Drought, flooding, and hurricane activity disrupt the human and natural landscape throughout the southeastern United States. Instrumental records through the past century suggest that the patterns of these extreme events are changing through time, especially in relation to rising global temperatures. However, instrumental records before the industrial revolution are rare, thus proxy records like tree rings are useful for comparing climatological conditions before massive human modification...

Session reescheduled from June 28th to June 29th

Drought, flooding, and hurricane activity disrupt the human and natural landscape throughout the southeastern United States. Instrumental records through the past century suggest that the patterns of these extreme events are changing through time, especially in relation to rising global temperatures. However, instrumental records before the industrial revolution are rare, thus proxy records like tree rings are useful for comparing climatological conditions before massive human modification...