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SUMMARY:A comprehensive climate history of the last 800\,000 years and its
  application to ecological modelling - Dr Mario Krapp (Department of Zoolo
 gy)
DTSTART:20181101T173000Z
DTEND:20181101T183000Z
UID:TALK113254@talks.cam.ac.uk
CONTACT:Luke Skinner
DESCRIPTION:Understanding ecosystems and their evolution through the clima
 te of the Pleistocene ice ages requires detailed palaeo-climate reconstruc
 tions. \nGlobal climate models (GCM) are frequently used to explore the ma
 ny diverse aspect of past climates. However\, due to their high computatio
 nal demand a continuous and spatially detailed exploration of the past rem
 ains elusive. In this talk\, I will present a GCM emulator\, which is base
 d on climate snapshot simulations of the last 120ka\, that allows us to re
 construct the climate of the last 800\,000 years (and\nbeyond) in a quasi-
 continuous way. I will show how the predictive skill of the GCM emulator c
 an be tested against existing Pleistocene climate proxies and I will prese
 nt a few highlights of how such an emulator can be used for ecological mod
 elling\, for example\, the dispersal of anatomically modern humans out of 
 Africa.
LOCATION:Cripps Meeting Room 3\, Magdalene College
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