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Publications
The following is a list of our academic outputs. For full texts see the institutional repository, for metrics see GoogleScholar
2024
Muller RD, Dutkiewicz A, Zahirovic S, Merdith AS, Scotese CR, Mills BJW, Ilano L, Mather B. 2024. Solid Earth Carbon Degassing and Sequestration Since 1 Billion Years Ago. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems. 25.11
Guo H, Chen X, Yao H, Zhang Y, Mills BJW, Han K, Wu S, Yang Y, Wang Z, Kemp DB. 2024. Quantifying the pattern of organic carbon burial through Cretaceous Oceanic Anoxic Event 2. Earth-Science Reviews. 257
Black BA, Karlstrom L, Mills BJW, Mather TA, Rudolph ML, Longman J, Merdith A. 2024. Cryptic degassing and protracted greenhouse climates after flood basalt events. Nature Geoscience
Mills BJW. 2024. Hot and cold Earth through time. Science. 1276-1278 385.6715
Zhao M, Mills BJW, Poulton SW, Wan B, Xiao K-Q, Guo L, Guo Z. 2024. Drivers of the global phosphorus cycle over geological time. Nature Reviews Earth & Environment.
Rogger J, Judd EJ, Mills BJW, Goddéris Y, Gerya TV, Pellissier L. 2024. Bio-geographic climate sensitivity controls Earth system response to Large Igneous Province carbon degassing. Science. 661-666 385.6709
Zheng D, Merdith AS, Goddéris Y, Donnadieu Y, Gurung K, Mills BJW. 2024. Using deep learning to integrate paleoclimate and global biogeochemistry over the Phanerozoic Eon. Geoscientific Model Development. 5413-5429 17.13
Guo L, Xiong S, Mills BJW, Isson T, Yang S, Cui J, Wang Y, Jiang L, Xu Z, Cai C, Deng Y, Wei G, Zhao M. 2024. Acceleration of phosphorus weathering under warm climates. Science Advances. 10.28
Wang Y, Wignall PB, Xiong Y, Loydell DK, Peakall J, Baas JH, Mills BJW, Poulton SW. 2024. Marine redox dynamics and biotic response to the mid-Silurian Ireviken Extinction Event in a mid-shelf setting. Journal of the Geological Society. 181.4
Krause AJ, Shields GA, Newton RJ, Mills BJW. 2024. Modelling sulfate concentrations in the global ocean through Phanerozoic time. Journal of the Geological Society.
Krewer C, Poulton SW, Newton RJ, März C, Mills BJW, Wagner T. 2024. Controls on the Termination of Cretaceous Oceanic Anoxic Event 2 in the Tarfaya Basin, Morocco. American Journal of Science. 324
Alcott L, Walton C, Planavsky N, Shorttle O, Mills B. 2024. Crustal carbonate build-up as a driver for Earth’s oxygenation. Nature Geoscience.
Rogger J, Mills BJW, Gerya TV, Pellissier L. 2024. Speed of thermal adaptation of terrestrial vegetation alters Earth’s long-term climate. Science Advances. 10.9
Gurung K, Field K, Batterman S, Poulton S, Mills BJW. 2024. Geographic range of plants drives long-term climate change. Nature Communications.
Zheng D, Zhong H, Camps-Valls G, Cao Z, Ma X, Mills B, Hu X, Hou M, Ma C. 2024. Explainable deep learning for automatic rock classification. Computers & Geosciences. 105511-105511 184
2023
Fru EC, Bahri JA, Brosson C, Bankole O, Aubineau J, El Albani A, Nederbragt A, Oldroyd A, Skelton A, Lowhagen L, Webster D, Fantong WY, Mills BJW, Alcott LJ, Konhauser KO, Lyons TW. 2023. Transient fertilization of a post-Sturtian Snowball ocean margin with dissolved phosphate by clay minerals. Nature Communications. 14.1
Farnsworth A, Lo YTE, Valdes PJ, Buzan JR, Mills BJW, Merdith AS, Scotese CR, Wakeford HR. 2023. Climate extremes likely to drive land mammal extinction during next supercontinent assembly. Nature Geoscience. 901-908 16.10
Zhang Y, Mills BJW, He T, Hu X, Zhu M. 2023. Modeling hyperthermal events in the Mesozoic-Paleogene periods: a review. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 11
Song Y, Bowyer FT, Mills BJW, Merdith AS, Wignall PB, Peakall J, Zhang S, Wang X, Wang H, Canfield DE, Shields GA, Poulton S. 2023. Dynamic redox and nutrient cycling response to climate forcing in the Mesoproterozoic ocean. Nature Communications.
