Andrea Dutton

Andrea Dutton, a 2019 MacArthur Fellow,[1] is a

Professor of Geology in the Department of Geoscience Andrea Dutton
at the University of Wisconsin–Madison where she
studies paleoclimate, sedimentology, carbonate
geochemistry, and paleo-oceanography.[2] Her research
centers on sea level changes during interglacial periods
to predict future sea level rise.[3]

Early life and education

Andrea Dutton was born in Fairfax, Virginia and spent
most of her childhood in Atlanta, Georgia and Alma mater Amherst College (BA),
Westport, Connecticut. Dutton graduated from Staples University of Michigan (MS
[3]
High School in Westport, Connecticut in 1991. From and PhD), Australian National
1991 to 1995, Dutton attended Amherst College where University (POSTDOC)
she studied music and focused on classes that would Occupation(s) Professor of Geology at
prepare her for the MCAT. Dutton took her first University of Wisconsin–
geology class at Amherst, and immediately "fell in Madison, paleoclimatologist,
love" with the geological sciences.[4] This altered the carbonate geologist.
direction of her career towards geology.[3] She Awards MacArthur Fellow, Geological
graduated from Amherst College in 1995 with a BA in Society of America Fellow,
music. Following her time at Amherst, Dutton taught Faculty Fellow of the
3rd, 6th, 10th, 11th and 12th grade science at Saint Thompson Earth Institute,
Ann's School in Brooklyn Heights, New York City.[5] 2016 Global Fellow at
There she learned a lot about public speaking on University of Florida
scientific topics, which stimulated her attention to
scientific communication in her future work. In 2003,
Dutton returned to academic study and earned an M.S. (2000) and a Ph.D. (2003) in Geological Sciences
from the University of Michigan. She continued her research as a Postdoctoral Scholar (two years) and
then Research Fellow (four years) at the Australian National University (ANU).

Career and research

Dutton was an Assistant, then Associate Professor of Geology at the University of Florida in Gainesville,
Florida from 2011 to 2019, and now is a Full Professor of Geology at the University of Wisconsin–
Madison.[2] She co-led an international group that utilizes the geological record to understand sea level
rise from 2013 to 2017.[6] For her Ph.D., Dutton researched paleoclimate between the Cretaceous and
Eocene periods in the Antarctic Peninsula.[3] During her time as a Research Fellow at ANU, Dutton
worked in collaboration with Kurt Lambeck, a geophysicist, to develop an interdisciplinary approach to
reconstructing past sea levels using radiometrically dated fossilized coral.[3]

Dutton specializes in paleoceanography and paleoclimatology. Her most recognized work concentrates on
reconstructing past sea level variation to predict future changes.[6] To understand how sea level will
fluctuate in the future, Dutton looks at what is preserved in the rock record. Specifically, Dutton utilizes
fossilized coral and limestone rocks to understand how past sea level increased during warming climates
throughout earth's history.[7] Because corals live in shallow waters, they can advantageously be used to
track past sea level positions. By studying an entire reef including the assemblages, algae, and other
aspects that inform how the coral grew, Dutton and other researchers can provide a holistic
comprehension of sea level. She also uses other sedimentary archives to further analyze geologic changes
throughout earth's history.[4] In 2019, Dutton was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to work with
researchers in New Zealand to combine records of past sea level rise with models of Antarctic ice
dynamics to better understand the effects of warming temperatures on sea levels.[8][9]

When assessing sea level fluctuations, Dutton studies the geochemistry, geophysics and biology of each
reef.[5] In her research, Dutton uses chemistry techniques to find the age of the coral and combines this
information with the elevational changes of the reef through time to understand sea level changes. This
research also provides knowledge about how ice sheets melted, which can better inform projections of ice
sheet fluctuations with future climatic changes.[10] Dutton primarily focuses on sea level rise from
125,000 years ago, when earth temperatures were similar to today's. She studies sea level rise throughout
the world, including Florida, the Seychelles Islands, and Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula.[4] One of her
research objectives is to determine when the West Antarctic ice sheet collapsed in the past to help us
understand when and how this may occur in the future.[11] The findings of Dutton's work are influential
for urban planners as coastal communities struggle to adapt to rising seas.[4]

Awards and honors

MacArthur Fellow[12]
Fulbright Scholar (2019–20)[8]
Geological Society of America Fellow[13]
Faculty Fellow of the Thompson Earth Institute[14]
2016 Global Fellow at University of Florida[15]
Rolling Stone Magazine's “25 People Shaping the Future in Tech, Science, Medicine,
Activism and More"[11]
2015 Faculty Fellow of the Florida Climate Institute[16]

