Timothy Herbert | Institute at Brown for Environment and Society | Brown University

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Timothy Herbert

Timothy Herbert

IBES Affiliate Faculty, Henry L. Doherty Professor of Oceanography, Professor of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences

Timothy_Herbert@brown.edu

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Research Profile

Research Interests El Niño climate cycle, Ocean temperature change, Ocean carbon cycle, Natural climate variability

Recent News

Nature Communications

Model-data synthesis of benthic isotopes suggests a warmer Miocene Climatic Optimum

September 25, 2026

IBES affiliate Timothy Herbert, a professor in the Department of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences, contributed to this research.

News from Brown

New research casts doubt on ancient drying of northern Africa’s climate

June 20, 2025

The study challenges the idea that the climate of northern Africa dried out around 3 million years ago, a time when the earliest known hominids appear in the fossil record.

Science

Dramatic shift in ice age rhythm pinned to carbon dioxide

February 22, 2024

Timothy Herbert, an IBES Fellow and Professor of Oceanography and Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences, provided commentary in this article.