Moore OW, Curti L, Woulds C, Bradley JA, Babakhani P, Mills BJW, Homoky WB, Xiao K-Q, Bray AW, Fisher BJ, Kazemian M, Kaulich B, Dale AW, Peacock CL. 2023. Long-term organic carbon preservation enhanced by iron and manganese. Nature. 312-317 621.7978
Han Z, Hu X, Newton R, He T, Mills B, Jenkyns H, Ruhl M, Jamieson R. 2023. Spatially heterogenous seawater δ34S and global cessation of Ca-sulfate burial during the Toarcian oceanic anoxic event. Earth and Planetary Science Letters.
Bowyer FT, Krause AJ, Song Y, Huang K-J, Fu Y, Shen B, Li J, Zhu X-K, Kipp MA, van Maldegem LM, Brocks JJ, Shields GA, Le Hir G, Mills BJW, Poulton S. 2023. Biological diversification linked to environmental stabilization following the Sturtian Snowball glaciation. Science Advances.
Shi W, Mills BJW, Algeo TJ, Poulton S, Newton RJ, Dodd MS, Zhang Z, Zheng L, He T, Hou M, Li C. 2023. Heterogeneous sulfide reoxidation buffered oxygen release in the Ediacaran Shuram ocean. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta.
Mills BJW, Krause AJ, Jarvis I, Cramer BD. 2023. Evolution of Atmospheric O₂ Through the Phanerozoic, Revisited. Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Science. 51
Dodd M, Shi W, Li C, Zhang Z, Cheng M, Gu H, Hardisty D, Loyd S, Wallace M, Hood A, Lamothe K, Mills B, Poulton S, Lyons T. 2023. Uncovering the Ediacaran phosphorus cycle. Nature.
Zhang Y, Benjamin M, He T, Yang T, Zhu M. 2023. 显生宙长时间尺度碳循环演变的模拟：现状与展望 (Simulating the long-term carbon cycle in the Phanerozoic Current status and future developments). Chinese Science Bulletin. 1580-1592 68.12
Zhao M, Mills BJW, Homoky WB, Peacock CL. 2023. Oxygenation of the Earth aided by mineral–organic carbon preservation. Nature Geoscience. 262-267 16.3
Goddéris Y, Donnadieu Y, Mills BJW. 2023. What Models Tell Us About the Evolution of Carbon Sources and Sinks over the Phanerozoic. Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences. 51
Li Z, Zhang YG, Torres M, Mills BJW. 2023. Neogene burial of organic carbon in the global ocean. Nature. 90-95 613.7942
2022
van der Meer DG, Scotese CR, Mills BJW, Sluijs A, van den Berg van Saparoea A-P, van de Weg RMB. 2022. Long-term Phanerozoic global mean sea level: Insights from strontium isotope variations and estimates of continental glaciation. Gondwana Research. 103-121 111
Krause AJ, Mills BJW, Merdith AS, Lenton TM, Poulton SW. 2022. Extreme variability in atmospheric oxygen levels in the late Precambrian. Science Advances. 8.41
Gurung K, Field KJ, Batterman SA, Goddéris Y, Donnadieu Y, Porada P, Taylor LL, Mills BJW. 2022. Climate windows of opportunity for plant expansion during the Phanerozoic. Nature Communications. 13
Shi W, Mills BJW, Li C, Poulton S, Krause AJ, He T, Zhou Y, Cheng M, Shields GA. 2022. Decoupled oxygenation of the Ediacaran ocean and atmosphere during the rise of early animals. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 591
Planavsky NJ, Fakhraee M, Bolton EW, Reinhard CT, Isson TT, Zhang S, Mills BJW. 2022. On Carbon Burial and Net Primary Production Through Earth’s History. American Journal of Science. 413-460 322.3
Qiu Z, Zou C, Mills BJW, Xiong Y, Tao H, Lu B, Liu H, Xiao W, Poulton S. 2022. A nutrient control on expanded anoxia and global cooling during the Late Ordovician mass extinction. Communications Earth & Environment. 3
Alcott LJ, Mills BJW, Bekker A, Poulton S. 2022. Earth’s Great Oxidation Event facilitated by the rise of sedimentary phosphorus recycling. Nature Geoscience. 210-215 15.3
Capriolo M, Mills BJW, Newton RJ, Corso JD, Dunhill AM, Wignall PB, Marzoli A. 2022. Anthropogenic-scale CO2 degassing from the Central Atlantic Magmatic Province as a driver of the end-Triassic mass extinction. Global and Planetary Change. 209
Longman J, Mills BJW, Donnadieu Y, Godderis Y. 2022. Assessing Volcanic Controls on Miocene Climate Change. Geophysical Research Letters. 49.2
Dal Corso J, Mills B, Chu D, Newton R, Song H. 2022. Background Earth system state amplified Carnian (Late Triassic) environmental changes. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 578
