Ken Hinkel's Profile
- Member for:
10 years 6 months - Institution:
University of Cincinnati - Website:
http://www.artsci.uc.edu/departments/geography/faculty-staff.html?eid=hinkelkm&thecomp=uceprof
Biography
I am a graduate of the Department of Geological Sciences at the University of Michigan, and am currently a professor of Earth Sciences at the University of Cincinnati. Most of my research in conducted in the Arctic, where I study the effects of climate warming on permafrost, hydrology, the landscape and the indigenous people. I have had research sites in the UP of Michigan for over 10 years, looking at the impact of Lake Superior on temperature and microclimate. When not in the Arctic, my wife and I spend our summers at our cottage on Keweenaw Bay.
Ken's research projects
Weather usually arrives in the Keweenaw from the west, but there are no weather stations along the windward shore of the peninsula to monitor current conditions. To improve our understanding of regional climate conditions, we plan to expand our existing environmental monitoring network.
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