Projects and Initiatives
Abrupt Climate Change
PI(s):
Richard Seager We all know that climate is either going to change, or is already doing so, as a result of human activities changing the atmosphere's composition and its land surface.
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Abrupt Climate Change African Climate and Human Evolution
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Peter B. deMenocal Environmental hypotheses of African faunal evolution propose that major faunal speciation, extinction, and innovation events during the Pliocene-Pleistocene were mediated by
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African Climate and Human Evolution Location
United States
8° 42' 40.8924" N, 39° 51' 30.2328" E
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Antarctic Sea Ice Forecast
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Xiaojun Yuan Antarctic sea ice seasonal forecasts based on a linear Markov model are in high demand for both observational and climate communities. They are provided by Xiaojun Yuan and Dake Chen.
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Antarctic Sea Ice Forecast Location
United States
74° 57' 33.8112" S, 22° 51' 5.6268" E
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Antarctic Voyage Blog: Uncovering Abrupt Climate Change
PI(s):
Bruce A. Huber
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Debra Tillinger Global warming is abruptly redrawing parts of Antarctica’s coastline, as ice shelves collapse into the sea.
ANZFLUX
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Douglas G. Martinson The Antarctic Zone Flux Experiment (ANZFLUX) was conducted aboard the R/V Nathaniel B. Palmer in the Eastern Weddell Sea.
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ANZFLUX Location
United States
65° 0' 0" S, 5° 0' 0" W
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Bridging the Poles
PI(s):
Stephanie Pfirman
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Robin E. Bell The "Bridging the Poles" workshop brought educators, scientists and media specialists together to focus on building stronger partnerships between Arctic and Antarctic communities, and bet
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Bridging the Poles Climate Kids Corner
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Naomi Henderson Activities and Links for K-12 children interested in oceanography and the climate
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Climate Kids Corner CORC-ARCHES
PI(s):
Peter Schlosser CCORC - Consortium on the Ocean's Role in Climate
ARCHES - AbRupt climate CHangE Studies
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CORC-ARCHES Global Decadal Hydroclimate Predictability, Variability and Change
PI(s):
Richard Seager
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Alexey Kaplan
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Naomi Henderson
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Jason E. Smerdon
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Mark A. Cane
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Yochanan Kushnir
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Mingfang Ting
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Lorenzo M. Polvani
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Michael N. Evans GloDecH is a research program funded by the NOAA Climate Variability and Predictability Program and conducted at the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory. The research program involves a la
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GloDecH Location
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
United States
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Hudson River Monthly CTD Surveys
PI(s):
Wade McGillis A monitoring program was initiated in 2001 to monitor the Hudson River's basic state variables of salinity, temperature and density along transects from New York Harbor to Troy.
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Hudson River Monthly CTD Surveys Location
Hudson River
United States
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Jamaica Bay Physical and Biogeochemical Study
PI(s):
Arnold L. Gordon Integrated reconnaissance of the physical and biogeochemical characteristics of Jamaica Bay, New York.
Location
United States
40° 36' 40.8456" N, 73° 50' 30.6888" W
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LDEO ENSO Forecasts
PI(s):
Dake Chen Monthly forecasts of tropical Pacific SST and wind anomalies.
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LDEO ENSO Forecasts Monitoring Indonesian ThroughFlow (MITF)
PI(s):
Arnold L. Gordon
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R. Dwi Susanto Long term monitoring of the Indonesian ThrouFlow (ITF):
North American Drought Research at Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
PI(s):
Richard Seager Research led by Richard Seager describes a modeling and paleoclimate perspective on the causes of North American droughts.
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North America
United States
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North Atlantic Oscillation
PI(s):
Martin Visbeck Introduction to the North Atlantic Oscillation, the most significant climate phenomena in the northern hemisphere.
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North Atlantic Oscillation Northern hemisphere winter snow anomalies: ENSO, NAO and the winter of 2009/10
Writing in July 2010 when the eastern U.S. has been having one heat wave after another, it is easy to forget the winter just past, but winter 2009/10 was one of record snow in much of the mid-Atlantic region and very cold conditions across eastern North America. There was also widespread cold and snow in northwestern Europe. At the time, as record snowfall hit Washington D.C., this was a big deal much exploited by climate deniers and others to ridicule global warming and climate science.
Ocean Carbon Cycle Research
PI(s):
Samar P. Khatiwala How much CO2 from human activity enters the ocean?
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Ocean Carbon Cycle Research Polar Climate Group
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Douglas G. Martinson Research and analysis of the Polar Regions and their impact on global climate.
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Polar Climate Group Location
Antartica
Antarctica
Southern Ocean Circulation and overturning
PI(s):
Arnold L. Gordon The ring of deep water around Antarctica not only links the major ocean [Atlantic/Pacific/Indian] , but also produces dense waters along the continental margins of the frozen continent, which sinks
The Exotic Seas of Southeast Asia
PI(s):
Arnold L. Gordon The ocean, unlike the globally enveloping atmosphere is segmented into seas, interconnected with passages of varied dimensions.
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Seas of Southeast Asia The Gulf Stream European Climate Myth
Torrey Plant Physiology Lab
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Kevin L. Griffin The Ecophysiology group studies the physiological mechanisms underlying plant responses to environmental conditions and the influence these responses have on ecological pa
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Torrey Plant Physiology Lab