Sachs Lab Expeditions
These are some of the fieldtrips we have taken to gather sediment samples for paleoclimate reconstructions. Two main threads of our research are (1) determining rainfall and termperature variations in the tropical Pacific during the last 2,000 years and (2) developing and improving rain & temperature estimates prior to the use of thermometers, rain gauges and satellites.
Marshall Islands 2009
Galapagos 2008
Clipperton 2008
Canada-US Saline Lakes 2007
Chesapeake Bay 2006
Kiribati 2005
Galapagos 2004
Palau 2004

Some places we have been, and things we have seen
El Junco Lake, San Crisobal Island, Galapagos Christmas Island Public Library Washington Island, Republic of Kiribati Hypersaline Pond on Chrismas Island Spooky Lake, Palau, Coring Platform NIce Interface Core, Palau
El Junco Lake, San Crisobal Island, Galapagos Christmas Island Public Library Washington Island, Republic of Kiribati Hypersaline Pond on Chrismas Island Spooky Lake, Palau, Coring Platform NIce Interface Core, Palau
Lugging Coring Gear through the Jungle, Palau Coconut Crab!  Palau Galapagos '04 Team, Charles Darwin Research Center, Santa Cruz, Galapagos Darwin's Finches, Galapagos Cotopaxi, Ecuador El Junco Coring Team, Galapagos
Lugging Coring Gear through the Jungle, Palau Coconut Crab! Palau Galapagos '04 Team, Charles Darwin Research Center, Santa Cruz, Galapagos Darwin's Finches, Galapagos Cotopaxi, Ecuador El Junco Coring Team, Galapagos
Paul Colinvaux, The Master, El Junco Galapagos Marine Iguanas, Galapagos Hell Hole, Palau Jellyfish Lake, Palau Rock Islands of Palau Palau Sunset
Paul Colinvaux, The Master, El Junco Galapagos Marine Iguanas, Galapagos Hell Hole, Palau Jellyfish Lake, Palau Rock Islands of Palau Palau Sunset
Mastigias Jellyfish, Clear Lake, Palau Croccodile Carcass, Hell Hole, Palau Orange Filter - Great Salt Lake Saline Lakes-Chaplin, Saskatchewan Ducking Fences in Saskatchewan Great Plains of Western Canada
Mastigias Jellyfish, Clear Lake, Palau Croccodile Carcass, Hell Hole, Palau Orange Filter - Great Salt Lake Saline Lakes-Chaplin, Saskatchewan Ducking Fences in Saskatchewan Great Plains of Western Canada
SaltCicles, Great Salt Lake, Utah Sampling Chesapeake Bay Tributaries Valerie, Julian & Rienk-Chesapeake Bay Plumbing, Chesapeake Bay James River Bridge, Chesapeake Bay, VA River Water, Chesapeake Bay
SaltCicles, Great Salt Lake, Utah Sampling Chesapeake Bay Tributaries Valerie, Julian & Rienk-Chesapeake Bay Plumbing, Chesapeake Bay James River Bridge, Chesapeake Bay, VA River Water, Chesapeake Bay
Team Salt, Great Salt Lake, June 2007 Giant Tortoises, Galapagos Marine Iguana, Galapagos Flamingo Lagoon, Floreana Manual Filtrations System Alyssa Probes Isabela Salt Pond
Team Salt, Great Salt Lake, June 2007 Giant Tortoises, Galapagos Marine Iguana, Galapagos Flamingo Lagoon, Floreana Manual Filtrations System Alyssa Probes Isabela Salt Pond
Makeshift Coring Platform Sea Lion on the Aloha Deck Rep. Bob Inglis Discusses Climate Change Microbial Mat, Flamingo Lagon Spooling Cable en route to Clipperton Clipperton Atoll Sunset
Makeshift Coring Platform Sea Lion on the Aloha Deck Rep. Bob Inglis Discusses Climate Change Microbial Mat, Flamingo Lagon Spooling Cable en route to Clipperton Clipperton Atoll Sunset
Clipperton '08 Team Clipperton Boobies! Clipperton DXpedition Team Core Sectioning Singing Boobie Sleeping Quarters on Clipperton
Clipperton '08 Team Clipperton Boobies! Clipperton DXpedition Team Core Sectioning Singing Boobie Sleeping Quarters on Clipperton
Lib Island, Republic of the Marshall Islands
Lib Island, Republic of the Marshall Islands (Image caption)