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Institute for Research on Global Climate Change
Florida Institute of Technology
Terrestrial PaleoecologyInstitute for Research on Global
Climate Change
Lake sediments provide many ways to extract information about past climates
Diatoms
Sediment color and chemistry
Fossil pollen and charcoal
Terrestrial Paleoecology
Our South and Central
American field sites
Terrestrial Paleoecology
We raise sediment cores from ancient lakes
Lake Surucuchu, Ecuadorian Andes Terrestrial Paleoecology
The GLAD800 drill rig raising a deep-water core from 230’ water depth from a lake in Guatemala
Terrestrial Paleoecology
We investigate cultural collapse and its relationship to climate change
Terrestrial Paleoecology
Pollen grains of maize are a clear indication of past agricultural activity
Terrestrial Paleoecology
Dr. Bush and undergraduate Chris La Drew investigate a cave in Ecuador for stalagmitesDr. Bush and undergraduate Chris La Drew
investigate a cave in Ecuador for stalagmites
Terrestrial Paleoecology
The inside of a stalagmite
Each color change indicates a change in precipitation
Terrestrial Paleoecology
MarinePaleoecologyInstitute for Research on Global
Climate Change
The animals of Antarctica are unique…
Marine Paleoecology
The animals of Antarctica are unique…
Sea wormMarine Paleoecology
The animals of Antarctica are unique…
Rockhopper penguins
Marine Paleoecology
The animals of Antarctica are unique…
Gentoo penguins Adelie penguinsMarine Paleoecology
The animals of Antarctica are unique…
Chinstrap penguinsMarine Paleoecology
…but as climate changes
Marine Paleoecology
and the Antarctic gets warmer
Marine Paleoecology
new animals are appearing
Invasive King Crabs
Marine Paleoecology
threatening Antarctica’s unique inhabitants
Marine Paleoecology
Camping out in the Antarctic wildernessMarine Paleoecology
Dr. Rich Aronson diving into an ice crack in Antarctica
Marine Paleoecology
Coral-ReefEcology
Institute for Research on Global Climate Change
Microscopic plants live inside corals Coral-Reef Ecology
Coral reefs feed half a billion people
worldwide
Coral reefs feed half a billion people
worldwide
Coral-Reef Ecology
Coral-Reef Ecology
Coral-Reef Ecology
Parrot fish control sea weed on coral reefs
Coral-Reef Ecology
Coral reefs are the rainforests of the sea
Coral-Reef Ecology
Webster et al 2005. Science 309:1844-46
Tropical Atlantic
Tropical Pacific
The oceans are warming
Santer et al 2006. PNAS 103:13905-10
Coral bleaching, southern Japan (1998)
FIT students measuring the effects of climate change on coral reefs
Coral-Reef Ecology
FIT students measuring the effects of climate change on coral reefs
Coral-Reef Ecology
