Paleoclimate shocks: environmental variability, human vulnerability, and societal adaptation during the last millennium in the Greater Mekong Basin
- Lead PI: Dr. Brendan M. Buckley , Dr. Edward R. Cook , Dr. Upmanu Lall , , Tanya Heikkila, Kevin Anchukaitis
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Unit Affiliation: Biology and Paleo Environment, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO)
- July 2009 - September 2014
- Inactive
- Asia ; Southeast Asia ; Mekong
- Project Type: Research
DESCRIPTION: The project will build on the Monsoon Asian Drought Atlas and there proxy records of past climate in SE Asia such as the Lan Na texts and Dai Viet Chronicles, and tree rings to reconstruct historical Mekong stream flow and model past, present, and future climate scenarios.
OUTCOMES: Nine articles have been published in journals.