Research

Here you will find information related to the research projects being conducted by the LSU Global Paleoecology lab. Each section contains grant information,a project summary, and pictures taken in the field. Click on a title for further information.

• Paleotempestolgy: Geological Records of Past Hurricane Activity

Funded Projects

U.S. Atlantic & Gulf Coasts

• NAO & Bermuda High Hypothesis
• Hurricane Ivan as Modern Analog
• Weeks Bay: Hurricanes, Sea-Level Rise, and Coastal Ecosystems



• Caribbean & Central America

• Paleotempestology of the Caribbean region (IAI CRN-2050)
• Mosquito Coast, Honduras – Paleotempestology & societal vulnerability
• Tracking Donna in the northern Caribbean
• Paleohurricane activity in the southern Caribbean

Publications

News and Activities

• Historical documentary records of Chinese typhoons

Funded Projects

Publications

News and Activities

• Pollen records of Andean and Tibetan ice cores

Funded Projects

• Publications

News and Activities

• Vegetation change and land degradation in East Africa

Funded Projects

• Kenya

Publications

News and Activities




Tibetan Plateau: Long-term dynamics of the SW Indian monsoon

Funded Projects

• The Tibetan Plateau

Publications

News and Activities




• Climate and vegetation changes in arid and semi-arid regions of Central Asia

Funded Projects

• The Mongolian Plateau

Publications

News and Activities




• Other research activities and outcomes

China and Southeast Asia

• Amazon Basin and Andes

Canada

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