Andrea Dutton, a professor of geology and sedimentologist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, is leading international research on climate change. Her work focuses on studying fossilized corals to track changes in sea level. It’s helping scientists better understand the impact of rising temperatures.
“A lot of what I do is reconstruct past sea levels during warm periods so that we can understand how high sea level gets as temperatures rise and how quickly those ice sheets retreat,” Dutton said.