""I will always remember where I was," he says, reflecting on receiving the Guggenheim fellowship. Kaplan expressed excitement and humility, stating, "I'm still trying to be in the glow because, unfortunately most of what we do as researchers, we deal with rejections, things not working, dead ends.""
"Kaplan's project for the Kayden Guggenheim Fellowship in Climate Studies focuses on understanding how glaciers and climate changed in the past, particularly before the 20th century. He aims to reconstruct historical climate variability in South America and compare it with other regions globally, such as the Alps and the Western U.S."
Mike Kaplan, a research professor at Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, was awarded the Guggenheim fellowship, recognizing his exceptional scholarship. He studies historical changes in ice sheets and glaciers, focusing on natural climate variability before human influence. His fellowship project will examine the last few thousand years of climate and glacier changes in South America and the Southern Hemisphere, comparing these findings with global patterns. Kaplan's interest in glaciers began during his undergraduate studies, particularly in geomorphology and climate change.
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