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ICE Bridge

airborne geophysics image
PI(s): 
Robin E. Bell
PI(s): 
James R. Cochran

 The Ice Sheets at both poles are changing - shrinking at increasing rates - rates that are faster than was ever expected by scientists.

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ICE Bridge - Bridging the Gap: Measuring the Changing Poles

AGAP: Exploring the Gamburtsev Subglacial Mountains in Antarctica during the International Polar Year

PI(s): 
Robin E. Bell

Scientists from several nations are working together to launch a flagship program to explore a major mountain range buried by a large continental ice sheet and bounded by numerous subglacial lakes.

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AGAP: Antarctica's Gamburtsev Province

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 American Drought Research at Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory

Location

North America
United States
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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

Climate Kids Corner

PI(s): 
Naomi Henderson

Activities and Links for K-12 children interested in oceanography and the climate

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Climate Kids Corner

Indonesian Seas

The Indonesian Throughflow [ITF}
PI(s): 
Arnold L. Gordon


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ARLINDO
 

Name Title Fields of interest
Logan Brenner Graduate Research Fellow
Arlene M. Fiore Associate Professor Applying global tropospheric chemistry models to advance understanding of interactions among regional air pollution, global atmospheric chemistry, and climate.
Colin Kelley Graduate Research Assistant Climate variability and change, with particular interest in the drying of the Mediterranean region
Arnold L. Gordon Professor My research is directed at the ocean's stratification, circulation and mixing and its role in Earth's climate system.
Ramona Lotti Staff Associate
Margie Turrin Education Coordinator
Xinfeng Liang Postdoctoral Research Scientist Mesoscale Eddies, Internal Waves; Ocean Mixing; Ocean Dynamics near Mid-Ocean Ridges; Role of Ocean in Climate System
 

  • Study Predicts Lag In Summer Rains Over Parts Of U.S. And Mexico
    March 11, 2013

    A delay in the summer monsoon rains that fall over the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico is expected in the coming decades according to a new study in the Journal of Geophysical Research.  The North American monsoon delivers as much as 70 percent of the region’s annual rainfall, watering crops and rangelands for an estimated 20 million people.

  • Key Talks from the American Geophysical Union's Annual Meeting
    December 11, 2012

    Scientists from Columbia University’s Earth Institute will present important new studies at the Dec. 3-7 meeting of the American Geophysical Union, the world’s largest gathering of earth and space scientists. Below: a chronological guide. Most researchers are at our Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO).More info: http://fallmeeting.agu.org/2012/ Reporters may contact scientists directly at any time, or call press officers:

  • American Geophysical Union Dec. 3-7: Key Talks From the Earth Institute
    November 27, 2012

    Scientists from Columbia University’s Earth Institute will present important new studies at the Dec. 3-7 meeting of the American Geophysical Union, the world’s largest gathering of earth and space scientists. Below: a chronological guide. Most researchers are at our Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO).More info: http://fallmeeting.agu.org/2012/ Reporters may contact scientists directly at any time, or call press officers:

  • High-Arctic Heat Tops 1,800-Year High, Says Study
    September 27, 2012

    Summers on the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard are now warmer than at any other time in the last 1,800 years, including during medieval times when parts of the northern hemisphere were as hot as, or hotter, than today, according to a new study in the journal Geology.

  • Did Climate Influence Angkor's Collapse?
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    March 29, 2010

    Decades of drought, interspersed with intense monsoon rains, may have helped bring about the fall of Cambodia’s ancient Khmer civilization at Angkor nearly 600 years ago, according to an analysis of tree rings, archeological remains and other evidence.

  • Tundra, Microbes and World Climate
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    January 26, 2010

    O. Roger Anderson is a microbiologist at Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory who studies bacteria, amoebas, fungi and other microorganisms. Lately he has been thinking about how tiny organisms that inhabit the vast northern tundra regions could contribute to changing climate, since, like humans, they breathe in oxygen and breathe out carbon dioxide.

  • Sea Change
    September 15, 2009

    The world’s oceans are growing more acidic as carbon emissions from the modern world are absorbed by the sea. A new film, “A Sea Change,” explores what this changing chemistry means for fish and the one billion people who rely on them for food. This first-ever documentary about ocean acidification is told through the eyes of a retired history teacher who reads about the problem in a piece in The New Yorker and is inspired to find out more. His quest takes him to Alaska, California, Washington and Norway to talk with oceanographers, climatologists and others.

  • Wallace Broecker Speaks to BBC's "The World"
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    July 30, 2009

    Wallace Broecker Speaks to BBC's "The World", broadcast on July 7th & July 9th 2009 as part of a three part series on energy and climate.

    As politicians and environmentalists prepare for the UN Climate Change talks in December to discuss urgent reduction of CO2 emissions, the BBC asked what is the future for global energy production?

  • Southern Glaciers Grow Out of Step With North
    April 30, 2009

    New Dating Technique Points to Differences Over 7,000 Years

    The vast majority of the world’s glaciers are retreating as the planet gets warmer. But a few, including ones south of the equator, in South America and New Zealand, are inching forward. A new study in the journal Science puts this enigma in perspective.

     

 
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