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She likes to go hiking during her lunch break and enjoys weekly Zoom calls with her sisters during the pandemic.
The discovery of fossil plants below a mile of Greenland ice indicates that the ice sheet completely melted in the past, and suggests it could rapidly do so again.
Movements of winds in the Southern Hemisphere may be the key to waxing and waning of ice ages, says a new study.
The postdoctoral researcher studies hydrothermal systems and will soon go to the Chilean Andes to explore how geyser activity there may be related to glacier growth and retreat over thousands of years.
A new study employs natural climate archives such as tree rings to better understand volcanoes’ impacts on global rainfall patterns.
Fifth graders commemorate pioneering mapmaker Marie Tharp using comics, pictures, and poems.
Mingfang Ting studies the connection between planetary waves in the atmosphere and climate anomalies, such as droughts and extreme heat.
Gender equality is an essential ingredient in building a fair and sustainable world. Today we’re publishing stories that honor the accomplishments of many of our women colleagues.
New research suggests that photosynthetic green algae also eat bacteria on a previously unsuspected scale.
CO2 molecules make up only a small percentage of the atmosphere, but their impact on our climate is huge. The reason comes down to physics and chemistry.
Is a failure of wind power really behind the blackouts? How can we make sure this doesn’t happen again? Earth Institute scholars have answers to these questions and more.
She studies Earth’s past warm periods to try to understand the future, and was just named a 2021 Sloan Research Fellow.
A new study identifies a climate phenomenon that may have helped sauropodomorphs spread northward across the Pangea supercontinent.
She’s trying predict fecal bacteria contamination of the river, and researching how environmental degradation disproportionately harms disadvantaged communities.
The doctoral candidate tells us about her research and some the challenges of being a woman of color in the sciences.