in the pipeline

* student supervision

Cao, W., Zhong, Y., Zhang, Y., Li, Z., Larrasoaña, J. C., Weber, M. E., Zhao, M., Kender, S., Swann, G. E. A., Novak, J. B., Isson, T., Naik, T., Zhang, J., Xia, W., Liu, Q. Southern Ocean forcing of North Pacific Deep-Water ventilation during the Late Miocene cooling.

Chen, J., Yang, W., Wang, X.D., Isson, T., Gibert, Z., Zhang, F., Algeo, T.J., Montañez, I.P., Shen, S.Z. Serpukhovian mass extinction linked to interglacial warming and marine anoxia.

Corbett, T., Isson, T., Schipper, L. Can dunite addition to urea offset hydrolysis CO₂ emissions?

Corbett, T., Isson, T., Kiesewetter, K., Schipper, L. Temperature Dependence of Microbial Dunite Weathering using Geothermal and Compost Soils as Inoculum.

Ge, Y., Li, T., Isson, T., Pogge von Strandmann, P.A.E., Jenkyns, H.C., Hu, Z., Cheng, X., Li, Y., Han, Z. Lithium-isotope evidence for submarine silicate alteration during Oceanic Anoxic Event 2.

McCormack, S., Hicks, B.J., Isson, T., Battershill, C.N., Marine sponges link the terrestrial and marine carbon cycle.

* Sahoo, S., Zhang, S., Daviau, K., Zhao, M., Schipper, L., Hill, M., and Isson, T. Upstream emissions associated with enhanced weathering application in New Zealand.

* Sahoo, S. and Isson, T. Natural rates of weathering and CO₂ consumption in New Zealand.

Taylor, T., Rauzi, S., Isson, T., D. Ibarra, D. Hulse, J. Payne, D. Altiner, D. Lehrmann and Lau, K. Heterogenous lithium isotope records across the end-Permian mass extinction as an indicator for a highly perturbed lithium cycle.

Yin, Y., Wei, G.Y., Zheng, X.Y., Hohl, S., Zhang, F., Isson, T., and Ling. H. Potassium isotopes in siliciclastic components of carbonates as an indicator for marine reverse weathering in ancient oceans.

Zhao, M., Liu, M., Ju, P., Isson, T., Wei, G., Xiao, K., Xu, Z. and Guo, Z. Evolution of the mineral carbon pump and the carbon-oxygen cycles.

publications

33. Beaty, B., Foster, W.J., Zuchuat, V., Moller, S.R., Buchwald, S.Z., Brooks, H., Rauzi, S., Isson, T., Planke, S., Rodríguez-Tovar, F.J., Planavsky, N., Tarhan, L. (2025) Bioturbation shapes marine biogeochemical cycling following the end-Permian mass extinction in Svalbard. Geobiology.

32. Millikin, A. E. G., Stewart, E. M., Isson, T. T., Pescarini, T., Hoffmann, K. H., & Evans, D. A. D. (2025). Palaeomagnetic overprint records in the Neoproterozoic Damara Supergroup of northwestern Namibia. South African Journal of Geology, 128(2), 193-226.

31. Xu, H., Ran, B., Isson, T., Chen, X.Y., Luo, C., Li, Y., Zhu, Y.Q., Sun, T., Han, Y.Y. (2025) Recovery of siliceous ecosystems promoted Early Silurian climatic cooling. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology.

30. Qui, R., Yu, Z., Mills, B., Huang, R., Zhang, W., Isson, T., Wan, B., Zhang, R., Zhao, M., Jin, Z. (2025) Pulsed biogenic methane emissions coupled with episodic warming during the Toarcian Oceanic Anoxic Event. PNAS.

29. Chen, J., Li, S., Montañez, I.P., Zhang, S., Isson, T., Dahl, T.W., Planavsky, N., Zhang, F., Wang, X., Shen, S. (2025) Repeated occurrence of marine anoxia under high atmospheric O₂ and icehouse conditions. PNAS.

28. Zhong, Y., Li, Z., Shi, X., Isson, T., Yu, J., Kender, S., Liang, Z., Swann, G.E., Pullen, A., Weber, M.E. and Du, J., (2025). Enhanced phosphorus weathering contributed to Late Miocene cooling. Nature Communications, 16(1), p.1124.

