Welcome!
We are the Water Cycle and Tree Ring research group, Department of Earth Science and Environmental Change, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
Our group explores the intimate feedback loop between the water cycle and humanity. We use tree rings, coupled with climate and hydrological models, to study the water cycle—its behavior over space and time across scales, in the past, present, and future. Working with historians and archaeologists, we examine how societies were affected by, and adapted to, such changes. This knowledge of the past is key to help societies cope with climate change in the future.
Explore our website, where we share our discoveries!
From left to right: Aabhash, Storm, Dominique, Diana, Naomi, Ally, Katieanne, Sabrina, Sophie, Johanna, Rose, and Hung. Not in picture: Carly and Roger.