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A new study suggests bacteria may respire more carbon dioxide from the shallow oceans to the air as seas warm, reducing the deep oceans’ ability to store carbon.

An Earth Institute climate researcher breaks down why our atmosphere is the way it is, how it’s changed over time, and what the future may hold.

An Earth Institute oceanographer answers this deep question from a reader as part of our Earth Month Q&A on Instagram.

The new findings offer clues about how the solar system formed and how rocky planets change over time.

Despite some unpredictable Antarctic weather, the final G-055 team member makes it off the ice.

In a new study, scientists use urine salts to reconstruct the timing and scale of the Neolithic revolution at a Turkish archaeological site.

The paleoclimatologist and marine geologist talks about why the miles and miles of marine sediment samples in Lamont's Core Repository are so important.

New method helps determine how quickly silicates wear down over time, which is key to understanding natural processes that remove CO2 from air.

New research shows that the Larsen C ice shelf—the fourth largest ice shelf in Antarctica—experienced an unusual spike in late summer and early autumn surface melting in the years 2015 to 2017.

This year’s theme encourages students to explore the relationship between human beings and water through various art forms.

The Antarctic field team returns to humanity, showers, and hot breakfasts.

A million years ago, a longtime pattern of alternating glaciations and warm periods dramatically changed, when ice ages suddenly became longer and more intense. Scientists have long suspected that this was connected to the slowdown of a key Atlantic Ocean current system that today once again is slowing. A new study of sediments from the Atlantic bottom directly links this slowdown with a massive buildup of carbon dragged from the air into the abyss.