Chen B, Hu C, Mills BJW, He T, Andersen MB, Chen X, Liu P, Lu M, Newton RJ, Poulton SW, Shields GA, Zhu M. 2022. A short-lived oxidation event during the early Ediacaran and delayed oxygenation of the Proterozoic ocean. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 577
2021
Longman J, Mills BJW, Manners HR, Gernon TM, Palmer MR. 2021. Late Ordovician climate change and extinctions driven by elevated volcanic nutrient supply. Nature Geoscience. 924-929 14
Mills B, Donnadieu Y, Goddéris Y. 2021. Spatial continuous integration of Phanerozoic global biogeochemistry and climate. Gondwana Research. 73-86 100
Belcher CM, Mills BJW, Vitali R, Baker SJ, Lenton TM, Watson AJ. 2021. The rise of angiosperms strengthened fire feedbacks and improved the regulation of atmospheric oxygen. Nature Communications. 12
Chen B, Ma X, Mills BJW, Qie W, Joachimski MM, Shen S, Wang C, Xu H, Wang X. 2021. Devonian paleoclimate and its drivers: A reassessment based on a new conodont δ18O record from South China. Earth-Science Reviews. 222
Mills BJW, Tennenbaum S, Schwartzman D. 2021. Exploring multiple steady states in Earth’s long-term carbon cycle. American Journal of Science. 1033-1044 321.7
Scotese CR, Song H, Mills BJW, van der Meer DG. 2021. Phanerozoic Paleotemperatures: The Earth’s Changing Climate during the Last 540 million years. Earth-Science Reviews. 215
Luo J, Long X, Bowyer FT, Mills BJW, Li J, Xiong Y, Zhu X, Zhang K, Poulton SW. 2021. Pulsed oxygenation events drove progressive oxygenation of the early Mesoproterozoic ocean. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 559
Shields GA, Mills BJW. 2021. Evaporite weathering and deposition as a long-term climate forcing mechanism. Geology. 299-303 49.3
Planavsky NJ, Crowe SA, Fakhraee M, Beaty B, Reinhard CT, Mills BJW, Holstege C, Konhauser KO. 2021. Evolution of the structure and impact of Earth’s biosphere. Nature Reviews Earth & Environment. 123-139 2
2020
Tierney JE, Poulsen CJ, Montañez IP, Bhattacharya T, Feng R, Ford HL, Hönisch B, Inglis GN, Petersen SV, Sagoo N, Tabor CR, Thirumalai K, Zhu J, Burls NJ, Foster GL, Goddéris Y, Huber BT, Ivany LC, Kirtland Turner S, Lunt DJ, McElwain JC, Mills BJW, Otto-Bliesner BL, Ridgwell A, Zhang YG. 2020. Past climates inform our future. Science. 370.6517
He T, Dal Corso J, Newton RJ, Wignall PB, Mills BJW, Todaro S, Di Stefano P, Turner EC, Jamieson RA, Randazzo V, Rigo M, Jones RE, Dunhill AM. 2020. An enormous sulfur isotope excursion indicates marine anoxia during the end-Triassic mass extinction. Science Advances. 6.37
Alcott LJ, Krause AJ, Hammarlund EU, Bjerrum CJ, Scholz F, Xiong Y, Hobson AJ, Neve L, Mills BJW, März C, Schnetger B, Bekker A, Poulton SW. 2020. Development of Iron Speciation Reference Materials for Palaeoredox Analysis. Geostandards and Geoanalytical Research. 581-591 44.3
Tostevin R, Mills BJW. 2020. Reconciling proxy records and models of Earth’s oxygenation during the Neoproterozoic and Palaeozoic. Interface Focus. 10.4
Tostevin R, Mills BJW. 2020. Reconciling proxy records and models of Earth’s oxygenation during the Neoproterozoic and Palaeozoic. Interface Focus. 10.4
Dal Corso J, Mills BJW, Chu D, Newton RJ, Mather TA, Shu W, Wu Y, Tong J, Wignall PB. 2020. Permo–Triassic boundary carbon and mercury cycling linked to terrestrial ecosystem collapse. Nature Communications. 11
Capriolo M, Marzoli A, Aradi LE, Callegaro S, Dal Corso J, Newton RJ, Mills BJW, Wignall PB, Bartoli O, Baker DR, Youbi N, Remusat L, Spiess R, Szabó C. 2020. Deep CO₂ in the end-Triassic Central Atlantic Magmatic Province. Nature Communications. 11
Zhang B, Yao S, Mills BJW, Wignall PB, Hu W, Liu B, Ren Y, Li L, Shi G. 2020. Middle Permian organic carbon isotope stratigraphy and the origin of the Kamura Event. Gondwana Research. 217-232 79
2019
Shields GA, Mills BJW. 2019. Sulfur cycle imbalance and environmental change during the Ediacaric Period. Estudios Geologicos. 75.2
Alcott LJ, Mills BJW, Poulton SW. 2019. Stepwise Earth oxygenation is an inherent property of global biogeochemical cycling. Science. 1333-1337 366.6471
Williams JJ, Mills BJW, Lenton TM. 2019. A tectonically driven Ediacaran oxygenation event.. Nature Communications. 10.1
