Biography
Dr. Peter B. deMenocal is an Associate Research Scientist at the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University. Dr. deMenocal's research focuses on analyzing the geochemistry and composition of marine sediments in order to reconstruct past changes in ocean circulation and terrestrial climate, with a primary focus on the signatures and causes of tropical-extratropical climate linkages over various timescales. His most current research focuses on African climate change and its link to early human evolution over the last several million years, signatures of ocean and climate variability over the last 12,000 years of the present warm climate period, and paleoclimate applications of climate model simulations. Dr. deMenocal has a Ph.D. (1991) and a Master of Philosophy degree (1989) in Geology from Columbia University, NY, an M.S. degree (1987) in Oceanography from the University of Rhode Island, and a B.S. degree (1982) in Geology from St. Lawrence University, NY.
A Message to the Year 2100
