Primary Convener:
Joshua Bregy, Clemson University

Convener:
Emily Elliott, University of Alabama
Clay Tucker, University of Southern Mississippi
Ray Lombardi, University of Memphis

Early Career Convener:
Lexie Thornton, University of Alabama

Chair:
Joshua Bregy, Clemson University
Emily Elliott, University of Alabama

Instrumental records of extreme events (e.g., tropical cyclones, floods, droughts, etc.) are spatially and temporally limited, creating significant challenges in understanding natural hazards with long or non-stationary periodicities. Catastrophic events like Hurricanes Katrina (2005) and Helene (2024), Cyclone Chido (2024), the 2024 Spanish floods, Super Typhoon Yagi (2024), and the 2024 Hajj extreme heat disaster highlight the need to contextualize seemingly unprecedented modern extreme hazards with additional observations offered by paleo-records. Long-term perspectives provide critical insight into risk and aid decision-making within vulnerable communities increasingly experiencing hazards in a changing climate. We welcome submissions reconstructing extreme events throughout the Holocene and Common Era. We strongly encourage the submission of studies using high-resolution records, multiproxy techniques, novel proxies, or proxy-model experiments that characterize hazards, understand interactions with the climate system, or develop mitigation strategies that reduce exposure and risk for vulnerable communities.

Index Terms
3344 Paleoclimatology
4313 Extreme events
4901 Abrupt|rapid climate change
4999 General or miscellaneous

Suggested Itineraries:
Disasters‚ Calamities and Extreme Events
Gulf Coast Region
National Climate Assessment

Cross-Listed:
NH - Natural Hazards
A - Atmospheric Sciences
H - Hydrology
EP - Earth and Planetary Surface Processes

Co-Organized Sessions:
Earth and Planetary Surface Processes
Hydrology
Atmospheric Sciences
Natural Hazards

Neighborhoods:
3. Earth Covering
1. Science Nexus