Paleoclimatic reconstructions from ice cores, marine sediments, and isotopic proxies examining Earth's radiative balance, Milankovitch orbital forcing, and abrupt climate transitions.
A CARTA symposium exploring the intricate relationship between climate dynamics and human evolutionary trajectories, featuring perspectives from earth scientists, ecologists, and paleoanthropologists.
An interdisciplinary examination of human origins, focusing on African climate data and archaeological evidence from East and South Africa, presented by leading researchers.
Joe McConnell presents research on ice core geochemistry, specifically focusing on lead isotope analysis in Greenland ice. This lecture explores how paleoclimate data informs ancient history, with an emphasis on its implications for understanding the Roman economy.
Richard Alley traces Earth's climate evolution over 4.6 billion years, elucidating the fundamental role of carbon dioxide in shaping planetary habitability and past climate shifts.
Richard B. Alley delivers the Bjerknes Lecture, examining the profound influence of carbon dioxide as a primary regulator throughout Earth's extensive climate history.
Jerry X. Mitrovica of Harvard University presents a lecture on the intersection of postmodern geophysical concepts and the dynamics of Ice Age climates.
Jerry X. Mitrovica from Harvard University delivers a keynote address on identifying the distinct signatures of sea level rise within a warming global climate.
Piero Lionello presents on the climate of the Mediterranean region, analyzing its recent past and projecting future evolutionary trends, as part of the European Geosciences Union's GIFT workshop.
Gilles Ramstein discusses the interplay between plate tectonics and climate, updating the understanding since the foundational work of Wegener and Köppen, presented at the EGU's GIFT workshop.
Jerry Mitrovica of Harvard University presents advanced modeling techniques for 'sea level fingerprinting,' demonstrating how geographic variability constrains meltwater sources and refines estimates of sea level acceleration.
Prerequisite foundations, follow-on graduate progressions, cross-institutional course twins, and research seminar extensions.
MIT · Scott Doney, Karen Casciotti & Edward Boyle
Climate Change & Paleoclimate Dynamics (National Academy of Sciences) establishes the undergraduate foundations in Earth, Planetary Science & Climate Dynamics required for MIT 12.742: Marine Chemistry and Global Biogeochemical Cycles (MIT).
