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Green IslandBob Spicer

By Professor Bob Spicer (The Open University)

01 May 2008

Professor Bob Spicer continues his CLAMP analysis of leaf structures with a visit to an island in the River Ganges.  Read more : Green Island

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Some like it hot... but not this hot!Bob Spicer

By Professor Bob Spicer (The Open University)

24 April 2008

Professor Bob Spicer braves sweltering temperatures and giant squirrels to collect climate data from the architecture of leaves in the forests of Kerala.  Read more : Some like it hot... but not this hot!

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Purified by FireBob Spicer

By Professor Bob Spicer (The Open University)

12 April 2008

Professor Bob Spicer attends an ancient ceremony of prayers and purification at the Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany.  Read more : Purified by Fire

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Unseasonal WeatherBob Spicer

By Professor Bob Spicer (The Open University)

09 April 2008

Our Man In India explains why our rotten Spring is related to the disastrous weather in Lucknow.  Read more : Unseasonal Weather

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The green, green gas of homeBob Spicer

By Professor Bob Spicer (The Open University)

03 April 2008

A biogas plant used in a home in Kerala, India, can teach the west some lessons about sustainability.  Read more : The green, green gas of home

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Breathing easy in IndiaBob Spicer

By Professor Bob Spicer (The Open University)

28 March 2008

In spite of the chaos and the variety of vehicles, India may be greener than the UK when it comes to traffic pollution.  Read more : Breathing easy in India

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The World in a Grain of SilicaBob Spicer

By Professor Bob Spicer (The Open University)

25 March 2008

The study of grass phitoliths can reveal what the weather was like ten thousand years ago.  Read more : The World in a Grain of Silica

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A Surfeit of TeethCreative Commons Image Tambako the Jaguar under CC-BY-ND licence

By Professor Bob Spicer (The Open University)

18 March 2008

Bob Spicer encounters too many teeth for one day - some on leaves, and some on crocodiles.  Read more : A Surfeit of Teeth

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What, no elephants?Creative Commons Image Eduardo Amorim under CC-BY-NC-SA licence

By Professor Bob Spicer (The Open University)

06 March 2008

Bob Spicer in Lucknow reflects on a violent past, a promising academic future and prohibitions on elephantine access.  Read more : What, no elephants?

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My beautiful EarthCreative Commons Image Eduardo Amorim under CC-BY-NC-SA licence

By Professor Bob Spicer (The Open University)

29 February 2008

Bob Spicer is impressed by Indian railways and by children who know about Earth system science.  Read more : My beautiful Earth

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Research [10]

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Hofmann, Christa-Charlotte; Spicer, Robert A.; Ahlberg, Anders and Herman, Alexei B. (2011). Scanning electron microscopy investigation of monads and tetrads of basal core eudicots from the Upper Cretaceous Vilui Basin, Siberia: Evidence for reticulate evolution. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 167(3-4), pp. 196–211.

Daly, R. J.; Jolley, D. W. and Spicer, R. A. (2011). The role of angiosperms in Palaeocene arctic ecosystems: a palynological study from the Alaskan North Slope. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 309(3-4), pp. 374–382.

Spicer, Robert A.; Bera, Subir; De Bera, Sreelekha; Spicer, Teresa E. V.; Srivastava, Gaurav; Mehrotra, Rakesh; Mehrotra, Naresh and Yang, Jian (2011). Why do foliar physiognomic climate estimates sometimes differ from those observed? Insights from taphonomic information loss and a CLAMP case study from the Ganges Delta. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 302(3-4), pp. 381–395.

Jacques, Frédéric M. B.; Su, Tao; Spicer, Robert A.; Xing, Yaowu; Huang, Yongjiang; Wang, Weiming and Zhou, Zhekun (2011). Leaf physiognomy and climate: Are monsoon systems different? Global and Planetary Change, 76(1-2), pp. 56–62.

Teodorides, Vasilis; Mazouch, Petr; Spicer, Robert A. and Uhl, Dieter (2011). Refining CLAMP - investigations towards improving the Climate Leaf Analysis Multivariate Program. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology (In Press).

Yang, Jian; Spicer, Robert A.; Spicer, Teresa E. V. and Li, Cheng-sen (2011). ‘CLAMP Online’: a new web-based palaeoclimate tool and its application to the terrestrial Paleogene and Neogene of North America. Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments, 91(3), pp. 163–183.

Khan, Mahasin Ali; Ghosh, Ruby; Bera, Subir; Spicer, Robert A. and Spicer, T. E. V. (2011). Floral diversity during Plio-Pleistocene Siwalik sedimentation (Kimin Formation) in Arunachal Pradesh, India, and its palaeoclimatic significance. Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments, 91(4), pp. 237–255.

Steart, D. C.; Spicer, R. A. and Bamford, M. K. (2010). Is southern Africa different? An investigation of the relationship between leaf physiognomy and climate in southern African mesic vegetation. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 162(4), pp. 607–620.

Song, Xiao-Yan; Spicer, Robert; Yang, Jian; Yao, Yi-Feng and Li, Cheng-Sen (2010). Pollen evidence for an Eocene to Miocene elevation of central southern Tibet predating the rise of the High Himalaya. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 297(1), pp. 159–168.

Herman, Alexei B. and Spicer, Robert A. (2010). Mid-Cretaceous floras and climate of the Russian high Arctic (Novosibirsk Islands, Northern Yakutiya). Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 295(3-4), pp. 409–422.

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Bob Spicer is professor of earth sciences at The Open University. Founding director of The Open University's Centre for Earth, Planetary Space and Astronomical Research (CEPSAR) his interests are broad. However he is most at home when studying how plants can be used to tell us about ancient climates, and how that information can help us plan for managing our planet in the future.

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