Research | Climate
Dynamics
Climate dynamics is the study of how the climate system
has varied and why, with the ultimate goal of understanding what will
happen in the future. In the Department of Geosciences, we focus on
integrating the perspectives gained from the study of instrumental
and satellite observations with that derived from paleoclimatic records.
Thus, we study climate variability on seasonal to millennial, even
tectonic timescales, and focus on the full range of hypothesized climate
forcing mechanisms. Our climate dynamics work is integrated with that
of colleagues in the Department of Atmospheric
Sciences, Laboratory
of Tree Ring Research, Department
of Geography and Regional Development, and elsewhere on campus.
Our focus is global and on understanding the linkages between the dominant
climate systems of the world.
Faculty and Researchers
Vic
Baker – Paleohydrology and fluvial geomorphology
Julio
Betancourt – Paleoclimatology and paleoecology
Andy
Cohen - Paleolimnology, paleoecology, limnogeology.
Julia
Cole – Paleoclimate reconstruction and modeling; coral reefs;
drought
Owen
Davis - Quaternary paleoecology and palynology
Michael Evans – Paleoclimatology
and quantitative synthesis
Karl
Flessa – Marine paleoecology; Gulf of California; Colorado
River Delta
Vance Holliday – Quaternary
geoarchaeology and landscape evolution
Tim Jull – Geochronology
and paleoenvironmental records
Jonathan
Overpeck – Paleoclimate dynamics; global change impacts
Jay
Quade – Earth surface geochemistry; geoarchaeology; paleoclimatology
Peter
Reiners – Geochronology and paleoenvironmental records
Joellen
Russell - Biogeochemistry, oceanography, climate dynamics and modeling
Researchers
Warren Beck – Paleoclimate, carbon cycle, geochronology
David
Dettman – Isotopic records of paleoenvironments; isotope
paleohydrology
Paul Goodman – Ocean and climate modeling
Facilities, Equipment, and Resources
Lab facilities include an image analysis and
modeling computer lab, plus a laboratory for the paleoenvironmental
analysis of lake and marine sediments. Other labs include:
Biogeochemical
Dynamics Laboratory
Environmental
Studies Laboratory
Stable
Isotope Labratory
Accelerator
Mass Spectrometry Laboratory
Institute for
the Study of Planet Earth
Laboratory for
Tree-Ring Research
School
of Natural Resources
Department of
Atmospheric Sciences
Department of Geography
and Regional Development
Department of
Hydrology and Water Resources
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