Experts Guide

Albert Hine is a geological oceanographer who studies sedimentary geology/stratigraphy problems from the estuarine system out to the base of slope — primarily in carbonate or mixed siliciclastic/carbonate environments. His team has defined the response of coastal and shelf depositional systems to sea-level fluctuations, climate changes, western boundary currents, antecedent topography and sediment supply.

Shevenell's research focuses on climate change, climate history, ocean temperature, ice sheet instability, marine microfossils and sea level rise history.

Research areas include paleoceanography/paleoclimate, stable isotopes, carbon cycling. His specialties include climate change, oceanography, stable isotope geochemistry, radiocarbon dating, oceanic petroleum pollution and marine ecosystems.

Hapke studies global impacts of sea-level rise and increased coastal hazards from inundation, storms, and erosion. She can discuss how coastal processes and evolution are critical for understanding vulnerabilities to the various hazards in both natural and built systems. Her research focuses on the geomorphic evolution of coastal systems ranging from barrier islands to rocky coasts and estuarine systems to understand how past changes may inform what may happen in the future.

Chambers uses satellite observations such as radar altimetry and satellite gravimetry to better understand ocean dynamics. His primary research focus is quantifying and understanding sea level variability, especially trying to separate natural climate variability from anthropogenic climate change. He studies the dynamic processes that cause sea level change, including ocean circulation, ocean heat storage, ocean mass redistribution and influx of fresh water from the continents and ice sheets.