Speaker:Dr. Cristiano M. Chiessi
Title:Millennial-scale changes in water availability and its consequences over tropical South America.
Time:5/26 (Mon) 15:30 ~ 17:00
Location:R215 of IONTU
Cristiano M. Chiessi is a Professor at the University of São Paulo, Brazil. He has a BSc in Geology, a MSc in Sedimentary Geology and a PhD in Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology from Bremen University, Germany. His research group reconstructs past oceanic and climatic conditions based on marine sediment cores and warm water corals to better understand future climates. Special focus is delivered to the effects that slowdowns and collapses of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) had over South Atlantic circulation and South American precipitation/vegetation.