Public engagement
Andrea Dutton often shares the results of her research work with the public outside the scientific
community. Climate communication has been something that Dutton has emphasized since her teaching
experiences at the Saint Anne's School in Brooklyn, New York. She has shared her research to the general
public through a variety of media forums such as:[3]
 TEDxUF: Theme: Transparent (2017)[17]
The New York Times: Gillis, Justin. (2017). The Sea Level Did, in Fact, Rise Faster in the
Southeast U.S[18]
Forecast: Climate Conversations with Michael White[19]
NPR: Greene, David. (2018) U.S. Faces 'Immediate Threat" From Climate Change, Report
Says.[20]
The Washington Post: Mooney, Chris (2015). Why the Earth's past has scientists so worried
about sea level rise.[21]
The Atlantic: Lieberman, Amy (2016). Preparing for the Inevitable Sea-Level Rise[22]
The Wall Street Journal: Dutton, Andrea. Mann, Michael. (2018) Water is Rising Because It's
Getting Warmer[23]

Publications
A Dutton, K Lambeck (2012) Ice volume and sea level during the last interglacial
(Science).[24]
A Dutton, AE Carlson, AJ Long, GA Milne, PU Clark, R DeConto, BP Horton, S Rahmstorf,
ME Raymo (2015) Sea-level rise due to polar ice-sheet mass loss during past warm periods
(Science).[25]
A Dutton, BH Wilkinson, JM Welker, GJ Bowen, KC Lohmann (2005) Spatial distribution and
seasonal variation in 18O/16O of modern precipitation and river water across the
conterminous USA (Hydrological Processes: An International Journal).[26]
F Antonioli, L Ferranti, A Fontana, A Amorosi, A Bondesan, C Braitenberg, A Dutton, G
Fontolan, S Furlani, K Lambeck, G Mastronuzzi, C Monaco, G Spada, P Stocchi (2009)
Holocene relative sea-level changes and vertical movements along the Italian and Istrian
coastlines (Quaternary International).[27]
M Greaves, N Caillon, H Rabaubier, G Bartoli, S Bohaty, I Cacho, L Clarke, M Cooper, C
Daunt, M Delaney, P DeMenocal, Andrea Dutton, Stephen Eggins, Henry Elderfield, Dieter
Garbe-Schoenberg, Ethan Goddard, D Green, J Groeneveld, D Hastings, E Hathorne, K
Kimoto, Gary Klinkhammer, Laurent Labeyrie, David W Lea, Tom Marchitto, MA Martínez-
Botí, Peter Graham Mortyn, Y Ni, Dirk Nürnberg, G Paradis, L Pena, Terrence Quinn, Y
Rosenthal, Ann Russell, T Sagawa, Sindia Sosdian, L Stott, K Tachikawa, E Tappa, R
Thunell, PA Wilson (2008) Interlaboratory comparison study of calibration standards for
foraminiferal Mg/Ca thermometry (Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems).[28]
A Dutton, KC Lohmann, WJ Zinsmeister (2002) Stable isotope and minor element proxies of
Eocene climate and Seymour Island, Antarctica (Paleoceanography).[29]
For a more complete list of Dutton's peer-reviewed publications see her Google Scholar Profile[30]

