Climate Change Institute

A tale of ice and fire – using lake sediments to understand fire regimes and permafrost thaw in the Arctic Dr. Melissa Chipman  - Syracuse University Friday, October 24, 3:10 pm ~ Murray 102 Amplified warming has facilitated dramatic examples of disturbance in the Arctic. Both tundra and boreal areas have experienced unprecedented wildfire activity […]

Holocene climate change in southern Greenland from chironomid assemblages and oxygen isotopes in lake sediments Dr. Melissa Chipman, Syracuse University Thursday, October 24, 1 pm ~ Bryand 307 The Arctic is the most rapidly warming place on earth, and paleorecords offer insight into how this vast region responded to a complex suite of past changes. […]