Sam J Purkis
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Recent Articles
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Chakraborty M, Sharifi A, Benzoni F, Tissot F, Pourmand A, Taviani M, et al.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
. 2025 Feb;
122(8):e2415559122.
PMID: 39998582
The Red Sea, a nascent ocean basin connected to the Indian Ocean via a shallow strait, is assumed to have experienced significant environmental changes during the last glacial period due...
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Purkis S, Ward S, Howes B, Longenecker J, Chakraborty M, Kalman A, et al.
Sci Adv
. 2025 Feb;
11(8):eadq3173.
PMID: 39982992
Intense rain can trigger flashfloods in Arabia. Torrential rains in 2024 sowed widespread chaos in the region. Sediment-loaded plumes discharged by flashfloods deposit onto the seabed. Burrowing animals disrupt these...
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Xi H, Dong X, Chirayath V, Gleason A, Purkis S
Coral Reefs
. 2025 Feb;
44(1):273-289.
PMID: 39927150
Regularly patterned reef ridges develop in the lagoons of at least one-third of Earth's coral reefs. The interactions between corals and their environment, occurring at scales from millimeters to meters,...
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Vicario S, Terraneo T, Chimienti G, Maggioni D, Marchese F, Purkis S, et al.
Invertebr Syst
. 2024 May;
38.
PMID: 38744524
Black corals occur as part of benthic assemblages from shallow to deep waters in all oceans. Despite the importance in many benthic ecosystems, where these act as biodiversity aggregators, antipatharians...
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Duchatellier G, Oehlert A, Shernisky H, Pollier C, Swart P, Howes B, et al.
Sci Total Environ
. 2023 Nov;
912:168804.
PMID: 38036117
Brine pools in deep-sea environments provide unique perspectives into planetary and geological processes, extremophile microbial communities, and sedimentary records. The NEOM Brine Pool Complex was the first deep-sea brine pool...
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Purkis S, Ward S, Fitzpatrick N, Garvin J, Slayback D, Cronin S, et al.
Sci Adv
. 2023 Apr;
9(15):eadf5493.
PMID: 37058570
The Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai (HTHH) volcanic eruption in January 2022 generated catastrophic tsunami and contends for the largest natural explosion in more than a century. The main island, Tongatapu, suffered...
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Chimienti G, Terraneo T, Vicario S, Marchese F, Purkis S, Eweida A, et al.
Zookeys
. 2023 Feb;
1116:1-22.
PMID: 36760986
A black coral, Chimienti, is described from the Saudi Arabian coasts of the Gulf of Aqaba and north Red Sea (Neom area) using an integrated taxonomic approach. The morphological distinctiveness...
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Geyman E, Wu Z, Nadeau M, Edmonsond S, Turner A, Purkis S, et al.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
. 2022 Oct;
119(43):e2210617119.
PMID: 36252022
Carbonate mud represents one of the most important geochemical archives for reconstructing ancient climatic, environmental, and evolutionary change from the rock record. Mud also represents a major sink in the...
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Butler J, Purkis L, Purkis S, Yousif R, Al-Shaikh I
Mar Pollut Bull
. 2021 Apr;
167:112333.
PMID: 33873042
Characterizing benthic habitat sensitivities of rapidly-developing countries is of paramount importance. Recent efforts defining the benthic habitat of Qatar's coastal zone with a high-resolution, ground-truthed benthic habitat map has provided...
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Butler J, Purkis S, Yousif R, Al-Shaikh I, Warren C
Mar Pollut Bull
. 2020 Nov;
160:111634.
PMID: 33181922
A comprehensive, high resolution, ground truthed benthic habitat map has been completed for Qatar's coastal zone and Halul Island. The objectives of this research were to; 1. Systematically compare and...