from University of Wisconsin - Madison with a thesis titled "Isentropically time-averaged mass circulations in the Northern Hemisphere".
[5] After two years as a contract scientist at ARC Technologies, Otto-Bliesner joined the Department of Geology at the University of Texas at Arlington where she worked from 1990 to 1996.
Through this approach, she has examined interactions between continental weathering and atmospheric carbon dioxide levels in the period from 570 to 425 million years ago,[10] revealed that deciduous forests help regulate temperatures in the Cretaceous period,[11] and identified factors leading to the persistence of snow on continental ice sheets.
[17][18][19][20] This research focus has revealed that changes in the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation are linked freshwater input into the ocean[21][22] and the Bølling-Allerød warming at the end of the last glacial period.
[31][32] Through collaborative analysis of the effectiveness of climate models, Otto-Bliesner has examined the connections between greenhouse gasses and global warming,[33][34] she has weighed the impact of the sun, volcanic ash, and greenhouse gasses on temperatures on Earth[35] and she participated in projects that evaluate climate models through comparisons with paleoclimate data.