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“The geologic record shows that it is a lot more complicated than ‘it gets hot, there will be more fires,’” said Jennifer M. Galloway, a paleoecologist with the Geological Survey of Canada.

From New York Times • May 10, 2024

“This is an amazing find,” says Felisa Smith, a paleoecologist at the University of New Mexico who was not involved with the study.

From Science Magazine • Dec. 7, 2023

Jacquelyn Gill, a paleoecologist at the University of Maine, who was also not involved in the new work, was not surprised that O’Keefe’s team found such a nuanced explanation.

From Scientific American • Aug. 17, 2023

“This study is a great example of how we can use the past to portend the future,” said Anthony Barnosky, a paleoecologist and emeritus professor at UC Berkeley who was not involved in the research.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 17, 2023

The biracial makeup of the team was of special significance to February, forty, a soft-spoken black paleoecologist and a climber of international renown.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer