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Member Since 1999
Andy Ridgwell
Professor of Earth System Science, University of California Riverside
Professional Experience
University of California Riverside
Professor of Earth System Science
2015 - Present
Education
Doctorate
2001
Honors & Awards
Union Fellow
Received December 2021
Citation
For fundamental contributions to understanding Earth System behavior from the recent and distant geologic past to future environmental changes.
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Outstanding Reviewer Award - Geophysical Research Letters
Received December 2013
Current Roles
Chair
Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology Fellows Committee
Member
Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology Executive Committee
Publications
Earth System Model Analysis of How Astronomical Forcing Is Imprinted Onto the Marine Geological Reco...
Astronomical cycles are strongly expressed in marine geological records, providing important insights into Earth system dynamics and an invaluable ...
March 04, 2024
Earth System Model Analysis of How Astronomical Forcing Is I...
September 30, 2021
Considering the Role of Adaptive Evolution in Models of the ...
November 11, 2019
AGU Abstracts
Sensitivity of Ocean Circulation to Warming During the Early Eocene ‘Greenhouse’
ADVANCES IN UNDERSTANDING GLOBAL MERIDIONAL OVERTURNING CIRCULATION FROM PAST TO FUTURE: INSIGHTS FROM MULTIPLE APPROACHES III ORAL
ocean sciences | 14 december 2023
Sandra Kirtland Turner, Andy Ridgwell, Allison L. ...
Multiple abrupt warming events (hyperthermals) punctuated the Early Eocene and were associated with deep-sea temperature increases of 2 to 4°C, seaflo...
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Challenges in reconstructing past ocean oxygenation
OXYGENATION DYNAMICS IN PAST CHANGING OCEANS II ORAL
paleoceanography and paleoclimatology | 13 december 2023
Andy Ridgwell, Alexander Pohl, Paul J. Valdes, Key...
Changes through geologic time in the availability of dissolved oxygen in the ocean is traditionally considered to be controlled by variations in the o...
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Reconstruction of carbon cycle perturbations during the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum using data assimilation
ADVANCES IN THE RECONSTRUCTION OF THE GLOBAL CARBON CYCLE OVER GEOLOGIC TIME I ORAL
paleoceanography and paleoclimatology | 13 december 2023
Mingsong Li, Lee R. Kump, Andy Ridgwell, Jessica E...
The Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM), 56 million years ago, represents one of the best past analogs for investigating the future global warming...
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Volunteer Experience
2024 - 2025
Chair
Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology Fellows Committee
2022 - 2025
Member
Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology Executive Committee
2022 - 2023
Member
Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology Fellows Committee
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