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Our research group in the Department of Geoscience studies the past behavior of ice sheets and glaciers and their interaction with ocean circulation, climate and sea level. We use a variety of techniques involving applied geochemistry in both terrestrial and marine settings, ice-sheet models, and climate models. We are part of the much larger Quaternary focus across campus at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. We also work closely with the Center for Climatic Research.
Quaternary News
-Carlson and Winsor's Nature Geoscience review paper on ice sheet behavior was published this September (paper) (9/10/12)
-Liu, Carlson, He et al. just published on line in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences where we address the impact of past CO2 rise on Greenland temperature during the Younger Dryas cold period (press release; paper) (6/25/12)
-Congrats to Dan Murray on publishing his M.S. thesis on Patagonian deglaciation in Geology (6/25/12)
-What caused the Younger Dryas Cold Event? enjoyed a 2 year, 2 month run as #1 read on-line Geology article (6/25/12)
-Congratulations to Kelsey Winsor on passing her preliminary exams! (8/31/11)
-Kelsey Winsor received an invitation to the 5th Graduate Conference on Climate Change hosted by MIT (7/30/11)
-Congrats as well to former M.S. student Lisa Colville whose thesis manuscript was just accepted into the journal Science - Sr-Nd-Pb isotope evidence for ice-sheet presence on southern Greenland during the last interglacial (5/27/11) and published July 28, 2011
-Congrats to Dan Murray who successfully defended his M.S. titled Northern Hemisphere forcing of the last deglaciation in Southern Patagonia (5/27/11)
-What caused the Younger Dryas Cold Event? still #1 read on-line Geology article for over 1 year (5/26/11)
-Students interested in pursuing a Ph.D. starting the Fall of 2012 please contact Anders Carlson (5/26/11)
-Dave Ullman awarded a NSF Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant (5/1/11)
-Kelsey Winsor awarded best student presentation at 2010 AGU (3/11)