Rosanne D'Arrigo

{{short description|Professor of Biology and Paleoscience}}

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| thesis_title = Dendrochronological modeling and reconstruction of large-scale climate variability in recent centuries and its relation to atmospheric forcing functions

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Rosanne D'Arrigo is a professor at Lamont–Doherty Earth Observatory at Columbia University known for her research into climate change using dendrochronology, or dating based on tree rings.

Education and career

D'Arrigo grew up in the Bronx and describes herself as a "winter weather enthusiast" when large amounts of snow required shoveling and kept her home from school.{{Cite web|title=Rosanne D'Arrigo: Decoding The History of Climate Cycles, One Tree Ring at a Time {{!}} Lamont–Doherty Earth Observatory|url=https://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/news-events/rosanne-d%E2%80%99arrigo-decoding-history-climate-cycles-one-tree-ring-time|access-date=2021-08-23|website=www.ldeo.columbia.edu}} She earned her bachelors' degree {{When|date=August 2021}} and her M.A. (1980) from the State University of New York at Binghamton.{{Cite thesis|title=Determination of the primary-secondary phloem transition zone in the stems of Prunus persica and Rhus typhina|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/37847367|date=1980|language=English|first=Rosanne|last=D'Arrigo|oclc = 37847367}} She returned to New York City and became the first graduate student in Lamont–Doherty Earth Observatory's Tree Ring Laboratory where she was one of the few women working in the field on tree ring research. Her graduate class work included classes in geology and climate courses, and in 1989 she completed her Ph.D. from Columbia University.{{Cite thesis|title=Dendrochronological modeling and reconstruction of large-scale climate variability in recent centuries and its relation to atmospheric forcing functions|url=https://www.worldcat.org/title/dendrochronological-modeling-and-reconstruction-of-large-scale-climate-variability-in-recent-centuries-and-its-relation-to-atmospheric-forcing-functions/oclc/%7B%7B%7B507217320%7D%7D%7D|date=1990|first=Rosanne|last=D'Arrigo}}

In 2019, D'Arrigo was elected a fellow of the American Geophysical Union who cited her "for insightful, rigorous, and original contributions to the development of high-resolution paleoclimatology, particularly dendroclimatology".

Research

D'Arrigo is known for her research into past climate and atmospheric conditions using tree rings, a research area called dendroclimatology.{{Cite book|last=D'Arrigo|first=Rosanne|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/867001335|title=Dendroclimatic studies : tree growth and climate change in northern forests|date=2014|others=American Geophysical Union|isbn=978-1-118-84871-5|location=Washington, D.C.|oclc=867001335}} Her research includes investigations into the Asian monsoon and the impact of volcanic activity on the rainfall in Asia, linking cool weather in Scotland during the 1690s with volcanic activity,{{Cite journal|date=2020-01-01|title=Complexity in crisis: The volcanic cold pulse of the 1690s and the consequences of Scotland's failure to cope|url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0377027319303087|journal=Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research|language=en|volume=389|pages=106746|doi=10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2019.106746|issn=0377-0273|hdl=10023/21075|hdl-access=free|last1=d'Arrigo|first1=Rosanne|last2=Klinger|first2=Patrick|last3=Newfield|first3=Timothy|last4=Rydval|first4=Miloš|last5=Wilson|first5=Rob|bibcode=2020JVGR..38906746D|s2cid=213811441}} and connecting temperatures in the tropics with volcanic eruptions.{{Cite journal|last1=D’Arrigo|first1=Rosanne|last2=Wilson|first2=Rob|last3=Tudhope|first3=Alexander|date=2009|title=The impact of volcanic forcing on tropical temperatures during the past four centuries|url=http://www.nature.com/articles/ngeo393|journal=Nature Geoscience|language=en|volume=2|issue=1|pages=51–56|doi=10.1038/ngeo393|bibcode=2009NatGe...2...51D|issn=1752-0894|url-access=subscription}} Using tree-ring data from trees in Canada and Alaska, D'Arrigo has established a timeline for annual temperatures in North America over the past 300 years.{{Cite journal|last1=Jacoby|first1=Gordon C.|last2=D'Arrigo|first2=Rosanne|date=1989|title=Reconstructed Northern Hemisphere annual temperature since 1671 based on high-latitude tree-ring data from North America|url=http://link.springer.com/10.1007/BF00140174|journal=Climatic Change|language=en|volume=14|issue=1|pages=39–59|doi=10.1007/BF00140174|bibcode=1989ClCh...14...39J|s2cid=153959804|issn=0165-0009|url-access=subscription}} In Alaska, her research has shown that cool years follow volcanic activity.{{Cite journal|last1=D'Arrigo|first1=Rosanne D.|last2=Jacoby|first2=Gordon C.|date=1999|title=Northern North American Tree-Ring Evidence for Regional Temperature Changes after Major Volcanic Events|url=http://link.springer.com/10.1023/A:1005370210796|journal=Climatic Change|volume=41|issue=1|pages=1–15|doi=10.1023/A:1005370210796|bibcode=1999ClCh...41....1D |s2cid=151042094|url-access=subscription}}{{Cite web|date=2019-01-17|title=The year without summer|url=https://www.juneauempire.com/news/the-year-without-summer/|access-date=2021-08-23|website=Juneau Empire|language=en-US}}{{Cite journal|last1=D'Arrigo|first1=Rosanne|last2=Seager|first2=Richard|last3=Smerdon|first3=Jason E.|last4=LeGrande|first4=Allegra N.|last5=Cook|first5=Edward R.|date=2011-03-16|title=The anomalous winter of 1783-1784: Was the Laki eruption or an analog of the 2009-2010 winter to blame?: ANOMALOUS 1783-1784 WINTER AND LAKI|url=http://doi.wiley.com/10.1029/2011GL046696|journal=Geophysical Research Letters|language=en|volume=38|issue=5|pages=n/a|doi=10.1029/2011GL046696|bibcode=2011GeoRL..38.5706D |s2cid=13583569}} During the 2009 controversy on climate change, D'Arrigo's noted{{Cite news|last=Velasquez-Manoff|first=Moises|date=2009-12-14|title=Climategate, global warming, and the tree rings divergence problem|work=Christian Science Monitor|url=https://www.csmonitor.com/Environment/Bright-Green/2009/1215/Climategate-global-warming-and-the-tree-rings-divergence-problem|access-date=2021-08-23|issn=0882-7729}} that her research dating to 1995 had already published details on the divergence problem, which is the issue where warming since the 1950s does not appear in tree ring datasets.{{Cite journal|last1=Jacoby|first1=Gordon C.|last2=D'Arrigo|first2=Rosanne D.|date=1995|title=Tree ring width and density evidence of climatic and potential forest change in Alaska|url=http://doi.wiley.com/10.1029/95GB00321|journal=Global Biogeochemical Cycles|language=en|volume=9|issue=2|pages=227–234|doi=10.1029/95GB00321|bibcode=1995GBioC...9..227J|url-access=subscription}}{{Cite journal|last=Taubes|first=Gary|date=1995|title=Is a Warmer Climate Wilting the Forests of the North?|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/2886731|journal=Science|volume=267|issue=5204|pages=1595|doi=10.1126/science.267.5204.1595|jstor=2886731|pmid=17808119|bibcode=1995Sci...267.1595T|s2cid=39083329|issn=0036-8075|url-access=subscription}} In 2020, D'Arrigo was part of the team that assessed the potential for future flooding of the Brahmaputra River under future climate change.{{Cite journal|last1=Rao|first1=Mukund P.|last2=Cook|first2=Edward R.|last3=Cook|first3=Benjamin I.|last4=D’Arrigo|first4=Rosanne D.|last5=Palmer|first5=Jonathan G.|last6=Lall|first6=Upmanu|last7=Woodhouse|first7=Connie A. |author-link7=Connie Woodhouse|last8=Buckley|first8=Brendan M.|last9=Uriarte|first9=Maria|last10=Bishop|first10=Daniel A.|last11=Jian|first11=Jun|date=2020|title=Seven centuries of reconstructed Brahmaputra River discharge demonstrate underestimated high discharge and flood hazard frequency|journal=Nature Communications|language=en|volume=11|issue=1|pages=6017|doi=10.1038/s41467-020-19795-6|issn=2041-1723|pmc=7692521|pmid=33243991|bibcode=2020NatCo..11.6017R}}{{Cite web|date=November 30, 2020|title=Future Brahmaputra River flooding as climate changes may be underestimated, study says|url=https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/606730|access-date=2021-08-23|website=EurekAlert!|language=en}}

