Outreach
Throughout my career, I have been dedicated to supporting young scientists by providing research training and opportunities to postdocs as well as graduate, undergraduate and high school students. I am also very active in outreach, giving multimedia presentations on coral reef science to WHOI Trustees, journalists, local elementary school classes, and the general public several times each year. The classroom visits are particularly rewarding as an opportunity to teach specialized topics and reinforce the value of science in education. Some of my outreach materials and presentations are available below:
Micronesia Blog
In 2012, I led a 28-day expedition to study remote reefs and collect long coral drill cores from the Federated States of Micronesia. Read about our trip here.
Surprise Encounter with an Olive Sea Snake
On a coral-surveying expedition to the northern Great Barrier Reef in 2014, I had a face-to-face visit with a large sea snake.
The Hole Record
We went to the remote Chagos Archipelago in the central Indian Ocean in 2015 to find and core large coral colonies.
The Once and Future Corals
An audio slideshow: Research on the reefs
Classroom presentation
An audio slideshow aimed at middle-school-age children.
Online Resources and Datasets
Coral Paleoclimate
- Bermuda coral Sr/Ca and d18O Data and SST Reconstruction
https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/paleo/study/6115 - John Smith's Bay Reef, Bermuda, Coral del11B Data
https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/paleo/study/18975 - Hon Tre Island, Vietnam, coral 33 Year Paired Monthly Sr/Ca and d18O Data
https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/paleo/study/17035 - North Atlantic Oscillation Index Coral Sr/Ca 218 Year Reconstruction
https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/paleo/study/9812 - Palaui Islands, Philippines Diploastrea heliopora and Porites lobata Sr/Ca and d18O Data from 1954 to 2012
https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/paleo/study/22120
Radiocarbon Calibration and Carbon Cycle
- Cariaco Basin Deglacial 14C Calibration
https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/paleo/study/5888 - Cariaco Basin Deglacial 14C and Grey Scale Data
https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/paleo/study/5853 - Cariaco Basin 2004 50KYr Radiocarbon Calibration and Reconstruction
https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/paleo/study/6315 - Updated 2006 Cariaco Basin 50,000 Year 14C Calibration Data
https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/paleo/study/5953
High-Latitude Paleoclimate
- Baffin Island 1250 Year Summer Temperature Reconstruction
https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/paleo/study/5466 - Baffin Island 500 Year Summer Temperature Reconstruction
https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/paleo/study/5465 - Golfo Elefantes, Chile 5400 Year Glaciomarine Sediment Data
https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/paleo/study/12895 - Northern Patagonia 1750 Year SST and Terrestrial Input Data
https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/paleo/study/12898 - Ogac Lake, Baffin Island 2,000 Year Varve Thickness Data
https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/paleo/study/8759 - Arctic Environmental Change of the Last Four Centuries
https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/paleo/study/6222
Tropical Paleoclimate and Paleoenvironment
- Cariaco Basin Foraminiferal Mg/Ca and SST Reconstruction
https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/paleo/study/2585 - Cariaco Basin Trace Metal Data
https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/paleo/study/2560 - Cariaco Basin and Arabian Sea Sediment Reflectance Data Over the Last 100,000 Years
https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/paleo/study/14588 - Cariaco Basin Deglacial Sediment Reflectance Data
https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/paleo/study/5876 - Tropical Atlantic hydrologic cycle during the last glacial
https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/paleo/study/2544 - Laguna La Gaiba, Bolivia 40 KYr Leaf Wax Carbon and Hydrogen Isotope Data
https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/paleo/study/19848 - Lake Bosumtwi, Ghana 21,000 Year Leaf Wax Hydrogen Isotope Data
https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/paleo/study/18355 - Lake Titicaca 60 kyr Leaf Wax Hydrogen Isotope Data
https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/paleo/study/17419 - Peru Margin ODP1228D Holocene Organic Geochemical Data
https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/paleo/study/10530
Popular Articles
- Hughen, K., 2007, Sunspots, Sea Changes, and Climate Shifts, Oceanus, Jan. 5, 2007.
- Hughen, K., 2006, Cosmogenic isotope 14C: production and carbon cycle, PAGES Newsletter 14, 6-7.
- Reimer, P., et al., (Hughen, K. and 18 others), 2006, IntCal04 Update: The Future of Radiocarbon Calibration, PAGES Newsletter 14, 9-10.
- Hughen, K., 1998, Past Environmental Change in the Arctic: A PALE contribution to Arctic System Science, Witness the Arctic 6, 1-3.