Dr. Thomas Ronge

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Marine Geologist and Climate Scientist 🏊 🚴‍♂️ 🏃‍♂️ Scientific Ocean Drilling Staff Scientist at TAMU https://www.thomasronge.eu/

The research vessel JOIDES Resolution in the caldera of Santorini, Greece. In the background the cliffs below the village of Fira frame the caldera.
An animated map showing fire emissions and smoke around the world between July 31st and August 5th.
A composite photo of people playing bike polo. The stack reveals the players' tracks over a few seconds.
Skid marks on a road left by the driver who killed Hannah Rapp in July.
A flock of Purple Martins seen flying over the Texas A&M campus at sunset.
A group of cyclists is seen cycling down a wide road toward the TAMU campus.
A stitched composite photo of a mako shark leaping out of the water. The composite shows different stages of the shark's jump.
An electric SUV with a “Pro Oil” vanity plate.
A newly hatched Kemp's Ridley sea turtle about to enter the ocean for the first time in it's life. Foam from waves is seen just in front of the turtle.
A video showing a departing high speed train and a cargo train stitched together.
A visualization revealing the dramatic long-range transport of smoke from the Canadian wildfires during July 14-20, 2026.
A group picture of the local cycling community including Hannah who was killed by a driver this Saturday.
A group of people posing in front of a sign saying Scientific Ocean Drilling.
A satellite image of the continental US showing the plume of wildfire smoke covering Canada and large parts of the New England states, and a storm system over Texas.
A geologist standing in the South African Karoo desert. Holding a notebook in one, a jacob's staff in the other.
An image of Sam Neill as Dr. Alan Grant in Jurassic Park. Text on the image says Legends never go Extinct.
A core section being pulled out of a rack in the repository.
The crewed submersible Nautile being lifted aboard R/V Pourquoi Pas?.
A rocket taking off at Cape Canaveral at night leaving a visible streak in the long exposure. The moon is illuminating the scene with palm trees framing the image.
China's new scientific drilling vessel Meng Xiang undergoing sea trials.
A cartoon image showing topography above and below seafloor with superimposed images of the deepest natural and artificial holes on the planet.
A stray dog standing aboard the JOIDES Resolution in front of the rig floor.
A humpback whale diving off the bow of the JOIDES Resolution. Several scientists are seen peeking over the railing.
A side by side comparison of a US Army Abrams main battle tank and a large pick-up truck. A bicycle in both pictures acts as a scale highlighting the dimensions of the truck.
Book cover for "We the people" by Jill Lepore.
The scene shows a fjord on Svalbard. In the foreground an exposed permafrost wedge is visible underneath a layer of gravel. On the far shore snow covered mountains are seen with the warming stripes superimposed on them.
A selfie of a cyclist wearing a warming stripes jersey. In the background is the relative temperature change of Texas from 1850 to 2025.
Several packages of Antarctic krill oil supplements in a grocery store shelf.
Correlation matrix between elements (Mg, Ti, Al, Si, Rb, K, Cr, Zn, Fe, Co, Zr, S, Ni, Mn, Ca, and Sr) measured at low resolution, Site U1618. Lower left triangle is representation of complete correlation between elements; upper right triangle is representation of only statistically significant correlations with p-values < 0.05. Correlations with p-values > 0.05 are left blank in upper triangle. Correlation is represented on color gradient from intense blue (positive correlation; Spearman ρ = 1) to intense red (negative correlation; Spearman ρ = −1). Lighter blue and red indicate weak positive and negative correlations, respectively.
An areal photo of a glaciated mountain range on Svalbard. Superimposed is a blue layer indicating water as well as the research vessel JOIDES Resolution and a drill string. No AI used.
An iceberg covered in rocky debris floating at see. In the background are snow-covered mountain slopes.
Two emperor penguins standing on an ice floe off the calving front of an Antarctic glacier.
Exposed and melting permafrost on Svalbard. In the distance an armed polar bear guard keeps watch.
A researcher is giving a presentation to a room full of scientists. On the back wall hangs a large polar bear fur.
A cyclist seen in front of snow covered mountains on Svalbard.
The research drillship JOIDES Resolution sailing into the sunset.
A video showing a closeup of a melting permafrost wedge, then zooming out to a vista of a fjord on Svalbard.
An areal photo showing the town of Longyearbyen, Svalbard amidst a valley carved by glaciers.
Conceptual model of the volcano–tectonic evolution of the East Anafi and Kolumbo Grabens.
Houses in New Orleans' Lower 9th Ward. Seen here is a ground level pre-Katrina house, and a new development on stilts. On the right a plot of land that never got developed after the hurricane.
The skyline of Madison, WI with the Capitol and the Monona Terrace conference center where AbSciCon took place in the foreground.
Me posing in front of the AbSciCon26 welcome sign.
A solar farm in Texas. Solar panels cover the entire scene. A car is driving on a gravel road cutting through the center of the farm.
A bicycle leaning against a sign saying "Scientific Ocean Drilling Building".
Seasonal cycle of Arctic sea ice extent (total area of at least 15% ice concentration) for the last 6 years and the minimum year 2012 in comparison to the long-term average (1972–today; dashed line). Source: https://seaice.uni-bremen.de/start/
A submersible on it's descent seen floating a few meters below the surface. Several labels indicate the different parts of the sub. The slurp sampler, manipulator arm, cameras, push cores, batteries, as well as fishes in the water column.
An areal photo of solar panels on a green field.
A field of Indian blankets with a cyclist in the background. His bike is loaded up with colorful bike packing gear.
A group picture of local cyclists and the mayor of College Station taken in city hall.
A fine arts brush held over a table.
A picture of the crescent Earth taken by the crew of Artemis II. The Earth is taking up only a sliver in the center of the image and is surrounded by the black emptiness of space.
A free fall funnel is being deployed through the moon pool of R/V JOIDES Resolution. FFFs are used to enable the drill string to re-enter a hole if needed.
The village of Oia, sitting on a cliff overlooking the submerged caldera of Santorini at sunset.
Several delivery bikes in front of a store.
An 8.6ft shortfin mako shark patrolling just below the surface in the sunlit pelagic ocean off San Diego.
A door opening into the reefer of the Gulf Coast Repository. Behind it rows upon rows of stored sediment cores are seen in racks.
A stacked image of the solar eclipses progression, starting at the lower right, totality in the center, and the end of the eclipse in the top left.
A row of parked cars with a pick-up truck sprawling aver the boundaries of the parking bay.
The earth setting behind the moon.