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Member Since 2003
Isla S. Castañeda
Professor, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Member, Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology Fellows Committee
Professional Experience
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Professor
2011 - Present
Education
University of Minnesota
Doctorate
2007
Publications
Early Holocene Atmospheric Circulation Changes Over Northern Europe Based on Isotopic and Biomarker ...
Rapid Arctic warming this century will likely cause major water cycle and atmospheric circulation changes, including weakening mid‐latitude w...
March 09, 2025
AGU Abstracts
Little Ice Age Aridity in the Central Andes Despite Enhanced South American Summer Monsoon
CLIMATE OF THE COMMON ERA I ORAL
paleoceanography and paleoclimatology | 12 december 2024
Jarunetr (Nadia) Sae-Lim, Bronwen L. Konecky, Neal...
The Common Era history of effective moisture in the Central Andes is poorly understood, as most Andean proxy records reflect large-scale atmospheric c...
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Investigating OH-GDGTs and GMGTs in lacustrine sediments and potential relationships to environmental conditions
LIMNOGEOLOGY AND PALEOLIMNOLOGY II POSTER
paleoceanography and paleoclimatology | 11 december 2024
Isla S. Castañeda, William Daniels, Bronwen L. Kon...
Numerous temperature and environmental proxies are based on glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraethers (GDGTs), which are membrane lipids commonly found in...
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Paleoclimate Variability of Lake Issyk-Kul from ~14 ka to the Present Based on Organic Biomarkers
LIMNOGEOLOGY AND PALEOLIMNOLOGY III ORAL
paleoceanography and paleoclimatology | 11 december 2024
Heeyeon Sun, Isla S. Castañeda, Jeff Salacup, Rich...
Lake Issyk-Kul, located in the glacial mountain ranges in mid-latitude arid Central Asia (ACA), is one of the worlds largest lakes. ACA is projected t...
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Volunteer Experience
2025 - 2027
Member
Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology Fellows Committee
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