Cristiano M. Chiessi
Cristiano M. Chiessi is a Professor at the University of São Paulo, Brazil. Together with his research group and collaborators, he investigates past changes in South Atlantic circulation and South American climate/vegetation mainly during the late Quaternary. He primarily employs isotopic (stable and radiogenic) and inorganic geochemical proxies to marine sediment cores (but also shallow-water corals) in order to answer a variety of questions from glacial-interglacial to multidecadal timescales. Projections of a weakening Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC), prompted his group to focus on the effects that past AMOC slowdowns had on South Atlantic circulation and South American climate/vegetation. His overall aim is to provide society with more reliable future climate projections.
