Year Without a Winter?
No, of course not. Do not suggest anything like that to Alaskans, or Europeans where hundreds have died, or Inner Mongolians, or Koreans. But, turning the clock back to December and January for the New...
View ArticleSummer 2012 SEE-U Study Abroad Experience
Summer 2012 applications for the Student Ecosystem Experiences for Undergraduate program are now being accepted. Undergraduate students of all majors can apply for the opportunity to conduct field work...
View ArticleStudy Rainforest Ecology in Puerto Rico with SEE-U
The SEE-U Puerto Rico course provides students with a total immersion experience into the ecology and dynamics of a fragile and threatened environmental system.
View ArticleExperience Ecosystems of the Dominican Republic
SEE-U Dominican Republic provides students with many enriching opportunities to engage in fieldwork and study biodiversity and ecosystems in their natural environments.
View ArticleExpanding Overseas Study Opportunities
A golf-ball-sized rhinoceros beetle flies through the open-air pavilion and lands on my table. I look up from my notes, an attempt at reworking my African wild dog study methods, and realize I haven’t...
View ArticleCourses in Conservation & Sustainability
Are you interested in cultivating the skills necessary to implement environmental change? Do you want to learn more about conservation and environmental sustainability, including ecosystem services and...
View ArticleIce Capades
Fieldwork is exciting and inspiring, leading scientists to new ideas, places and observations about how the world works. Spring on Alaska’s North Slope provides an especially productive environment for...
View ArticleCollecting Core Data About Arctic Ecosystems
Our team spent most of Friday on the Arctic sea ice, drilling and sampling ice cores at our main field site. For each core collected, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory scientists Andy Juhl and Craig...
View ArticleScience, Creativity and Isopods
It’s near midnight and Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory researchers Andy Juhl and Craig Aumack, and Arizona State’s Kyle Kinzler are gathered around a table in their lab at the Barrow Arctic Research...
View ArticleMaintaining large-scale biodiversity is critical for ecosystem health
It is well known that biological diversity underpins the functioning of ecosystems and the services that they provide. However, in a new study, researchers at the University of California-Santa Cruz...
View ArticleFinding Threatened Animals New Homes
Translocation in wildlife conservation is the capture, transport and release or introduction of species, habitats or other ecological material from one location to another. The authors argue that many...
View ArticleCUriosity3: Intersection Between Arts and Sciences
Join instructors from our Executive Education Certificate Program in Conservation and Environmental Sustainability including Dr. Shahid Naeem, Dr. Matt Palmer, and Dr. Eric Sanderson. for a FREE public...
View ArticleBonjour de Nouméa!
Scientists from research institutions around the world are participating in a research expedition aboard the R/V L 'Atalante to study how microorganisms in the South Pacific Ocean influence the carbon...
View ArticleStudy Finds Oil Palm Certification Plays Limited Role in Curbing Fires
Oil palm is in everything from food to cosmetics to fuel and is consumed and used by most people without giving it a second thought. Yet oil palm cultivation is a large contributor to environmental and...
View ArticleRacing time to Explore Ocean Ecosystems: A Mother’s Work
Scientists like myself are in a race against time to understand the fundamental drivers of ocean ecosystems before climate change pushes them towards a new unknown state.
View ArticleUnderstanding Earth’s Geologic History to Predict the Future
Organic geochemist Pratigya Polissar is developing new tools to look at the history of plants and ecosystems on Earth over the past 20 million years.
View ArticleEvery (Fifth) Breath We Take: Friends of Phytoplankton and Why They Matter
Tiny microbes called phytoplankton live beneath the ocean’s surface, producing oxygen that is essential to human survival. A new study sheds light on how these all-important diatoms survive and thrive...
View ArticleThis Unique Andean Ecosystem is Warming Almost as Fast as the Arctic
One science team is finding out why—and investigating what a warmer, drier future will mean for biodiversity and water supply in Latin America.
View ArticleContest Highlights Stunning Photos of Nature and Fieldwork
The contest, hosted Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology celebrates the beauty of their work.
View ArticleA Summer Immersed in the Hudson: Next Generation of Hudson River Educators
Interns developed skills in science communication by creating educational materials about the river's colorful stories, myths, and misunderstandings.
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