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Cathy L. Whitlock
Professor Emerita, Montana State University
CATHY WHITLOCK is a Regents Professor Emerita of Earth Sciences at Montana State University and a Fellow of the Montana Institute on Ecosystems. Her research focuses on understanding fire history as it relates to past vegetation, anthropogenic, and climate change. She has studied the environmental history of the northern Rockies as well as comparable mountainous landscapes in New Zealand, Tasmania, Europe, and Patagonia. She is also lead author of the 2017 Montana Climate Assessment.
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Professional Experience
Montana State University
Professor Emerita
2021 - Present
Education
University of Washington Seattle
Doctorate
1983
Cathy's AGU Research
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Holocene Vegetation and Fire History in Western Yellowstone National Park Indicates Forest Resilience to Climate Change
SEDIMENTARY RECORDS OF HOLOCENE CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE III POSTER
paleoceanography and paleoclimatology | 19 december 2025
Earth Sciences Are the Model Sciences of the Anthropocene
PERSPECTIVES OF EARTH AND SPACE SCIENTISTS
21 september 2024
A Link Between Hydroclimate Variability and Biomass Burning During the Last Millennium in the Interior Pacific Northwest
GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS
08 november 2023
Hydroclimate and Biomass Burning in the Interior Pacific Northwest During the Medieval Climate Anomaly and Little Ice Age: Reconciling Different Proxy Archives
CLIMATE OF THE COMMON ERA II ORAL
paleoceanography and paleoclimatology | 15 december 2022
Quantifying black carbon emissions from lake sediments near late 13th century Māori settlements
THE PAST AND FUTURE OF FIRE: PALEO PERSPECTIVES, HISTORICAL UNDERSTANDING, AND FUTURE PROJECTIONS II ORAL
atmospheric sciences | 16 december 2021
Southern Westerlies and interannual climate variability as drivers of regional vegetation and fire history in southern South America (35-55°S)
CHANGES AND IMPACTS OF CLIMATE VARIABILITY IN SOUTH AMERICA I
global environmental change | 13 december 2019
THE DYNAMIC FLOOR OF YELLOWSTONE LAKE: A Geologic Record Over the Past 14 ka of Hydrothermal Explosions, Doming, and Faulting
MAGMATIC AND HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY OF THE YELLOWSTONE PLATEAU, OR, HOW I LEARNED TO STOP WORRYING AND LOVE THE VOLCANO II
volcanology, geochemistry and petrology | 10 december 2019
The HD-YLAKE project: or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Smell of Hydrogen Sulfide
MAGMATIC AND HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY OF THE YELLOWSTONE PLATEAU, OR, HOW I LEARNED TO STOP WORRYING AND LOVE THE VOLCANO I
volcanology, geochemistry and petrology | 10 december 2019
Honors & Awards
Union Fellow
Received December 2023
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For ground-breaking and sustained contributions studying past and present interactions among climate change, fire regimes, and ecosystems
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