Paul A. Baker, Professor of Geochemistry

Please note: Paul has left the "Center for Latin American Caribbean Studies" group at Duke University; some info here might not be up to date.

For the past several years, I have been pursuing the goal of understanding climate change on time-scales from decades to millions of years. I am particularly interested in what forces natural climate variability, how past climates have influenced the ecology and diversity of organisms in the tropics, as well as how climate change and other human activities will affect the eventual fate of these organisms.

Contact Info:

Office Location:	9 Circuit Drive, 5116 Grainger Hall, Durham, NC 27708
Office Phone:	(919) 684-6450
Email Address:
Web Pages:	https://fds.duke.edu/db/Nicholas/eos/faculty/pbaker http://paleoclimate.yolasite.com/

Education:

Ph.D.	University of California - San Diego	1981
M.S.	Pennsylvania State University	1975
B.A.	University of Rochester	1973

Specialties:

paleoclimatology
global climate change
geochemistry
oceanography

Keywords:

Animals • Atmosphere • Bolivia • Diatoms • Fresh Water • Geologic Sediments • Peru • Plankton • Rain • Silicon Dioxide • South America • Temperature • Time • Tropical Climate

Curriculum Vitae

Recent Publications   (More Publications)

1. Luethje, M; Benito, X; Schneider, T; Mosquera, PV; Baker, P; Fritz, SC, Paleolimnological responses of Ecuadorian páramo lakes to local and regional stressors over the last two millennia, Journal of Paleolimnology, vol. 69 no. 4 (April, Accepted, 2023), pp. 305-323 [doi]  [abs]
2. Luethje, M; Benito, X; Schneider, T; Mosquera, PV; Baker, P; Fritz, SC, Correction: Paleolimnological responses of Ecuadorian páramo lakes to local and regional stressors over the last two millennia (Journal of Paleolimnology, (2023), 69, 4, (305-323), 10.1007/s10933-022-00274-5), Journal of Paleolimnology, vol. 69 no. 4 (April, Accepted, 2023), pp. 325 [doi]  [abs]
3. Ribas, CC; Fritz, SC; Baker, PA, The challenges and potential of geogenomics for biogeography and conservation in Amazonia, Journal of Biogeography, vol. 49 no. 10 (October, Accepted, 2022), pp. 1839-1847 [doi]  [abs]
4. Rodrigues, FCG; Porat, N; Mineli, TD; Del Río, I; Niyonzima, P; Nogueira, L; Pupim, FDN; Silva, CG; Baker, P; Fritz, S; Wahnfried, I; Kiefer, G; Sawakuchi, AO, Extended-Range Luminescence Dating of Central and Eastern Amazonia Sandy Terrains, Frontiers in Earth Science, vol. 10 (July, Accepted, 2022) [doi]  [abs]
5. Jiskra, M; Guédron, S; Tolu, J; Fritz, SC; Baker, PA; Sonke, JE, Climatic Controls on a Holocene Mercury Stable Isotope Sediment Record of Lake Titicaca, Acs Earth and Space Chemistry, vol. 6 no. 2 (February, Accepted, 2022), pp. 346-357 [doi]  [abs]