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In the Spot Light
Senior Lamont-Doherty researcher Robin Bell and Columbia graduate
student Adrienne Block discuss a recent expedition to Antarctica to map
the subglacial Gamburtsev Mountains. In addition, they speak about the
satisfaction that comes from pursuing a career in the sciences.
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Featured Research
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Ocean's Uptake of Manmade Carbon May be Slowing
The oceans play a key role in regulating climate, absorbing more than a quarter of the
carbon dioxide that humans put into the air. Now, the first year-by-year accounting of
this mechanism during the industrial era suggests the oceans are struggling to keep up
with rising emissions—a finding with potentially wide implications for future climate.
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Peering Under the Ice of a Collapsing Coast
Starting this month, a giant NASA DC-8 aircraft loaded with geophysical instruments and scientists will buzz at low level over the
coasts of West Antarctica, where ice sheets are collapsing at a pace far beyond what scientists expected a few years ago.
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Tree Rings, Climate Change and the Rainy Season
The rainy Asian monsoon season waters crops for nearly half the world's population—but it may not be as reliable as we think. Check out this video produced by Senior Science Writer Kevin Krajick.
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Our Mission
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, a component of the Earth Institute at Columbia
University, is one of the world's leading scientific research centers. More than 300
scientists and students study the planet from its deepest interior to the outer
reaches of its atmosphere. From global climate change to earthquakes, volcanoes,
nonrenewable resources, environmental hazards and beyond, Observatory scientists
provide a rational basis for the difficult choices facing humankind in the planet's
stewardship.
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