= Selected publications =

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  • {{Cite journal|last1=Jacoby|first1=Gordon C.|last2=D'Arrigo|first2=Rosanne|date=1989|title=Reconstructed Northern Hemisphere annual temperature since 1671 based on high-latitude tree-ring data from North America|url=http://link.springer.com/10.1007/BF00140174|journal=Climatic Change|language=en|volume=14|issue=1|pages=39–59|doi=10.1007/BF00140174|bibcode=1989ClCh...14...39J|s2cid=153959804|issn=0165-0009|url-access=subscription}}
  • {{Cite journal|last1=Jacoby|first1=Gordon C.|last2=D'Arrigo|first2=Rosanne D.|date=1995|title=Tree ring width and density evidence of climatic and potential forest change in Alaska|url=http://doi.wiley.com/10.1029/95GB00321|journal=Global Biogeochemical Cycles|language=en|volume=9|issue=2|pages=227–234|doi=10.1029/95GB00321|bibcode=1995GBioC...9..227J|url-access=subscription}}
  • {{Cite journal|last1=D'Arrigo|first1=Rosanne|last2=Wilson|first2=Rob|last3=Jacoby|first3=Gordon|date=2006|title=On the long-term context for late twentieth century warming|journal=Journal of Geophysical Research|language=en|volume=111|issue=D3|pages=D03103|doi=10.1029/2005JD006352|bibcode=2006JGRD..111.3103D|issn=0148-0227|doi-access=free}}
  • {{Cite journal|last1=D'Arrigo|first1=Rosanne|last2=Wilson|first2=Rob|last3=Liepert|first3=Beate|last4=Cherubini|first4=Paolo|date=2008|title=On the 'Divergence Problem' in Northern Forests: A review of the tree-ring evidence and possible causes|url=https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0921818107000495|journal=Global and Planetary Change|language=en|volume=60|issue=3–4|pages=289–305|doi=10.1016/j.gloplacha.2007.03.004|bibcode=2008GPC....60..289D|s2cid=3537918 |url-access=subscription}}
  • {{Cite journal|last1=Cook|first1=E. R.|last2=Anchukaitis|first2=K. J.|last3=Buckley|first3=B. M.|last4=D'Arrigo|first4=R. D.|last5=Jacoby|first5=G. C.|last6=Wright|first6=W. E.|date=2010-04-23|title=Asian Monsoon Failure and Megadrought During the Last Millennium|url=https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.1185188|journal=Science|language=en|volume=328|issue=5977|pages=486–489|doi=10.1126/science.1185188|pmid=20413498|bibcode=2010Sci...328..486C|s2cid=31874212|issn=0036-8075|url-access=subscription}}

Awards and honors

  • Fellow, American Geophysical Union (2019){{cite web|title=D'Arrigo|url=https://honors.agu.org/honorsfellow/darrigo/|access-date=22 August 2021|website=Honors Program}}

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