Shields GA, Mills BJW, Zhu M, Raub TD, Daines SJ, Lenton TM. 2019. Unique Neoproterozoic carbon isotope excursions sustained by coupled evaporite dissolution and pyrite burial. Nature Geoscience. 823-827 12.10
Joshi M, Mills B, Johnson M. 2019. A capacitor‐discharge mechanism to explain the timing of orogeny‐related global glaciations. Geophysical Research Letters. 8347-8354 46.14
He T, Zhu M, Mills BJW, Wynn PM, Zhuravlev AY, Tostevin R, Pogge von Strandmann PAE, Yang A, Poulton S, Shields GA. 2019. Possible links between extreme oxygen perturbations and the Cambrian radiation of animals. Nature Geoscience. 468-474 12.6
Mills BJW, Krause AJ, Scotese CR, Hill DJ, Shields GA, Lenton TM. 2019. Modelling the long-term carbon cycle, atmospheric CO2, and Earth surface temperature from late Neoproterozoic to present day. Gondwana Research. 172-186 67
2018
Krause AJ, Mills BJW, Zhang S, Planavsky NJ, Lenton TM, Poulton SW. 2018. Stepwise oxygenation of the Paleozoic atmosphere. Nature Communications. 9
van de Velde S, Mills BJW, Meysman FJR, Lenton TM, Poulton SW. 2018. Early Palaeozoic ocean anoxia and global warming driven by the evolution of shallow burrowing. Nature Communications. 9
Witts JD, Newton RJ, Mills BJW, Wignall PB, Bottrell SH, Hall JLO, Francis JE, Crame JA. 2018. The impact of the Cretaceous–Paleogene (K–Pg) mass extinction event on the global sulfur cycle: Evidence from Seymour Island, Antarctica. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 17-45 230
Zhang S, Planavsky NJ, Krause AJ, Bolton EW, Mills BJW. 2018. Model based Paleozoic atmospheric oxygen estimates: a revisit to GEOCARBSULF. American Journal of Science. 557-589 318.5
Rushby AJ, Johnson M, Mills BJW, Watson AJ, Claire MW. 2018. Long Term Planetary Habitability and the Carbonate-Silicate Cycle. Astrobiology. 469-480 18.5
Lenton TM, Daines SJ, Mills BJW. 2018. COPSE reloaded: an improved model of biogeochemical cycling over Phanerozoic time. Earth-Science Reviews. 1-28 178
Mills BJW, Batterman SA, Field KJ. 2018. Nutrient acquisition by symbiotic fungi governs Palaeozoic climate transition. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 373.1739
2017
Mills BJW, Scotese CR, Walding NG, Shields GA, Lenton TM. 2017. Elevated CO2 degassing rates prevented the return of Snowball Earth during the Phanerozoic. Nature Communications. 8
Watson AJ, Lenton TM, Mills BJW. 2017. Ocean de-oxygenation, the global phosphorus cycle, and the possibility of human-caused large-scale ocean anoxia. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences. 375.2102
Shields GA, Mills BJW. 2017. Tectonic controls on the long-term carbon isotope mass balance. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 4318-4323 114.17
Daines SJ, Mills BJW, Lenton TM. 2017. Atmospheric oxygen regulation at low Proterozoic levels by incomplete oxidative weathering of sedimentary organic carbon. Nature Communications. 8
2016
Mills BJW, Belcher CM, Lenton TM, Newton RJ. 2016. A modeling case for high atmospheric oxygen concentrations during the Mesozoic and Cenozoic. Geology. 1023-1026 44.12
Lenton TM, Dahl TW, Daines SJ, Mills BJW, Ozaki K, Saltzman MR, Porada P. 2016. Earliest land plants created modern levels of atmospheric oxygen. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 9704-9709 113.35
Hibbett D, Blanchette R, Kenrick P, Mills BJW. 2016. Climate, decay, and the death of the coal forests. Current Biology. R563-R567 26.13
2014
Mills BJW, Daines SJ, Lenton TM. 2014. Changing tectonic controls on the long-term carbon cycle from Mesozoic to present. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems. 4866-4884 15.12
Mills B, Lenton TM, Watson AJ. 2014. Proterozoic oxygen rise linked to shifting balance between seafloor and terrestrial weathering. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 111.25
2013
Watson AJ, Ledwell JR, Messias M-J, King BA, Mackay N, Meredith MP, Mills B, Naveira Garabato AC. 2013. Rapid cross-density ocean mixing at mid-depths in the Drake Passage measured by tracer release. Nature. 408-411 501.7467