The Ostracod Clumped‐Isotope Thermometer: A Novel Tool to Accurately Quantify Continental Climate Changes Marchegiano, Marta Peral, Marion Venderickx, Jeroen Marten, Koen García-Alix Daroca, Antonio Snoeck, Christophe Goderis, Steven Claeys, Philippe This study presents a methodological advancement in the field of clumped-isotope (∆47) thermometry, specifically tailored for application to freshwater ostracods. The novel ostracod clumped isotope approach enables quantitative temperature and hydrological reconstruction in lacustrine records. The relationship between ∆47 and the temperature at which ostracod shell mineralized is determined by measuring ∆47 on different species grown under controlled temperatures, ranging from 4 ± 0.8 to 23 ± 0.5ºC. The excellent agreement between the presented ∆47 ostracod data and the monitored temperatures confirms that ∆47 can be applied to ostracod shells and that a vital effect is absent outside the uncertainty of measurements. Results are consistent with the carbonate clumped-isotope unified calibration (Anderson et al., 2021, https://doi.org/10.1029/2020gl092069), therefore, an ostracod-specific calibration is not needed. The ostracod clumped-isotope thermometer represents a powerful tool for terrestrial paleoclimate studies all around the world, as lakes and ostracods are found in all climatic belts. 2024-05-13T07:13:04Z 2024-05-13T07:13:04Z 2024-02-19 journal article Marchegiano, M., Peral, M., Venderickx, J., Martens, K., García‐Alix, A., Snoeck, C., et al. (2024). The ostracod clumpedisotope thermometer: A novel tool to accurately quantify continental climate changes. Geophysical Research Letters, 51, e2023GL107426. [https://doi.org/10. 1029/2023GL107426] https://hdl.handle.net/10481/91687 10.1029/2023GL107426 eng http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ open access Atribución 4.0 Internacional American Geophysical Union