Climate Reconstructions of the Past 1000 years: Why do they matterMaster ClassIn-Person
Wednesday, Dec 17, 2025
8:15 a.m. – 3:00 p.m
Our partner, American Museum of Natural History, is hosting this event.
In this master class, Dr. Nathalie Goodkin will discuss why climate reconstructions of the past thousand years matter for climate predictability in the next several hundred years. Together, we will take a deep dive into the changes to the Gulf Stream and Atlantic Meridional Overturning Current of the North Atlantic. The course will include visits to the American Museum of Natural History’s Hall of Planet Earth, including the Climate Wall, and to Dr. Goodkin’s Paleoclimate laboratory to see the work in action. Additionally, participants will get a guided tour of the museum’s famed gems and mineral collection, led by collections manager Nicole Childs.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE, EARTH SCIENCE
Nathalie Goodkin
Dr. Nathalie Goodkin’s research is focused on understanding and using coral geochemistry to reconstruct ocean-atmosphere interactions, climate behavior, and pollution histories over the past five hundred years. She received her AB in chemistry from Harvard University and her PhD in chemical oceanography from the MIT/Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Joint Program. She has held faculty positions at the University of Hong Kong and Nanyang Technological University in Singapore, and is currently the division chair of physical sciences at the American Museum of Natural History.