Distinguished Professor
Director of the Climate System Research Center
climatology
paleoclimatology
Arctic studies
Office:
134C Morrill Science Center
Phone:
(413) 545-2120
Email:
Education:
PhD 1974 University of Colorado
Research Interests:
My current research focuses on late Holocene changes in climate and how that relates to early human migration in the Arctic and North Atlantic region. I am conducting research in Svalbard (Arctic Niorway) the Faroe Islands and northern Greenland (Inutoqqat Nunaat).
- For the Greenland project, see: http://www.wandeldal.org and on Facebook and Instagram @ wandeldal
- For our work in southern Greenland, see: https://www.umass.edu/news/article/rewriting-history-books-why-vikings-left-greenland
- For research on the Faroe Islands, see: https://www.cns.umass.edu/news-events/news/new-study-revises-history-settlement-faroe-islands
- For research in Svalbard, see https://www.umass.edu/news/article/recent-atlantic-ocean-warming