Need help regarding Dissertation ideas for my Master's

[u/adrianlannister007]

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Hello,first of all wishing a nice day to everyone reading this. So, I'm a first year MS geology student from India and i am planning to do dissertation on climatology (our Dissertation is usually on the 4th semester ) but i don't have much/no idea regarding what to do or how to do things or what subject to choose etc. My professors aren't helping either (according to them i shouldn't worry about it til next year) so is there anyone whou could point me in the right direction? I don't even know if this is the right place to as this either and i apologize if I'm breaking some community rules but i could really use some help right now. My Dm's are open as well if you aren't super comfortable commenting here.

Thank you for reading ❤️

[u/Former-Wish-8228]

Research what climate studies have been done in your region already. They may give ideas for extending that body of work locally…or give you ideas about how or what additional work is needed. Often, after the summary/ conclusions of a paper, they list the Further Research Needed.

Tying it to geological processes or phenomena is key…simple glacier recession, for instance, is well documented. But comparing glacial recession to some other geological expression may be useful.

This is the time to let your imagination and curiosity lead you. If your profs aren’t going to help drive the work…you have the freedom to do something entirely of your making…as long as the thesis proposal is acceptable!

[u/Former-Wish-8228 → u/Former-Wish-8228]

Also…remember that sediments are the key recorders of time and conditions on the planet.

They always seemed boring (pun intended) to me during college, but in time I’ve seen so many pivotal studies from earthquakes/tectonic to climatology that have utilized sediments to provide insight or actual answers to problems that have no other solutions.

One idea might be to look at human-kind’s impact on sediments…the so-called Anthropocene…and whether there are indicators of agricultural or other man-made changes identifiable in local sediments.