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A chronological guide to key talks and other events at the Dec. 9-13 American Geophysical Union meeting in San Francisco.
He treks to remote volcanoes to measure their gas and aerosol emissions, in order to improve climate change predictions.
A small bay in Antarctica has been named after biological oceanographer Hugh Ducklow to celebrate his contributions to Antarctic research.
Typically only shallow wells have arsenic problems, but in an area of India and Bangladesh, deep wells are highly contaminated. Scientists are starting to learn why.
New study challenges many climate scientists’ expectations that plants will make much of the world wetter in the future.
A recent event at Columbia University debated the pros and cons.
New findings double potential emissions from these areas, with big implications for climate modeling.
Wrapping up a week-long bicycle trip that has brought climate science to underprivileged schools.
Kevin Griffin uses remote sensing to track the daily rhythms of trees. His work is helping to bring tree biology to life for students and the general public.
Using drones, laser scanners, and high-resolution models, researchers hope to find out more about the processes driving rapid melting in this region.
A PhD student explains what life is like on a week-long bicycle trip that’s bringing climate science to students from economically disadvantaged families.
This year’s Open House attracted more than 3,000 visitors and, just like research at Lamont, covered a vast range of subjects and regions, from under the sea to the surface of the moon.
Sonya Dyhrman, a microbial oceanographer affiliated with Lamont’s Center for Climate and Life, explains how human-caused climate change is harming ocean health.
A student-led Cycle for Science trip will follow the footsteps of an ice sheet that buried the NYC area under a mile of ice during the last ice age.
A paleoecologist explains why it’s actually a bad idea to “drain the swamp.”