., 24 Jan 2025, In: Science Advances. 11, 4, eads2846.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Clastic sedimentary record impacted by carbonate bioclasts in the Late Ediacaran
Osés, G. L., Alfonso, J. W. L., Wood, R., Freitas, B. T., Romero, G. R., Paula-Santos, G. M., Filho, S. C., Pacheco, M. L. A. F., Rodrigues, C. L., da Silva, T. F. & Amorim, K. B., 13 Jan 2025, In: Geological Magazine. 162, e2.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Natural sampling and aliasing of marine geochemical signals
Curtis, A., Bloem, H., Wood, R., Bowyer, F., Shields, G. A., Zhou, Y., Yilales, M. & Tetzlaff, D., 4 Jan 2025, In: Scientific Reports. 15, 1, 760.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Sea-level controls on Ediacaran-Cambrian animal radiations
Bowyer, F., Wood, R. & Yilales Agelvis, M., 31 Jul 2024, In: Science Advances. 10, 31, p. eado6462 eado6462.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Sustained increases in atmospheric oxygen and marine productivity in both the Neoproterozoic and Paleozoic eras
Stockey, R. G., Cole, D. B., Farrell, U. C., Agić, H., Boag, T. H., Brocks, J. J., Canfield, D. E., Cheng, M., Crockford, P. W., Cui, H., Dahl, T. W., Mouro, L. D., Dewing, K., Dornbos, S. Q., Emmings, J. F., Gaines, R. R., Gibson, T. M., Gill, B. C., Gilleaudeau, G. J., Goldberg, K., & 37 others, 2 Jul 2024, In: Nature Geoscience. 17, p. 667–674Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Prizes
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Member of the Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Goettingen
Wood, Rachel (Recipient), 24 Jan 2022
Prize: Election to learned society
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Resolving the enigmatic Precambrian-Cambrian boundary event (BACE)
Natural Environment Research Council
1/10/20 → 30/09/24
Project: Research
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Resolving the enigmatic Precambrian-Cambrian boundary event (BACE)
1/10/20 → 30/09/23
Project: Research
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Perturbation of the Earth System at the Proterozoic-Phanerozoic transition and the resilience of the biosphere
9/01/17 → 30/06/21
Project: Research
Press/Media
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Fossil study finds how sea level changes shaped early life on Earth
Fred Bowyer, Rachel Wood & Mariana Yilales Agelvis
5/08/24
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
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Fossil study finds how sea level changes shaped early life on Earth
Fred Bowyer, Rachel Wood & Mariana Yilales Agelvis
5/08/24
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
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Sea level changes shaped early life on Earth, fossils show
Fred Bowyer, Rachel Wood & Mariana Yilales Agelvis
1/08/24
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
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Fossils fuel new theory on when evolution of animal species began
12/03/19
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Research
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Prof Rachel Wood (Geosciences) comments on discovery of prehistoric skeletal animals in Siberia
9/04/17 → 10/04/17
2 items of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research