27. Zhong, Y., Chen, J., Liu, S.A., Yuan, C., Gao, B., Isson, T., Jiang, G., Chen, B., Luo, G., Sheng, Q., Wang, X.D., Qie, W., (2025) Zinc isotope perspective on global carbon cycling during the onset of the Late Paleozoic icehouse. Geology.

26. Schipper L., Barnes, A., Reeve, J., Prentice, E., Isson, T., Williamson, A., Arcus, V. (2024) Earth’s climate history explains life’s temperature optima. Ecology and Evolution.

25. Whitehead, D., McNally, S., Graham, S., Pronger, J., Wall, A., Isson, T., Beare, M., Tozer, K., Doole, G., Murray, S., Mudge, P., and Schipper, L. (2024) Assessment of opportunities to maintain and increase soil carbon stocks in Aotearoa New Zealand’s grazed grasslands. Soil Use and Management

24. * Rauzi, S., Foster, W., Takahashi, S., Hori, R., Beaty, B., Tarhan, L., Isson, T., (2024) Lithium isotopic evidence for enhanced reverse weathering during the Early Triassic warm period. PNAS.

23. Guo, L., Xiong, S., Mills, B.J., Isson, T., Yang, S., Cui, J., Wang, Y., Jiang, L., Xu, Z., Cai, C., Deng, Y., Wei, G and Zhao, M. (2024) Acceleration of phosphorous weathering under warm climates. Science Advances.

22. Isson, T. and Rauzi, S. (2024) Oxygen isotope ensemble reveals Earth’s seawater, temperature and carbon cycle history. Science 383, 666-670 (pdf)

21. Yin, Y.S., Wei, G.Y., von Strandmann, P.A.P., Lechte, M.A., Hohl, S.V., Lin, Y.B., Li, D., Chen, T., Yang, T., Zhang, F. and Isson, T., (2023) Widespread clay authigenesis and highly congruent silicate weathering in the Marinoan aftermath. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 623, p.118423.

20. Foster, W.J., Asatryan, G., Rauzi, S., Botting, J.P., Buchwald, S.Z., Lazarus, D.B., Isson, T., Renaudie, J. and Kiessling, W., (2023) Response of Siliceous Marine Organisms to the Permian-Triassic Climate Crisis Based on New Findings From Central Spitsbergen, Svalbard. Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology, 38(12), p.e2023PA004766.

19. Zhao, M., Tarhan, L., Planavsky, N., Isson, T. (2023) The influence of warming on phosphorous burial in continental margin sediments. AJS. 6.

18. Isson, T., Zhang, S., Lau, K.V., Rauzi, S., Tosca, N., Penman, D., and Planavsky, N.J., (2022) Marine siliceous ecosystem decline led to sustained anomalous Early Triassic warmth. Nature Communications. 13, 3509.

17. Chen, J., Montañez, I.P., Zhang. S., Isson, T., Macarewich, S.I., Planavsky, N.J., Zhang, F., Rauzi, S., Daviau, K., Yao, L., Qi, Y., Wang, Y., Fan, J., Poulsen, C.J., Anbar, A., Shen, S., Wang, X., (2022) Marine anoxia linked to abrupt global warming during deep glacial of the Earth’s penultimate icehouse. PNAS. 119 (19), p.e2115231119

16. Planavsky, N.J., Fakhraee, M., Bolton, E.W., Reinhard, C.T., Isson, T., Zhang, S.and Mills. B.J.W. (2022) On Carbon Burial and Net Primary Production Through Earth’s History. AJS. 322 (3), pp.413-460.

15. Foster, W.J., Ayzel, G., Münchmeyer, J., Rettelbach, T., Katzmann, N., Isson, T., Mutti, M., and Aberdeen, M. (2022) Machine learning identifies ecological selectivity patterns across the end-Permian mass extinction. Paleobiology. 1-15.

14. Syverson, D.D., Reinhard, C.T., Isson, T., Holstege, C., Katchinoff, J., Tutolo, B.M., Etschmann, B., Brugger, J., and Planavsky N.J. (2021) Nutrient supply to planetary biospheres from anoxic weathering of mafic crust. GRL. e2021GL094442.

