Peru
Location: Lima, Peru - Arequipa, Peru
Date: December 2014 - May 2016
Position: Student Researcher at COP20 with the Dickinson Global Climate Change Mosaic, Senior Research Thesis Site with OVI and Dickinson
Goals:
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To better understand the role of climate change education, public participation, and outreach within the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
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To communicate with, present, and collaborate with Peruvian geology colleagues
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To analyze lake sediment core in order to reconstruct paleoclimate in southern Peruvian Andes
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To better understand regional vulnerabilities to natural hazards (i.e. earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, lahars, etc.)
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To create a field map of sampling locations utilizing ArcGIS
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To present preliminary findings at the annual Geological Society of America conference in Baltimore, MD
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