Caroline Leland

Pronouns: she/her/hers

Lecturer, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences (DEES), Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO), Columbia Climate School

Postdoctoral Research Scientist, Biology and Paleo Environment, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO)

Tree-Ring Lab
61 Route 9W
PO Box 1000
Palisades, NY 10964
USA

BIOGRAPHY:

Caroline Leland is a postdoctoral researcher at William Paterson University and is affiliated with the Tree-ring Laboratory at Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University. Caroline is a dendrochronologist (tree-ring scientist) currently focusing on climatic extremes in northwestern North America, but has also studied climatic and ecological conditions of the past in north Asia and the eastern United States. Caroline became interested in tree-ring science as an undergraduate at West Virginia University, where she studied ancient cliff-dwelling Eastern Red Cedar trees to understand past hydroclimatic variability. After college, she continued her tree-ring work as a technician and graduate student at Columbia University and she received her PhD from the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences in 2019. For her PhD research, she studied the physiology, morphology, and growth histories of long-lived trees from North America and Asia, some of which were several thousands of years old. After completing her PhD, Caroline continued her research and was a lecturer for the Frontiers of Science core curriculum class at Columbia University (2019-2021). In addition to her paleoclimate research and teaching, she is also interested in using tree rings to date and provenance timbers from noteworthy historical buildings.

18 PUBLICATIONS ON COLUMBIA | ACADEMIC COMMONS

Only select publications listed below
Name Published Date
Approaching a thermal tipping point in the Eurasian boreal forest at its southern margin 2023
A Spatiotemporal Assessment of Extreme Cold in Northwestern North America Following the Unidentified 1809 CE Volcanic Eruption 2023
Estimating return intervals for extreme climate conditions related to winter disasters and livestock mortality in Mongolia 2022
Megadroughts in the Common Era and the Anthropocene 2022
Accelerated Recent Warming and Temperature Variability Over the Past Eight Centuries in the Central Asian Altai From Blue Intensity in Tree Rings 2021
Dendroarchaeological analysis of the Terminal Warehouse in New York City reveals a history of long-distance timber transport during the Gilded Age 2021
Impacts of Partial Cambial Dieback on Tree-Ring Records from Ancient Conifers 2019
Past and future drought in Mongolia 2018
Strip‐Bark Morphology and Radial Growth Trends in Ancient Pinus sibirica Trees From Central Mongolia 2018
Comparing proxy and model estimates of hydroclimate variability and change over the Common Era 2017
European and Mediterranean hydroclimate responses to tropical volcanic forcing over the last millennium 2017
A long-term context (931–2005 C.E.) for rapid warming over Central Asia 2015
Dzuds, droughts, and livestock mortality in Mongolia 2015
A Hydroclimatic Regionalization of Central Mongolia as Inferred from Tree Rings 2013
Is eastern Mongolia drying? A long-term perspective of a multidecadal trend 2013
Recent trends in Inner Asian forest dynamics to temperature and precipitation indicate high sensitivity to climate change 2013
A long-term perspective on a modern drought in the American Southeast 2012
Three centuries of shifting hydroclimatic regimes across the Mongolian Breadbasket 2012