Dr. Hung Tan Thai Nguyen, PhD, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, United States, Roy Abernethy, University of Stirling, Stirling, United Kingdom, Robert Wilson, University of St. Andrews, St Andrews, United Kingdom, Daniel Druckenbrod, Rider University, Lawrenceville, NJ, United States, Kathryn Allen, University of Tasmania, School of Geography, Planning and Spatial Sciences, Hobart, VIC, Australia, Brendan Buckley, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Palisades, United States, Edward R Cook, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Tree-Ring Laboratory, Palisades, United States, Rosanne D'Arrigo, Columbia University, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Palisades, United States and Jonathan Gray Palmer, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia