The Climate Past

The Earth has experienced many periods of rapid and extreme climate change. Understanding the triggers that led to these changes offers vital insight into how human activities are contributing to/triggering rapid climate change today. Faculty at UC Davis examine these mechanisms, and the potential impacts of climate change, by reconstructing past climate scenarios using the geological record, paleobiogeochemistry, and climate modeling.

Faculty Experts

• Thomas A. Cahill
  Land Use | Climate Change | Healthy Environment, Healthy People | Effective Solutions | Transportation | Atmospheric Science | The Climate Past | Human, Community Health | Environmental Justice | Air Quality | Policy, Governance
• Joan Florsheim
  Land Use | Water & Watersheds | Climate Change | Habitat Restoration | Rivers | Deltas and Estuaries | Coasts and Oceans | Pollution, Transport and Water Quality | Natural Hazards | Water Policy | Effects on Water Resources | The Climate Past
• David Osleger
  Water & Watersheds | Climate Change | Lakes | The Climate Past
• Gregory Pasternack
  Biodiversity & Conservation | Land Use | Water & Watersheds | Climate Change | Ecosystems | Habitat Restoration | Geospatial Analysis | Rivers | Deltas and Estuaries | Effects on Water Resources | The Climate Past
• Peter J. Richerson
  Biodiversity & Conservation | Water & Watersheds | Climate Change | Healthy Environment, Healthy People | Effective Solutions | Plants | Lakes | Effects on Human Populations, Behavior | The Climate Past | Food, Agriculture | History, Culture
• Howard Spero
  Climate Change | Climate Modeling, Forecasting | The Climate Past