A paleoclimatologist examines climate data to understand how local ecology and global climate looked in the past. Climate science has been vital for understanding how our world is changing - in the oceans, the air and on the land. These research scientists collect data from a wide variety of sources to monitor the changes currently going on with our planet. With the data that climate scientists examine and analyze, we are able to explain fluctuations in such things as global temperature and ice cover.
We are also able to ascertain what is natural and what is anthropogenic. Paleoclimatologists examine the same types of data as climatologists and analyze it in the same way to determine the same conclusions, but what they are trying to discover is slightly different. Consequently, their sources are slightly different too. Their goal is to understand the profile of the Earth's climate at any time in the past for the entire history of the planet.
They seek to understand how ice ages start or end, the impact of ozone levels in the past and how this data impacted local ecologies including the makeup of biological life. This data shows what the planet might have looked like following the great Extinction Level Events the Earth has gone through five. They are at the forefront of understanding modern climate change by examining fluctuations in the past. Paleoclimate research has been credited with understanding the Greenhouse Effect.
They will examine tree ring data , ice cores, sediments , zoology remains horn, shells and bones , coral and microfossils in looking for indicators of past climate such as air quality and makeup. They work largely in labs and offices but will be expected to collect samples and analyze them in the field.
Paleoclimatologists are a division of atmospheric scientists. According to data collected by the BLS, there were 11, employees in this area - not all of them climatologists or paleoclimatologists. These professionals work on a consultancy or contract basis, providing specific services job-by-job. Lectures and Discussions Rock and Mineral Identification. Networking Job Sectors. Research [X] close. Faculty Specialties Associated Laboratories and Research Groups Brian Arbic Physical oceanography, numerical modeling, satellite oceanography, oceanography capacity development in Africa.
Julia Cole's Climate Lab Ingrid Hendy Sedimentology, micropaleontology, paleoceanography, glaciology Naomi Levin Stratigraphy, paleoecology, isotope hydrology, isotope geochemistry, environments of early humans.
Levin Research Group Iso Paleo Lab Kacey Lohmann Carbonate geochemistry, sedimentology, field geology, paleoceanography, stable isotope geochemistry, sclerochronology. Iso Paleo Lab Sierra Petersen Past greenhouse climates, mass extinctions, stable and clumped isotope paleothermometry, fossil mollusks, sclerochronology. Lab Website Chris Poulsen Climate dynamics, paleoclimatology, earth system modeling, climate change, climate variability, climate-ecosystem interactions, water isotopes, ecohydrology, climate-mountain interactions, paleoaltimetry.
Continental Environments Research Group. Earth and Environmental Sciences. Our alumni typically retain strong ties to the department, and we are looking into different ways to increase their engagement with the graduate program. In addition to the general admission requirements of the Graduate School, the requirements for admission to the Geosciences M.
Either track can prepare students for employment or for a PhD. The advisor and student together decide whether to the student will take the thesis or project track. The average time to degree for MS students over the past 10 years is 2. This average includes both 1-yr hydro students who typically take 1 year and students who take a leave from their studies and finish their MS while working full time. Graduating students rank the Geosciences MS program high greater than 1 standard deviation from the mean of all UMass MS programs in the following areas: 1 If you were to start your doctoral studies over again would you select UMass and 2 overall quality of program.
In addition to the general admission requirements of the Graduate School, all candidates for the Ph. Additional requirements include completion of sufficient course work or independent study to prepare the candidate for the preliminary comprehensive exam research proposition.
From to the Geosciences department has graduated 28 PhD students with an average time to degree completion of 5. Doctoral students rank the Geosciences high greater than 1 standard deviation from the mean of all UMass doctoral programs in the following areas:.
Timeline Fall start. The advisor and student together decide whether the student will pursue the project or thesis track. Graduate School information for all applicants U. Citizens, Permanent Residents, and non-citizens may be found on the Graduate School website. January 5th is the deadline for the receipt of application materials for acceptance into the Geosciences M. Applications will be considered complete and the review process starts when the graduate school receives:.
The required supplement at this link asks about your potential research interests and collects your responses to four prompts. We ask about research interests to make sure that faculty with interests that overlap yours see your application. We ask for responses to four supplemental prompts in order to learn some specific information about you that you may or may not have included in your personal statement.
We have found that the following traits bode well for success in our graduate program and for the past few years we have been assessing applicants based on these traits: 1 perseverance, 2 independence, 3 curiosity, 4 ability to work in teams, 5 maturity and, 6 communication skills written and oral.
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Our faculty have expertise in a wide range of topics as evidenced from the short descriptors next to each on the faculty listing. Individual faculty web pages offer a good place to start learning about research opportunities but keep in mind that these pages could be out of date, so it is always a good idea to contact Project Investigators PIs about ongoing projects and plans for future projects.
Due to the competitive application process, we do not admit any graduate students without a PI sponsor who is willing to mentor and advise the student.
When you contact a faculty member about sponsoring you, be sure to include your resume and a brief and specific! Note that faculty are extremely busy and sometimes get behind in responding to emails. MIS 5e or the Eemian , and abrupt climate changes during the transition out of the last ice age in Greenland and mid-continent North America.
Earth system modeling of past climates can be used to simulate and assess geologically inferred climate patterns, to shape and verify observation-driven hypotheses, and to engender confidence in the ability of models to project future environmental change. Matt Hurtgen's research seeks to identify the processes that control seawater sulfate concentrations through time.
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