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[Scientist] Larry V Benson [Research Area] Tropical and Arid Regions Climate show details View Publications [Science Topics] Arid Land Hydrologic Studies; Hydroclimatology (including droughts and floods); Lakes [Last Name] Benson [Details] 
The Tropical and Arid Regions Climate Project seeks to quantify past variations in climate and the hydrologic balance through studies of paleo and modern surface- and ground-water systems using stable isotope and other chemical methodologies. Objectives of the Tropical and Arid Regions Climate Projects are to determine: (1) the frequency and severity of drought during the past 10,000 years, (2) the frequency and severity of major cooling events that led to glacial advances in the Colorado Rockies, (3) the frequency of hurricanes that impacted the Carribbean and Gulf of Mexico over the past 400 years, and (4) the impact of climate change on prehistoric Native Americans.
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