Past hurricane activity reconstructed using cave deposits: Have humans increased storm risk?
Category
FP7 Project with U.S. partner
Short name and number
HURRICANE (240167)
Area
Other
Description
The proposed research would utilise various geochemical proxies (oxygen, carbon, and trace elements) in cave calcite deposits (stalagmites) to develop extraordinarily high-resolution North Atlantic hurricane activity records for the past five hundred years, extending existing historical datasets by hundreds of years.
Participating Countries
United Kingdom and United States.
Name of US Partner
Skidmore College
Contact
UNIVERSITY OF DURHAM (UK)