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Bogged Down in Alaska

For thousands of years Arctic peat bogs have soaked up atmospheric carbon like a giant sponge. But as the poles warm, the arctic bogs will decay and expel billions of tons of carbon back into the air—or will they?

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Native American Geoscientists & Earth System Science Leaders: A Perspective

Dr. Jacquelyn Bolman is an environmental scientist and the Director of the Indian Natural Resources, Science and Engineering Program (INRSEP) at Humboldt State University in Arcata, California.

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Climate and Culture Research

"One of the really important aspects of science and what scientists here at Lamont do is they look at really long timescales. So I mean the earth is 4.6 billion years old and scientists here look at how climate and how the earth has changed over that time period "
-Heidi Cullen

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