13. Zhang, Y., Planavsky, N.J., Zhao, M., Isson, T., Asael, D., Wang, C., Wang, F. (2021) The isotopic composition of sedimentary organic zinc and implications for the global Zn isotope mass balance. GCA. 314, pp.16-26.

12. Li, F., Penman, D.., Planavsky, N.J., Knudsen, A., Zhao, M., Wang, X.,. Isson T., Huang, K., Wei, G., Zhang, S., Shen, J., Zhu, X., Shen B. (2021) Reverse weathering amplifies post-Snowball atmospheric carbon dioxide levels. Precambrian Research. 364, p.106279.

11. Kalderon-Asael, B., Katchinoff, J.A.R., Planavsky, N.J., Hood, A., Dellinger, M., Bellefroid, E.J., Jones, D.S., Hoffman, A., Ossa Ossa, F., Macdonald, F.A., C.J., Wang., Isson, T., Murphy, J.G., Higgins, J.A., West, J.A., M.W. Wallace, Asael, D. and Pogge von Strandmann, P.A.E. (2021) A lithium isotope perspective on carbon cycle evolution throughout Earth’s history. Nature. 595 (7867), 394-398.

10. Zhang, F., Lenton, T., del Rey, A., Romaniello, S.J., Chen, X., Planavsky, N., Clarkson, M.O., Dahl, T., Lau, K.V., Wang, W., Li, Z., Zhao, M., Isson, T., Algeo, Anbar, A.D. (2020) Uranium isotopes in marine carbonates as a global ocean paleoredox proxy: A critical review. GCA. 287, pp.27-49

9. Planavsky,. N.J., Reinhard, C., Isson T., Ozaki, K., and Crockford, P.W., (2020) Large mass-independent oxygen isotope fractionations in mid-Proterozoic sediments: Evidence for a low-oxygen atmosphere. Astrobiology. 20 (5), pp.628-636.

8. Isson, T., Planavsky, N.J., Coogan, L., Stewart, E., Ague, J.J., Bolton, E.W., Zhang, S., McKenzie, N.R., and Kump. L.R., (2020) Evolution of the Global Carbon Cycle and Climate Regulation on Earth. Global Biogeochemical Cycles. 34 (2), p.e2018GB006061.

7. Isson, T., M. Zhao., and Planavsky, N.J. (2019) Zinc Isotopes. Encyclopedia of Astrobiology.

6. Stewart, E., Ague, J., Ferry, J.M., Schffries, C.M., Tao, R.B., Isson, T., and Planavsky, N.J. (2019) Carbonation and decarbonation reactions: implications for planetary habitability. American Mineralogist: Journal of Earth and Planetary Materials. 104 (10), 1369-1380.

5. Planavsky, N.J., Cole, D.B, Isson, T., Reinhard, C.T., Crockford, P.W., Sheldon, N.D., and Lyons, W.T. (2018) A case for low atmospheric oxygen levels during Earth’s middle history. Emerging Topics in Life Sciences, 2 (2), pp.149-159.

4. Planavsky, N.J., Slack, J.F., Cannon, W.F., O’Connell, B., Isson, T., Asael, D., Jackson, J.C., Hardisty, D.S., Lyons, T.W. and Bekker, A. (2018) Evidence for episodic oxygenation in a weakly redox-buffered deep mid- Proterozoic ocean. Chemical Geology. 483, 581-594.

3. Hardisty, D., Lyons, T., Riedinger, N., Isson, T., Owens, J., Aller, R.C., Rye, D., Planavsky, N.J., Reinhard, C., Gill, B., Masterson, A.L., Asael, D. and Johnston D. (2018) An evaluation of sedimentary molybdenum and iron as proxies for pore fluid paleoredox conditions. American Journal of Science. 318 (5), 527-556.

2. Isson T., Love, G., Dupont, C., Reinhard, C.T., Zumberge, A., Asael, D., Gueguen, B., McCrow, J., Gill, B., Owens, J., Rainbird, R., Rooney, A., Zhao, M., Stüeken, E.E., Konhauser, K.O., John, S.G., Lyons, T.W. and Planavsky, N.J. (2018) Tracking the Rise of Eukaryotes to Ecological Dominance with Zinc Isotopes. Geobiology. 16, 341-352.

1. Isson, T. and Planavsky, N.J. (2018) Reverse weathering as a long term stabilizer of marine pH and planetary climate. Nature. 560 (7719), 471.