Rick Hennekam

I study the history of the oceans in Earth's past (paleoceanography) to uncover the processes and interactions that link the ocean, land, life, and climate across timescales, from years to millions of years. In general, my research team and I focus on past marine system responses on human-relevant timescales (years to decades). We focus on natural climate variability, before human influence altered the planet, and abrupt changes such as tipping points in Earth's system, aiming to get a process-based understanding of these changes. Novel analytical methods are at the foundation of my work and I love developing such methods further to gain new scientific insights.