{"id":33,"date":"2013-10-20T23:57:19","date_gmt":"2013-10-20T23:57:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/couplet.unbc.ca\/?page_id=33"},"modified":"2025-07-28T17:29:18","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T17:29:18","slug":"current-research","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/couplet.unbc.ca\/?page_id=33","title":{"rendered":"Current Research"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I am an <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Earth_system_science\">earth system scientist.<\/a> I am fascinated with how Earth&#8217;s surface is affected by climate. My current research program centers around earth surface systems in three thematic areas:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading alignwide has-text-align-center\">i) Holocene glacier fluctuations:<\/h4>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-visual-portfolio alignwide\">\n<div class=\"vp-portfolio vp-uid-1ac3e9aa vp-id-26fqQE\"\n\tdata-vp-layout=\"justified\" data-vp-content-source=\"images\" data-vp-items-style=\"fade\" data-vp-items-click-action=\"\" data-vp-items-gap=\"15\" data-vp-items-gap-vertical=\"\" data-vp-pagination=\"load-more\" data-vp-next-page-url=\"\" data-vp-justified-row-height=\"257\" data-vp-justified-row-height-tolerance=\"0.25\" data-vp-justified-max-rows-count=\"0\" data-vp-justified-last-row=\"center\" >\n\t<div class=\"vp-portfolio__preloader-wrap\">\n\t\t<div class=\"vp-portfolio__preloader\">\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/couplet.unbc.ca\/wp-content\/plugins\/visual-portfolio\/assets\/images\/logo-dark.svg\" alt=\"Visual Portfolio, Posts &amp; Image Gallery for WordPress\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" data-skip-lazy>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"vp-portfolio__items-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"vp-portfolio__items vp-portfolio__items-style-fade vp-portfolio__items-show-overlay-hover\">\n\n\t\t<div\t\tclass=\"vp-portfolio__item-wrap vp-portfolio__item-uid-2da12cc6\" data-vp-filter=\"\" \t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"vp-portfolio__item\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"vp-portfolio__item-img-wrap\">\n\t<div class=\"vp-portfolio__item-img\">\n\t\t\n\t\t<noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"213\" data-skip-lazy src=\"https:\/\/couplet.unbc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/terminal_moraine.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-183\" alt=\"\" \/><\/noscript><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"213\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMzIwIiBoZWlnaHQ9IjIxMyIgdmlld0JveD0iMCAwIDMyMCAyMTMiIGZpbGw9Im5vbmUiIHhtbG5zPSJodHRwOi8vd3d3LnczLm9yZy8yMDAwL3N2ZyI+PC9zdmc+\" class=\"wp-image-183 vp-lazyload\" alt data-src=\"https:\/\/couplet.unbc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/terminal_moraine.jpg\" data-sizes=\"auto\" loading=\"eager\">\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t<figcaption class=\"vp-portfolio__item-overlay vp-portfolio__item-overlay-text-align-bottom-center\">\n\t\t<div class=\"vp-portfolio__item-meta-wrap vp-portfolio__custom-scrollbar\">\n\t\t\t\t<span\t\t class=\"vp-portfolio__item-meta\" \t>\n\t\n<h1 class=\"vp-portfolio__item-meta-title\">\n\tTerminal moraine, northernmost British Columbia<\/h1>\n<\/span>\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div\t\tclass=\"vp-portfolio__item-wrap vp-portfolio__item-uid-ca161823\" data-vp-filter=\"\" \t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"vp-portfolio__item\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<div 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class=\"vp-portfolio__item-meta-title\">\n\tSouthernmost Andes, Patagonia<\/h1>\n<\/span>\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading alignwide has-text-align-center\">ii) Environmental reconstruction using proxies:<\/h4>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-visual-portfolio alignwide\">\n<div class=\"vp-portfolio vp-uid-85a83546 vp-id-2sN2Ij\"\n\tdata-vp-layout=\"justified\" data-vp-content-source=\"images\" data-vp-items-style=\"fade\" data-vp-items-click-action=\"\" data-vp-items-gap=\"15\" data-vp-items-gap-vertical=\"\" data-vp-pagination=\"load-more\" data-vp-next-page-url=\"\" data-vp-justified-row-height=\"332\" data-vp-justified-row-height-tolerance=\"0.25\" data-vp-justified-max-rows-count=\"0\" data-vp-justified-last-row=\"center\" >\n\t<div class=\"vp-portfolio__preloader-wrap\">\n\t\t<div class=\"vp-portfolio__preloader\">\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/couplet.unbc.ca\/wp-content\/plugins\/visual-portfolio\/assets\/images\/logo-dark.svg\" alt=\"Visual Portfolio, Posts &amp; Image Gallery for WordPress\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" data-skip-lazy>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"vp-portfolio__items-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"vp-portfolio__items vp-portfolio__items-style-fade vp-portfolio__items-show-overlay-hover\">\n\n\t\t<div\t\tclass=\"vp-portfolio__item-wrap vp-portfolio__item-uid-cd74c5d8\" data-vp-filter=\"\" \t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"vp-portfolio__item\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"vp-portfolio__item-img-wrap\">\n\t<div class=\"vp-portfolio__item-img\">\n\t\t\n\t\t<noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"240\" height=\"320\" data-skip-lazy src=\"https:\/\/couplet.unbc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/cheak_D.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-189\" alt=\"\" \/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" 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data-src=\"https:\/\/couplet.unbc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/sed_traps.jpg\" data-sizes=\"auto\" loading=\"eager\">\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t<figcaption class=\"vp-portfolio__item-overlay vp-portfolio__item-overlay-text-align-bottom-center\">\n\t\t<div class=\"vp-portfolio__item-meta-wrap vp-portfolio__custom-scrollbar\">\n\t\t\t\t<span\t\t class=\"vp-portfolio__item-meta\" \t>\n\t\n<h1 class=\"vp-portfolio__item-meta-title\">\n\tSediment trap, Duffey Lake<\/h1>\n<\/span>\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading alignwide has-text-align-center\">iii) Recent and future changes to the cryosphere:<\/h4>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-visual-portfolio alignwide\">\n<div class=\"vp-portfolio vp-uid-8c6fbfcd vp-id-Z2ai0kT\"\n\tdata-vp-layout=\"justified\" data-vp-content-source=\"images\" 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My short- and long-term objectives are to improve our understanding of how past and present climate affects geophysical systems such as glaciers, lakes, and drainage basins. I choose international journals with high impact factors in which to publish my results, but I also publish in regional and national journals. I substantially contribute to any manuscript of which I am an author. My recent contributions demonstrate my commitment to mentor scientists at all training levels. Many of my students have received awards for their research proposals and research presentations at national and international venues.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am an earth system scientist. I am fascinated with how Earth&#8217;s surface is affected by climate. My current research program centers around earth surface systems in three thematic areas: <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/couplet.unbc.ca\/?page_id=33\">Continue Reading &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-33","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/couplet.unbc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/33","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/couplet.unbc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/couplet.unbc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/couplet.unbc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/couplet.unbc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=33"}],"version-history":[{"count":42,"href":"https:\/\/couplet.unbc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/33\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":739,"href":"https:\/\/couplet.unbc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/33\/revisions\/739"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/couplet.unbc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=33"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}