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I'm an Earth Science Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Chapel Hill, focusing on paleoclimate and geochemistry as they relate to past sea level and ice volume changes.

This website details my research interests, personal pursuits, and highlights my field expeditions, publications, and projects. Views are my own.

New paper published!

Tiara Walters:

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Aaron Sidder:

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Kevin Krajick:

https://phys.org/news/2018-05-high-seas-tropical-isle-obvious.html

Stacy Morford:

How far did sea level rise? It's no walk-on-the-beach calculation

Laura Geggel: http://www.livescience.com/58407-how-often-do-ice-ages-happen

Laura Geggel: https://www.livescience.com/58388-2016-weather-broke-records

Chris Mooney: Giant Boulders in Bahamas Evidence of Ancient Storms & Sea Level

Higher than present global mean sea level recorded by and Early Pliocene intertidal unit in Patagonia (Argentina).

Rovere et al., 2020

https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-020-00067-6

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Why do we care about past sea level?

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Michael Sandstrom