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5. White, Michael (2018-12-26). "Episode 60: Andrea Dutton" (https://forecastpod.org/2018/12/
26/episode-60-andrea-dutton/). FORECAST: CLIMATE CONVERSATIONS WITH MICHAEL
WHITE.
6. "Andrea Dutton's Research: In The Eye Of A Hurricane" (https://06880danwoog.com/2018/0
9/13/andrea-duttons-research-in-the-eye-of-a-hurricane/). 06880. 2018-09-13. Retrieved
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Carpenter,Alexander Zaitchik,Jonah Weiner,Tim Dickinson,Saul Elbein,Justin Nobel,Brian
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(https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/09/climate/the-sea-level-did-in-fact-rise-faster-in-the-sout
heast-us.html) The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331 (https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0362
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19. White, Michael (2018-12-26). "Episode 60: Andrea Dutton" (https://forecastpod.org/2018/12/
26/episode-60-andrea-dutton/). Forecast: climate conversations with Michael White.
Retrieved 2019-05-08.
20. "U.S. Faces 'Immediate Threat' From Climate Change, Report Says" (https://www.npr.org/20
18/11/26/670752921/u-s-faces-immediate-threat-from-climate-change-report-says).
NPR.org. Retrieved 2019-05-07.
21. Mooney, Chris. "Why the Earth's past has scientists so worried about sea level rise" (https://
www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2015/07/09/why-the-earths-past-ha
s-scientists-so-worried-about-sea-level-rise/). The Washington Post.
22. Lieberman, Amy (2016-02-29). "Preparing for the Inevitable Sea-Level Rise" (https://www.th
eatlantic.com/science/archive/2016/02/rising-sea-levels/471417/). The Atlantic. Retrieved
2019-05-08.
23. "Water's Rising Because It's Getting Warmer" (https://www.commondreams.org/views/2018/
05/22/waters-rising-because-its-getting-warmer). Common Dreams. Retrieved 2019-05-08.
24. Lambeck, K.; Dutton, A. (2012-07-13). "Ice Volume and Sea Level During the Last
Interglacial". Science. 337 (6091): 216–219. Bibcode:2012Sci...337..216D (https://ui.adsabs.
harvard.edu/abs/2012Sci...337..216D). doi:10.1126/science.1205749 (https://doi.org/10.112
6%2Fscience.1205749). ISSN 0036-8075 (https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0036-8075).
PMID 22798610 (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22798610). S2CID 206534053 (https://ap
i.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:206534053).
25. Raymo, M. E.; Rahmstorf, S.; Horton, B. P.; DeConto, R.; Clark, P. U.; Milne, G. A.; Long, A.
J.; Carlson, A. E.; Dutton, A. (2015-07-10). "Sea-level rise due to polar ice-sheet mass loss
during past warm periods" (http://dro.dur.ac.uk/18054/1/18054.pdf) (PDF). Science. 349
(6244): aaa4019. doi:10.1126/science.aaa4019 (https://doi.org/10.1126%2Fscience.aaa401
9). ISSN 0036-8075 (https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0036-8075). PMID 26160951 (https://p
ubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26160951). S2CID 11571250 (https://api.semanticscholar.org/Corp
usID:11571250).
26. Dutton, Andrea; Wilkinson, Bruce H.; Welker, Jeffrey M.; Bowen, Gabriel J.; Lohmann, Kyger
C. (2005). "Spatial distribution and seasonal variation in 18O/16O of modern precipitation
and river water across the conterminous USA". Hydrological Processes. 19 (20): 4121–
4146. Bibcode:2005HyPr...19.4121D (https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2005HyPr...19.4121
D). doi:10.1002/hyp.5876 (https://doi.org/10.1002%2Fhyp.5876). hdl:2027.42/49284 (https://
hdl.handle.net/2027.42%2F49284). ISSN 1099-1085 (https://search.worldcat.org/issn/1099-
1085). S2CID 54706113 (https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:54706113).
27. Antonioli, F.; Ferranti, L.; Fontana, A.; Amorosi, A.; Bondesan, A.; Braitenberg, C.; Dutton,
A.; Fontolan, G.; Furlani, S.; Lambeck, K. (September 2009). "Holocene relative sea-level
changes and vertical movements along the Italian and Istrian coastlines". Quaternary
International. 206 (1–2): 102–133. Bibcode:2009QuInt.206..102A (https://ui.adsabs.harvard.
edu/abs/2009QuInt.206..102A). doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2008.11.008 (https://doi.org/10.1016%2
Fj.quaint.2008.11.008).
28. Greaves, M.; Caillon, N.; Rebaubier, H.; Bartoli, G.; Bohaty, S.; Cacho, I.; Clarke, L.; Cooper,
M.; Daunt, C. (2008). "Interlaboratory comparison study of calibration standards for
foraminiferal Mg/Ca thermometry" (http://ddd.uab.cat/record/181774). Geochemistry,
Geophysics, Geosystems. 9 (8): n/a. Bibcode:2008GGG.....9.8010G (https://ui.adsabs.harva
rd.edu/abs/2008GGG.....9.8010G). doi:10.1029/2008GC001974 (https://doi.org/10.1029%2
F2008GC001974). ISSN 1525-2027 (https://search.worldcat.org/issn/1525-2027).
S2CID 3840293 (https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:3840293).
29. Dutton, Andrea L.; Lohmann, Kyger C; Zinsmeister, William J. (May 2002). "Stable isotope
and minor element proxies for Eocene climate of Seymour Island, Antarctica: EOCENE
CLIMATE OF SEYMOUR ISLAND" (https://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/9484
6/1/palo900.pdf) (PDF). Paleoceanography. 17 (2): 6–1–6–13. doi:10.1029/2000PA000593
(https://doi.org/10.1029%2F2000PA000593). hdl:2027.42/94846 (https://hdl.handle.net/202
7.42%2F94846).
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r=VV9vlKoAAAAJ). scholar.google.com. Retrieved 2019-09-29.
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