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Research interests
I study the variability of past climate, contemporary climate change, and the climate-modulated coupling of ecosystem processes, often through the development and interpretation of high quality tree ring data. Work in my lab group is field-based, student centered, and highly collaborative. Our efforts have been supported by research grants from the U.S. National Science Foundation and other funding sources.
My current projects are focused on hydroclimate in California and the upper Midwest, and on developing sustainable technologies to achieve open science standards in dendrochronology. I participate in climate services for improved adaptation capacity, and have long been interested in catalyzing connections between field-based research and decision making in natural resources management.
Teaching
- GEOG1403: Biogeography
- GEOG1403H: Honors Biogeography
- GEOG3111: Geography of Minnesota
- GEOG3421: Climatology
- GEOG8980: Climate extremes and environmental change
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Education/Academic qualification
PhD, University of Arizona
MA, University of Arkansas
BS, University of Arkansas
Research Interest Keywords
- dendrochronology
- paleoclimatology
- climate change
- global change biology
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Characterizing climate-driven changes to hydrology and floodplain forests in the Upper Mississippi River to inform management
Windmuller-Campione, M. A. (PI) & Griffin, D. (CoI)
9/5/22 → 8/31/25
Project: Research project
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Collaborative Research: Multi-proxy Reconstructions of N
Griffin, D. (PI)
THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
5/15/17 → 4/30/20
Project: Research project
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Collaborative Research: SG: Fire, climate, and vegetatio
Griffin, D. (PI), Hobbie, S. E. (CoI) & Reich, P. B. (CoI)
THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
4/1/17 → 3/31/21
Project: Research project
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Landscape position mediates drought vulnerability in California valley oak (Quercus lobata)
Trumper, M. L., Griffin, D. & White, M. D., Apr 1 2024, In: Environmental Research Letters. 19, 4, 044041.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access1 Scopus citations -
Intra-annual ring width and climate response of red pine in Itasca State Park in north-central Minnesota
Kipfmueller, K. F., Montpellier, E. E., Trumper, M. L. & Griffin, D., 2022, In: Canadian Journal of Forest Research. 52, 5, p. 870-881 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access2 Scopus citations -
Megadroughts in the Common Era and the Anthropocene
Cook, B. I., Smerdon, J. E., Cook, E. R., Williams, A. P., Anchukaitis, K. J., Mankin, J. S., Allen, K., Andreu-Hayles, L., Ault, T. R., Belmecheri, S., Coats, S., Coulthard, B., Fosu, B., Grierson, P., Griffin, D., Herrera, D. A., Ionita, M., Lehner, F., Leland, C. & Marvel, K. & 14 others, , Nov 2022, In: Nature Reviews Earth and Environment. 3, 11, p. 741-757 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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Pinus resinosa Tree-Ring Latewood Response to Daily-Scale Precipitation Variability at Lake Itasca, Minnesota
Trumper, M. L., Griffin, D., Montpellier, E. E. & Kipfmueller, K. F., Jan 25 2022, In: Frontiers in Water. 3, 801265.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access3 Scopus citations -
A Multicentennial Proxy Record of Northeast Pacific Sea Surface Temperatures From the Annual Growth Increments of Panopea generosa
Edge, D. C., Reynolds, D. J., Wanamaker, A. D., Griffin, D., Bureau, D., Outridge, C., Stevick, B. C., Weng, R. & Black, B. A., Sep 2021, In: Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology. 36, 9, e2021PA004291.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
7 Scopus citations
Datasets
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Century-scale wood nitrogen isotope trajectories from an oak savanna with variable fire frequencies
Trumper, M., Griffin, D., Hobbie, S. E., Howard, I. M., Nelson, D. M., Reich, P. B. & McLauchlan, K. K., Data Repository for the University of Minnesota, 2020
DOI: 10.13020/428b-8h51, http://hdl.handle.net/11299/216183
Dataset
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Gigapixel macro photography of tree rings
Griffin, D., Porter, S. T., Trumper, M. L., Carlson, K., Crawford, D., Schwalen, D. & McFadden, C., Data Repository for the University of Minnesota, Apr 16 2021
DOI: 10.13020/rep3-nf86, https://hdl.handle.net/11299/219375
Dataset
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Guest Lecture in ECON3970: Environmental Economics
Griffin, D. (Speaker)
2019Activity: Talk types › Other
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Guest Lecture in GEOL 115 Climate Change in Geology
Griffin, D. (Speaker)
2018Activity: Talk types › Other
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Guest Lecture in GEOG 4001 Modes of Geographic Inquiry
Griffin, D. (Speaker)
2018Activity: Talk types › Other
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Guest Lecture in GEOS 410 Ancient Forests - Science Sustainability
Griffin, D. (Speaker)
2018Activity: Talk types › Other