University of Rochester Ice Core and Atmospheric Chemistry Lab
Research
Our research aims to understand natural and anthropogenic climate change through a lens of atmospheric composition. We use ancient air trapped in glacial ice from Greenland and Antarctica as well as samples of the modern atmosphere to learn about how the concentrations and isotopic composition of greenhouse gases and reactive gases change on time scales ranging from months to many thousands of years, and what these changes tell us about Earth’s climate and atmospheric chemistry.
Research Interests:
- Past, present and future global methane budget
- Atmospheric oxidizing capacity and its response to natural and anthropogenic changes
- Cosmogenic 14C in glacial ice and its use as a tracer for past cosmic ray flux
- Atmospheric carbon monoxide budget and connections to biomass burning variations
Projects:
Past and Present Variations in Atmospheric Hydroxl Radical Abundance
Cosmogenic Carbon-14 in Glacial Firn and Ice
Photo by V.Petrenko
Past, Present and Future Global Methane Budget
Carbon Monoxide in the Past and Modern Atmosphere
