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Benjamin Cook

Adjunct Associate Research Scientist

Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory

Biology and Paleo Environment

Lecturer

Earth and Environmental Sciences

61 Route 9W - PO Box 1000

Palisades

10964-8000

Fax:

(845) 365-8152

bc9z@ldeo.columbia.edu

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Fields of interest:

Drought, Climate-Ecosystem Interactions, Statistical Climatology, Climate Modeling

Education

List of degrees from highest to lowest:

Ph.D.

University of Virginia

05/2007

M.S.

University of Virginia

01/2004

B.S.

SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry

05/2001

Group:

Tree-Ring Lab

Honors & Awards:

NOAA Climate and Global Change Postdoctoral Fellowship

Maury Environmental Sciences Prize (UVA)

Referenced in the Following News Items:

Global Warming Pushes Wines Into Uncharted Terroir

Syria’s Drought Likely Its Most Severe in More than 900 Years

Warming Pushes Western U.S. Toward Driest Period in 1,000 Years

Warming Climate May Spread Drying to a Third of Earth, Says Study

Study Predicts Lag In Summer Rains Over Parts Of U.S. And Mexico

Forest Razing by Ancient Maya Worsened Droughts, Says Study

Experiments May Understate Plant Responses to Climate

Irrigation’s Cooling Effects May Mask Warming, For Now

In Upstate New York, 42,225 Daily Temperature Readings, and Counting

Selected Publications:

Amplification of the North American "Dust Bowl" drought through human-induced land degradation Cook, B. I.; Miller, R. L.; Seager, R. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America Mar 31 Volume: 106 Issue: 13 p.: 4997-5001 (2009) DOI 10.1073/pnas.0810200106

Effects of global irrigation on the near-surface climate Sacks, W. J.; Cook, B. I.; Buenning, N.; Levis, S.; Helkowski, J. H. Climate Dynamics Aug Volume: 33 Issue: 2-3 p.: 159-175 (2009) DOI 10.1007/s00382-008-0445-z

Dust and sea surface temperature forcing of the 1930s "Dust Bowl" drought Cook, B. I.; Miller, R. L.; Seager, R. Geophysical Research Letters Apr 22 Volume: 35 Issue: 8 p.: - (2008) Doi 10.1029/2008gl033486

Rapid vegetation responses and feedbacks amplify climate model response to snow cover changes Cook, B. I.; Bonan, G. B.; Levis, S.; Epstein, H. E. Climate Dynamics Mar Volume: 30 Issue: 4 p.: 391-406 (2008) DOI 10.1007/s00382-007-0296-z

Dust-rainfall feedbacks in the West African sahel Hui, W. J.; Cook, B. I.; Ravi, S.; Fuentes, J. D.; D'Odorico, P. Water Resources Research May 14 Volume: 44 Issue: 5 p.: - (2008) Doi 10.1029/2008wr006885