How Earth Scientists Learn About Climate Change w/ Kirsten Menking, Ph.D

Discussing the use of sediment cores from Lakes Minnewaska and Mohonk to reconstruct the climate history of the Shawangunk Ridge. Kirsten Menking, Professor of Earth Science and Director of Environmental Studies on the Althea Ward Clark Chair at Vassar College, conducts research on past climate change, on landscape evolution due to climatic and tectonic processes, and on the impacts of urbanization on streams.