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I study human- landscape interaction
I study human- landscape interaction
My research has taken me around the world from the deserts of southern Africa to the ice-covered island of Greenland. I've studied landscapes in South American and the Middle East as well as much of the United States including the southwest, southeast, and Vermont. I use a variety of geochemical and isotopic tools to measure the rate at which landscapes changes and to determine how people shape Earth and Earth shapes societies. I provide a few examples below. My nearly 200 peer-reviewed publications are listed here.
Since 2008, we've been working to understand the history of the ice sheet from evidence on land and in the oceans around the island. Our work shows how climate influences the ice sheet.
Our work in Africa supports earthquake risk assessment needed to safely construct large infrastructure including power plants by dating ancient landscapes not offset by faulting.
We work in Cuba in collaboration with Centro de Estudios Ambientales de Cienfuegos. Our work shows the power of orgnaic agriculture to improve water qualityÂ
In southern California we dated boulders that mudflows delivered to Owens Valley - the result, a history of faulting that allows for risk assessment and shows the link between climate and erosion.
You can reach me at pbierman@uvm.edu or paulrbierman@gmail.com, by text at (802) 238-6826, and by mail at the University of Vermont, 180 Colchester Avenue, Delehanty Hall, Burlington, VT 05405.
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